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'''Faith Kandaba''' ( | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Faith Kandaba | |||
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| birth_name = Faith Zanyadza Kandaba | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1975|06|27}} | |||
| birth_place = [[Kitwe]], [[Zambia]] | |||
| death_date = {{nowrap| {{death date and age|2016|02|24|1975|06|27}} }} | |||
| death_place = [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]] | |||
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| occupation = [[:Category:Zambian broadcasters|Broadcaster]] | |||
| years_active = 2000 — 2016 | |||
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'''Faith Zanyadza 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. | |||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
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, Rose Lunda, worked with the Young Women Christian Association (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 University College of Broadcasting and Communication in [[Lusaka]].<ref name=ZADAMA>[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== | ||
Kandaba joined [[ZNBC]] in 2000 as a trainee newscaster and was later promoted to news reporter in 2003. She was later transferred to the [[ZNBC Livingstone Station]] in the same capacity. | |||
In 2011 she was elevated to the position of Head of Production and Operation at the Corporation's [[Kitwe]] office and was in July 2015 appointed Head of Content Research for television, the position she held at the time of her death. | |||
===Programmes=== | |||
*''The Issue Today, Tonight'' | |||
*''The Silent Voices'', a documentary focusing on children with cerebral palsy | |||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Kandaba died at age 40 in the early hours of 24 February 2016 at the [[University Teaching Hospital]] after an illness. | Kandaba died at age 40 in the early hours of 24 February 2016 at the [[University Teaching Hospital]] (UTH) after an illness. About a week before her passing, she 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. | ||
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> | ||
She was put to rest on 28 February 2016 at [[Leopards Hill Memorial Park]] in [[Lusaka]].<ref>[https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/faith-kandaba-put-rest/ Faith Kandaba put to rest], [[Zambia Daily Mail]], 28 February 2016</ref> | |||
==Personal life== | |||
Kandaba never got married, neither did she have children, but she had a deep sense of love for children.<ref name=ZADAMA/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:Zambian journalists]] | [[Category:Zambian journalists]] | ||
[[Category:Zambian broadcasters]] | [[Category:Zambian broadcasters]] | ||
[[Category:1975 births]] | |||
[[Category:2016 deaths]] | |||
