A man was struck and killed by lightning in the Kalumba area of the Zambezi Region on Monday.

The victim, identified as Gift Mwangala, a Zambian national, was employed as a cattle herder in the area.  

A report by the Namibian police states that Mwanagala was busy bottle-feeding a calf when both he and the animal were struck by lightning, instantly killing them both.

Kafuti Musangu, who witnessed the incident a few metres from where the deceased died, said they were feeding calves and milking cattle just before the rain started.