MEET LYNDA WANGONGO / WHISTANCE My name is Lynda Wangongo/Whistance. I first came to Kitwe in 1975 as an expatriate with my children and husband who was to work for ZCCM. It took me 6 months to settle in but from then onwards I loved Kitwe as a second home. I got involved through my…
.. .. MEET BECKY “God has blessed me,” says Rabecca. She is 23 years old, married and recently had her first baby. She is the youngest in a family of 8 siblings. She lost both parents while quite young and has worked hard to get to where she is today. She spent her childhood in…
.. .. MEET Kutemba Muchima Kutemba Muchima, born from Obed Julaki Muchima and Joyce Mwangu Muchima on the 14th July 1983, is the second last born in a family she can only describe as a tree with branches. With her biological parents deceased, she says God has blessed her with a second set of parents…
.. .. Meet SARAH KAKENE Sarah was born on 24th December 1989. She is a strong Christian girl and belongs to the Reformed Church of Zambia. She is a product of Kabulonga Girls High School. Sarah works as an Accountant at Wimpy in Kitwe, and her motto at work is: “To be an effective team…
.. .. Meet ELIZABETH KAMINSA I work for Kitwe City Council as a Community Development Officer. I have been with the Council for four years. I love my work because I enjoy working with people. I am pursuing a degree in Social Work and Development with University of Africa, which I am due to complete…
.. .. Meet IRENE SAMUTUHU I am married and have 7 children. I am a business woman here in Kitwe. I work hard to contribute to my family’s welfare. I did my secondary education at Mukinge Girls Secondary School. In my spare time I get involved as Bana Chimbusa or as a matron at weddings…
.. SHE is a platform to show and talk about the women of Kitwe. It has nothing to do with social standing, wealth, beauty, disability, education, profession, success etc. No. It is simply ‘The Women of Kitwe’ and will therefore endeavour not to have any form of bias. I shall also be happy to receive profiles and…
SONG FOR LOST FRIENDS Where shall I find you? Heaven above Or Hell below? Or No where at all? I don’t know. What language shall we speak? Chewa Or Bemba Or Some sort of Greek? Still I don’t know. What colour Shall our skins bear? Yellow Or Blue Or Simply nothing at…
Roses, Kisses and Chocolates 3 Bwalya Kazungo I can see the hustling and bustling of the city I an hear the sirens and whistling of the city To conjure images Images of hallucinated burial banks of institutions And as I looked back My form became a heap of bones and flesh Creating sweet…
Images from Jazz Society of Kitwe – Blues Night – February 2012
