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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.

5th SOTAMBE FILM FESTIVAL – Kitwe 2018

Sotambe Film Festival 2018

Kitwe, Zambia – 8 January 2018 SOTAMBE Documentary Film and Arts Festival (SOTAMBE DFAF) is a five day event held annually in the month of September with the main objective of educating and raising awareness on social issues through film and arts. It serves as a platform for: Learning institutions that want to use documentaries,…

Film Making Boot Camp – Kitwe 2017

Film Making Boot Camp

Good afternoon everyone! SOTAMBE Documentary Film and Arts Festival (SOTAMBE DFAF) is organising a third filmmaking workshop – this time more intense and more practical! You can expect 4 full days packed with information and practical exercises on all stages in filmmaking (pre-production, production and post production). Highlighted topics are script writing, directing, camera work,…

Bemba Lesson 29 – How is …?

How are you? Muli shani? (pl.) Uli shani?(sing.) How is your family? Ulupwa luli shani? How is the baby?  Umwana ali shani? How are the children? Abana bali shani? How is Bwalya? Ba Bwalya bali shani?(pl.) Bwalya ali shani?(sing.) How is work? Incito ili shani? How is the fruit? Ifisabo fili shani? How is the…

“Live in This Moment” – A Love Song by Kakou

It is not every day that we come across a song that has so much back story and tugs at your heart strings. "Live in This Moment" is such a song. A debut song by London-based Kakou hits all the right notes. It is a serene love song that celebrates love between two people. It comes as no surprise that it was selected for inclusion on the Ballers (Season 2, Episode 2) - a hit American TV show - sound track. It will resonate with many hearts across the world. We look forward to more music from Kakou.

It is not every day that we come across a song that has so much back story and tugs at your heart strings. “Live in This Moment” is such a song. A debut song by London-based Kakou hits all the right notes. It is a serene love song that celebrates love between two people. It…

SOTAMBE Documentary Film and Arts Festival in Kitwe – September 2016

SOTAMBE COMMON ENDEAVOURS

The SOTAMBE Documentary Film & Arts Festival (SOTAMBE DFAF) is a non-governmental and non-profit making organization that is organized in the Copperbelt Province in collaboration with the Department of Development Studies at the Zambia Catholic University and the Kitwe Little Theatre. This year’s festival is the third edition in the Copperbelt and it is happening…

Love Letters in a Kiss

A Poem by Denny Moonde: I hope you read them all The flow of my heart therein Our young hearts pounding Feelings; a guiding star Our love olive solid Love letters sound better spoken, But timely words get twisted, Meaning lost Eaten in ink and voice So my love letters encrypted In the kisses we…

Copperbelt Province Statistics

Copperbelt Province Statistics

Zambia’s mineral rich Copperbelt continues to reveal new deposits of other precious metals. The population of its ten districts is now approaching 2.5 million people. Lufwanyama and Mpongwe are the largest districts. Mpongwe boasts some of the region’s largest commercial farms. The following figures are based on the 2015 Population Census figures: Table 1 District…

Franco’s Message, From Beyond the Grave

Franco-Attention na Sida

2015 saw the emergence of an aggressive strain of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) called CRF19 (Circulating Recombinant Form). While the older HIV virus can lead to AIDS(Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome) in six to ten years, CRF19 accelerates the rate to within three years. The good news is that the new form seems to be restricted…