When the phone rang on the desk of Mopani's Chief Financial Officer, John Chiwele, one rainy afternoon in February this year, little did he...
It's every town-planner’s dream – the opportunity to start with a clean sheet of paper and build an entire town from scratch. That’s Kabitaka, a...
Bream is one of Zambia’s most sought-after fish, and is served in top restaurants and hotels. So a bream fish-farm is likely to be...
Teenage girls in mining districts are being encouraged to resist early marriage, and instead focus on getting an education.
"An education means they’ve got a...
The most interesting thing about the mining industry’s social investment in communities is not so much the money they spend, as the original and...
One of the proudest achievements of the major mines in Zambia is how they have brought malaria under control in their neighbouring communities, and...
A challenge faced by most of Zambia’s mines is trying to put across the sheer scope and variety of community-based projects they have invested...
After a speeding Kitwe-bound bus crashed on the Pedicle Road in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in May 2016, killing more than 30 people and...
Zambia is blessed with abundant rain that makes its soil one of the most fertile in the world; but the downside is that when...
What motivates many poor rural children near Chibuluma Mine to attend school is not just a great education, but also the chance to wear...
