Dear Editor,PEOPLE should spend the long weekend responsibly by not indulging in vices such as crime, drug abuse, alcohol abuse and illicit sex among others. The long weekend started last Friday and it will end next Wednesday.President Edgar Lungu declared Friday June 2, 2021 and Wednesday June 7, 2021 as public holidays in honour of the first president and the founding father of Zambia the late Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda.Traditionally, Zambia commemorates the Unity Day and the Heroes Day which fall on the first Monday and the first Tuesday respectively of the month of July every year. With the inclusion of Friday holiday and Wednesday holiday means that there will be a six-day holiday.However, the world lead- ers paid their respects to the late Dr. Kaunda last Friday at the Showgrounds in Lusaka. These leaders from different countries eulogised the late Dr. Kaunda.The common description of Dr. Kaunda by the world leaders was that the […]
SPEND THE LONG WEEKEND RESPONSIBLY
