Scribe Katongo to be interred today

VETERAN sports journalist Charles Katongo, who died on Tuesday, will be put to rest in Lusaka today.

Church service for Mr. Katongo will be held at Chelston Catholic Church at 10:00 hours while burial will be at Mutumbi Cemetery.

Mr. Katongo worked for the Zambia Daily Mail and Daily Nation newspapers. He also had stints at the National Mirror and New Vision newspaper.

And the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia says it is saddened by Mr. Katongo’s death.

In a statement issued in Lusaka yesterday, MISA Zambia national director Austin Kayanda said Mr. Katongo’s death was a big blow to the local media fraternity as he was an icon of de- termination and resilience in the media development.

Mr. Kayanda said MISA Zambia would remember Mr. Katongo for his boundless passion for professionalism and excellence in media practice.

“We therefore stand with the Zambia Daily Mail, Daily Nation and Mr. Katongo’s family in this trying moment as we mourn the veteran journalist. His spirit of media perseverance, novelty and excellence lives on,” Mr. Kayanda.

He said Mr. Katongo, who died in the early hours of Tuesday at Levy Mwanawasa General Hospital, will be remembered for his lively contribution to the media industry.

“MISA Zambia wishes his family and the media God’s comfort during this trying moment,” he said.