Luanshya Voice

12/11/2023

11/11/2023

An exciting series is coming soon. Get to know and be inspired by the many changemakers from Luanshya pushing boundries and making leaps in various feilds.

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10/11/2023

A GIFT FOR LUANSHYA

Theresa Lungu loved walking on the bumpy dirt road to the tiny municipal library in Luanshya, almost four miles from her home in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. She was only 7 but could borrow two books at a time. "Three Billy Goats Gruff," "Nancy Drew Mysteries," "Treasure Island," she gathered just about any book she could find on the shelves that piqued her interest.

“I'd get the books and go home and read the books on the same day, and then had to wait for two weeks. I pretty much read all the books in the neighborhood,” said Lungu, program manager at the Memorial Church. “I didn't come from a well-to-do family, and this was my lifeline to learning about the world."

Now, more than two decades later, Lungu is working to keep that lifeline of learning alive in her home town through a gift of computers and internet access at the library that opened her mind to the world. This summer, she cut the ribbon on The Luanshya Information and Learning Center, a new digital information and learning center at the Helen Kaunda Memorial Library. Funded by a grant Lungu received from the Ella Lyman Cabot Trust, a charitable organization in Boston that supports individuals pursuing projects that serve people in need, the project is opening a door of opportunity for residents of this struggling mining community.

“The trust believed in my vision to give free computer access and Wi-Fi to the town, specifically the young people who are stuck.” said Lungu. “Eighty percent of people between 18 and 25 in the town are neither in employment nor going to school. So, there's a lot of substance abuse happening, because a lot of these people graduate high school, but don’t know what to do next.”

Theresa currently serves as Program Manager at the Harvard University Memorial Church.

Full story on:
https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/blog/gift-luanshya?

02/10/2023

FROM LUANSHYA TO THE WORLD
Oxford confers highest honour on Zambia’s celebrated scholar, Professor Kenneth K Mwenda, PhD, LLD, DSc(Econ)

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Oxford’s Exeter College, one of the oldest and most prestigious colleges within the University of Oxford, has elected Zambia’s celebrated scholar, Professor Kenneth K Mwenda, for the highest honor that any Oxford college can confer on an eminently qualified person.

This is according to an article published
By Uninversity of Western Cape

27/09/2023

THE USD 1.3 BILLION PLEDGE.
The Zambia daily mail newspaper today carried an eye catching headline signailing investment of USD1.3 billion in Zambia with USD 600 million into its operations in Luanshya. This is positive new and serious actualization on this investment pledge needs to be followed so that the pledge is not blown by the wind but rather create social economic spillovers for the town that is in dire need of jobs to tackle poverty.

23/09/2023

Zambia's official poverty statistics released. About 60% of the population is poor, from 54% in 2015; rural poverty is now at 78.8% from 76.6%, urban poverty rises to 32% from 23%.

This means: about 12 million Zambians can't afford the cost of basic needs like food, shelter, clothes etc. About 2.5 million of the poor now live in urban areas. The likelihood of continuing to be poor in town after running away from the village goes up.

Historically, poverty reduced between 2010 & 2015, but has now gone up, eliminating hopes of a better life for ordinary people. Many factors could explain the rise in poverty, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

02/04/2023

From Luanshya to the World.

Even from a small town you dreams are valid, with hard work, perseverance, and focus you can hit so many peaks in life.

Let’s Get It!!!! 💙🧡

30/03/2023

ZCCM-IH BOARD VISITS LUANSHYA MINE.

The ZCCM-IH board payed a visit to CNMC Luanshya copper mine to familiarised themselves with operatios of the mines. The board members were led by chairperson Dorika Banda and visited the Muliashi open pit and ore plant which currently produces 43 000 tonnes of copper cathodes and over 1.2 million tonnes of copper concentrate per annum. ZCCM-IH owns 20% stake in the mine.

24/01/2023

Clm Unionised workers gets k500 salary increment.

Bu shimaine kwwf mu launshya no wonder ba clm bomfwisha uluse pa month end umuntu afola afulwa kwati ni civil servant kanshi ninshi maini,surely with the current prevailing economy kuti mwasuminisha k500 increment ba main company? So ba 15mcc with get k50 increment and while other sub contactors will bet ama k15,k8 or even k3.50 ngwee as increment for the year 2023.
Uwatalika job finisher ,government leaders bali zee kuti wafuluka na Nathan Chanda not ba current MP and mayor.

Miners are scared of protesting kuti balusa amacinto , ministry of labor balifye see, BUSHE MWELESA FYEBENA LUANSHYA FINSHI TWALUFYANA SURE?

No wonder ba portrice basekela ba shimaini bamu luanshya ,5zali naichepa mwebantu ,baluba mine is under decommissioning process,janx workers gone elo nomba yakosa mu roan constituency ama lofwa fulu mu komboni the few employed are underpaid and over taxed.

Ba upnd leadership engage ba clm union and see how best you can help them bargain for a better salary increament as well as better working conditions with the Chinese mine management.

By mulenga mulenga

09/01/2023

Once upon a time.
Ntofo Ntofo " The Hurrican". Collins Mbesuma

12/11/2022

ZAMEFA ; CHANGE IN DIRECTORATE

Pursuant to section 3.59 of the LuSE Listing Requirements, the Board of Directors of Metal Fabricators of Zambia Plc (“ZAMEFA” or the “Company”) wishes to announce the resignation of JOHAN LOUIS DU PLESSIS as a Director of the Board with immediate effect.

The Board would like to express appreciation to Mr du Plessis for his valued contribution to the Company during his tenure as a Director and wishes him well in his future endeavours.

24/10/2022

Is it showing uko? Stylish go top of Copperbelt Division one.

07/10/2022

Stylish Roan United Football Club.