- Source: 2024 in Zambia
Events in the year 2024 in Zambia.
Incumbents
Events
= Ongoing
=2024 Zambian drought
= January
=11 January – Around 300 people are confirmed dead in an outbreak of cholera that affects eight of the country's ten provinces.
= May
=31 May – Esther Lungu, the wife of former President Edgar Lungu, is arrested along with her daughter Chiyeso Katete and a family friend on suspicion of money laundering.
= July
=24 July – Guntila Muleya, the director of the Independent Broadcasting Authority, is found dead with gunshot wounds outside Lusaka.
= August
=7 August – Muzala Samukonga wins a bronze medal in the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Men's 400 metres, setting a new national record for Zambia and earning Zambia's first Olympic medal in 28 years.
11–12 August – The border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia is closed due to a dispute over the importation of beverages from Zambia.
22 August – A health warning is raised over the consumption of contaminated maize following the deaths of 400 dogs nationwide in July due to aflatoxins found in samples of the crop.
25 August – Nine people are killed in a collapse at an illegal gravel quarry in Chongwe.
= October
=7 October –
Ten miners are killed in a mine collapse in Mumbwa District.
President Hakainde Hichilema announces an agreement with China to build Zambia's first manufacturing facility for cholera vaccines.
10 October – The first case of mpox in Zambia is recorded in a 32-year old visitor from Tanzania.
30 October – Eight miners are killed and another is reported missing following a copper mine collapse in Chingola.
= November
=20 November – Authorities announce the arrest of MP Jay Emmanuel Banda, who is wanted on robbery charges, in Zimbabwe.
Holidays
Source:
1 January - New Year's Day
21 February - National Youth Day
8 March – International Women's Day
12 March – Youth Day
29 March – Good Friday
30 March – Easter Saturday
31 March - Easter Sunday
1 April - Easter Monday
28 April – Kenneth Kaunda Birthday
1 May - Labour Day
25 May - Africa Day
1 July - Heroes' Day
2 July - Unity Day
5 August - Farmers' Day
18 October – National Prayer Day
24 October – Independence Day
25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths
13 August – Maureen Mwanawasa (b. 1963), First Lady of Zambia (2002–2008).
7 November – John Phiri, 75, politician.
References
External links
Online calendar
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- Gerakan Nonblok
- Provinsi Barat Laut, Zambia
- Miss World 2023
- Miss Supranational 2024
- Daftar perwakilan diplomatik di Indonesia
- Musim BWF 2024
- Kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 2026 (CAF)
- 2024 in Zambia
- 2024 Zambian drought
- 2024–25 Zambia Super League
- Zambia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Zambia
- Economy of Zambia
- Proflight Zambia
- Zambia national football team
- Foreign relations of Zambia
- 2023–2024 Zambian cholera outbreak
