Tag Archives: Kafue River

03Jul/26

From Student Prefects to Parliament: The Leadership Pipeline of Kitwe Boys High School

July 3, 2026EconomyAnglo-American Corporation, Bemba, Charles, Frederick Knapp, George M. Lazarevic, Helen Kaunda, J. Hall, Kafue River, Kenneth Kaunda, Kitwe, Motto Success, Nkana, South Africa, Steven Musto, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines, Zimbabweadmin

Building Zambia’s Engineers: The STEM Legacy and Academic Rigor of Kitwe Boys

Thur, July 03 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — Kitwe Boys Secondary School, founded in 1957 during the peak of British colonial administration in Northern Rhodesia, reflects the broader social, political, and architectural transformations of the Copperbelt region. Spanning eras of strict racial segregation, rapid post-independence integration, and modern educational adaptation, the school’s history provides a powerful lens into the heritage of Zambia’s mining heartland. Continue reading →

18Jun/26

Jon Snow’s Alzheimer’s and the Zambian spill

June 18, 2026EnvironmentAging-associated diseases, Alzheimer's disease, alzheimer's society, Ben de Pear, Chambishi, Cognitive disorders, Cognitive impairment, Copperbelt Province, Dementia, Environmental disaster, Joan, Jon Snow, Kafue River, Learning disabilities, Precious Lunga, Siachitema, Sino-Metals Leach Zambia dam disaster, Tafara, United Kingdom, Zambiaadmin

“If I Don’t Speak Out, Who Will?”: Jon Snow’s Dual Fight Against Dementia and Corporate Greed

Thur, Jun 18 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ —The analyses detail two converging narratives: veteran British broadcaster Jon Snow’s public battle with Alzheimer’s disease and his final journalistic investigation into a devastating corporate environmental cover-up in Zambia. Continue reading →

28Apr/25

Why the energy transition won’t be green until mine waste disasters are prevented

April 28, 2025EnvironmentBolivia, Creative Commons, Dam, Eva Marquis, Ghana, Indonesia, Kafue River, Karen Hudson-Edwards, Kitwe, Mining, Mining waste, Oil sands tailings ponds, Philippines, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, SHUTTERSTOCK, Tailings, Tailings dam, Zambiaadmin

Eva Marquis, University of Exeter and Karen Hudson-Edwards, University of Exeter

On February 18, contamination in the Kafue river, Zambia, led to a mass death of fish. Its water turned a deathly grey and adjacent farmland was poisoned. The drinking water it supplied to half a million residents of the town of Kitwe was suddenly cut off.

Continue reading →

01Aug/23

Legends from Kitwe Primary School

August 1, 2023SocialChinsali, Godfrey Miyanda, Guy Scott, Kafue River, Kenneth Kaunda, Kitwe, Kitwe Boys Secondary School, Levy Mwanawasa, Mark Chona, Mwanawasa, Parklands, Zambiaadmin

July 31, 2023 /Education/ — Kitwe Primary School was founded in 1932, making it one of the oldest schools in Kitwe, Zambia. It was originally a white-only school, but after Zambia gained independence in 1964, it was opened up to all students. The school is located in Parklands, a residential area in Kitwe. Continue reading →

26Apr/23

Chilekwa Mumba from Zambia awarded the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize

April 26, 2023EnvironmentArticles, Chilekwa Mumba, Copperbelt, Environmental justice, Environmental law, Environmental movement, India, Kafue River, KCM, Konkola, Konkola Copper Mines, Mining, Natural environment, Vedanta Resources, Zambiaadmin

April 26, 2023 /Environment/ — Chilekwa Mumba is an environmental activist from Zambia who was awarded the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize for his work to hold the mining company Vedanta Resources accountable for the environmental damage it caused in Zambia.

Mumba started his activism in 2015, when he noticed that the Kafue River, which runs through his community, was becoming polluted. He investigated and found that the pollution was coming from the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources.
Continue reading →