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'''Faith Kandaba''' ( | '''Faith Zanyaza Kandaba''' (27 June 1975 — 24 February 2016) was a [[Zambia]]n journalist and broadcaster who worked for the state broadcaster [[Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation]] (ZNBC) for close to 20 years. | ||
June 27, 1975 in Kitwe. | |||
Both parents died when Faith was a young girl and she was taken up by her aunt. | |||
Faith never got married, neither did she have children, but she had a deep sense of love for children. | |||
About a week before her passing, Faith had been complaining of a headache, although that hardly kept her from work. However, when the pain got worse, she was admitted to UTH, where she died. | |||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Before she became a journalist, | Kandaba was born on 27 June 1975 in [[Kitwe]]. She was the third-born child of Simon Kenneth Kandaba, who worked as a policeman before he set up a transportation business. Her mother, Rosemary Lunda, worked with the Young Women Christian Associationv(YMCA). | ||
Before she became a journalist, she was involved in charity work with the Catholic nuns, usually providing home-based care for the sick or visiting prisoners. She then studied journalism at the Norma-Jean College of Broadcasting and Communication in [[Lusaka]].<ref>[https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/faith-kandaba-blunt-sharp-soft/ Faith Kandaba: Blunt, sharp, soft], [[Zambia Daily Mail]], 27 February 2016</ref> | |||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Kandaba died | Kandaba died in the early hours of 24 February 2016 at the [[University Teaching Hospital]] after an illness. | ||
In a statement released by then minister of Information and Broadcasting Services and Government Spokesman, [[Chishimba Kambwili]], Kandaba was described as ''an efficient newscaster and interviewer who will be missed by the Corporation, the Government and the country as a whole''.<ref>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/02/24/znbcs-faith-kandaba-dies/ ZNBC’s Faith Kandaba dies], [[Lusaka Times]], 24 February 2016</ref> | In a statement released by then minister of Information and Broadcasting Services and Government Spokesman, [[Chishimba Kambwili]], Kandaba was described as ''an efficient newscaster and interviewer who will be missed by the Corporation, the Government and the country as a whole''.<ref>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/02/24/znbcs-faith-kandaba-dies/ ZNBC’s Faith Kandaba dies], [[Lusaka Times]], 24 February 2016</ref> | ||
