(What It Meant For One 10 Year Old) I will never forget Saturday, 24th October 1964, for several reasons. As a 10 year old living in Chamboli, Kitwe, Saturdays meant no early rise to go to primary school. This Saturday, however, was going to be different from all others before it, and the reason had…
Africa is home to 16.1% of the world’s population and around 8.9% (1,225 out of 13,723) of the officially recognised higher education institutions(UniRank). Compared to other countries in the world, African countries came late to the party. Higher education only became a priority in the post-colonial era. The University of Zambia(Lusaka) was the first Zambian…
It is our pleasure to introduce our first competition for this year, the 48 Hour Global Film Challenge that is scheduled on 5-7 June 2020 and Zambian filmmakers can take part to compete and win 500 USD!
Invitation for a ZNBC meeting with local content producers in Kitwe On behalf of ZNBC, we wish to invite seasoned and established production houses from Coppebelt and Northwestern Province and surrounding areas for the ZNBC meeting with the local content producers. The national broadcaster, through the Head Media and Creative Services Mr. Masuzyo Ndhlovu, wishes…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Kitwe City/Kaunda/Coronation Square – 24 November 2014 Kitwe has changed over the years. Photographs are an interesting way to show and compare these changes. If you are visiting Kitwe after some time, you will notice how congested the town centre has become. This is one reason the City Council has laid out plans to open up land across…
