Richard Katebe

KITWE HEARING CHARITY

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Changing lives of vulnerable people in Kitwe and beyond. By Richard Katebe Kitwe Hearing Charity, operating as Zambian Hearing Disability Improvement Project (ZAHDIP), is making a significant impact on the lives of people with hearing loss in Kitwe, Zambia. In a country where hearing loss is a major contributor to children dropping out of school…

How To Avoid Online Money Making Scams

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You suddenly see a flood of unsolicited emails in your inbox, inviting you to sign up for a product offer. The product offer is well crafted to appeal to you to sign up for a free trial or for as little as $1 for 7 days. Thereafter,you are asked to sign up for say $27…

OBITUARY

DEATH NOTICE We would like to inform our readers that Ms Gloria Luyando Miyoba, the author of our blog ” Let’s Cook with Gloria” died unexpectedly in Lusaka on 12th April 2018. The management and staff of Kitweonline send our thoughts and most heartfelt condolences to the bereaved Family. May her soul rest in peace.

Mutondo House, Then and Now

KITWE CHANGES What is Mutondo house now? Just in between the Kitwe Civic centre and ZIBSIP College, is a two-storey building laced with copper rails around its entrance. If you go further inside you would notice that all door handles are made of pure copper. Mutondo house was the name of this massive former ZCCM…

Kitwe Soccer Legends – Jericho Shinde

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A Meeting With Jericho Shinde   One of Zambia’s most creative Midfielders of the 1980’s, Jericho Shinde lives a quiet life now after having coaching stints at Nkana, Kabwe Warriors and Kalulushi Modern Stars. This writer caught up with Jericho at a restaurant in Kitwe’s heavy industrial area. The place used to be a post…

Down Memory Lane – Kingston Bookshop, Kitwe

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What is where Kingston Bookshop was? Kitwe changes. If you have been gone from Kitwe for over 17 years now, you will find some places have changed their names. Other places have not just changed names and ownership, but also their structural outlook. Do you remember Kingston? Kingston was one of largest distributor of Books…

Kitwe Bus and Taxi Fares – 2014

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  The following are revised prices to reflect the recent rebasing of the Zambian currency. The new currency is basically three zeros less than the old currency (K1,000 is now K1). The fares are usually adjusted as indicated below, whenever there is an upward movement in the price of fuel: Minibus fares      …

Bridging Kitwe Communities

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Nkana East and Ndeke Village communities have always lived apart yet the distance between the two communities is a mere one kilo metre and six hundred metres. The communities are separated by the railway line and two streams. One stream runs close to houses along Mwenda Street from the foot of the tailings dam in…

Kitwe Public Library Receives Book Donations

Kitwe Public Library

Kitwe online has donated assorted books and Road safety instruction videos worth thousands of Kwacha to Kitwe City Council Public Library at the City Square. The books were formally presented to the Librarian by this writer on behalf of the KitweOnline Management on 13th June, 2013. Mr Simon Nkhoma, the Chief Librarian received the books…

Scramble for Zambia’s Last Home Match Tickets

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FOOTBALL Kitwe city centre came to a stand- still, when match tickets for the Brazil 2014 world cup Qualifier between Zambia and Sudan went on sale for the first time this morning at Kitwe main post office. Thousands of Kitwe soccer fans converged at the car parking area around the main post office to queue…