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49 unusual facts about Lusaka


2005 COSAFA Cup

Played in Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia

Africa Hinterland

The drivers were mainly recruited from the British and Dutch Communist parties and were brave young men and women who knew exactly what they were doing, and that they would have to look after the paying tourists between Kenya and South Africa, as well as collecting the weapons in Lusaka, Zambia and driving the load safely to a camp site near Johannesburg or Cape Town.

African Peer Review Mechanism

The 37th Summit of the Organisation of African Unity held in July 2001 in Lusaka, Zambia, adopted a document setting out a new vision for the revival and development of Africa—which was to become known as the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).

Alex Chola

In August 1985, Dynamos lost a BP Challenge Cup first round match to Division I side City of Lusaka 3-0 which upset Mwila who suggested a “change of coaches may bring some spark into the team because he may have been telling them the same old techniques.”

All-Africa University Games

The event was after scheduled to be held in Lusaka, Zambia in 1982, however was cancelled and not re-introduced until 2004 in Nigeria when only a very limited range of men's events were contested.

Bank of Baroda

BoB (20%), Bank of India (20%), Central Bank of India (20%) and ZIMCO (Zambian government; 40%) established Indo-Zambia Bank in Lusaka.

Baobab College

Baobab College(formerly Baobab Trust School) is an independent day and boarding school, situated outside Lusaka, Zambia.

Brightwell Banda

He was back in the saddle again after Ted Dumitru’s abrupt departure in July 1981 and he led Zambia to a 3-2 aggregate victory over Morocco with a 2-0 second leg victory in Lusaka, a victory which sent Zambia to the 1982 CAN in Libya.

Carey Young

Born in Lusaka in Zambia in 1970, Young studied in England at Manchester Polytechnic, the University of Brighton and photography at the Royal College of Art in London.

Chirundu Bridge

The bridges carry the Harare to Lusaka section of the Great North Road, which extends between South Africa and East Africa, and was once seen as part of a Cape to Cairo Road.

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1979

It was held in Lusaka, Zambia, between 1 August 1979 and 7 August 1979, and was hosted by that country's President, Kenneth Kaunda.

Denis Higgs

On August 28, 1964, he was kidnapped from his home in Lusaka, Zambia.

Dennis Banda

Dennis Banda (born 10 December 1988 in Lusaka) is a Zambian football defender who currently plays for Green Buffaloes in Zambia.

El Shaddai International Christian Centre

In 2004, Ramson Mumba moved to London to plant a church, and churches have also been started in Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, and Lusaka, Zambia.

Foreign relations of South Africa during apartheid

In April 1969, fourteen autonomous nations from Central and East Africa gathered in Lusaka, Zambia, to argue about various African matters.

Given Lubinda

Given Lubinda is a Member of the National Assembly of Zambia for Kabwata Constituency (Lusaka), and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Zambia.

Greeks in Zambia

Most are concentrated in the capital Lusaka, while there are smaller enclaves in Luanshya and Kitwe.

John Kaunda

Although Zambia lost 2-0, they reversed the score line two weeks later in Lusaka through a Godfrey Chitalu brace.

Kafue Railway Bridge

The Kafue Railway Bridge was built to carry the Livingstone to Lusaka railway line in what is now Zambia over the Kafue River in 1906.

Kamwala Secondary School

Kamwala Secondary School, also known as Kamwala High School,(Previously known as Prince Phillip High School) is a high school located in Lusaka, Zambia.

Kapambwe Mulenga

Kapambwe was an African Cup of Champions Clubs Silver medalist in 1990 when Nkana lost in final against JS Kabylie of Algeria in Lusaka and won a record 7 leagues titles with Nkana.

Kennedy Nketani

He then moved to City of Lusaka and within months at Woodlands Stadium he forced his way into ‘City Ya Moto’ back four.

Kenny Mwape

Mwape stayed at Roan for two seasons but due to limited first-team opportunities, he was loaned to Division II side Luanshya Blue Devils in 1972 but left the following year to join Mufulira Blackpool where he stayed for a season before moving to City of Lusaka.

The following month, Mwape was in goal for Zambia in 1-1 draw in a friendly match against Malawi in Lusaka, with his elder brother Emmanuel on the bench as the reserve goalkeeper.

Luangwa Bridge

The bridge approaches have to contend with steep rugged slopes and deep ravines covered in forest or thick bush; the area is remote and about 250 km from the nearest city, Lusaka.

Lujo virus

Its name was suggested by the Special Pathogens Unit of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service (NICD-NHLS) by using the first two letters of the names of the cities involved in the 2008 outbreak of the disease, Lusaka (Zambia) and Johannesburg (Republic of South Africa).

Lutheran Church of Central Africa

In practice, due to political borders, both conferences operate independent of one another, their only true link being in the sharing of pastoral training facilities in Lusaka and Lilongwe.

The second facility is the Lutheran Seminary located in Lusaka, Zambia.

The LCCA maintains The Lutheran Press on the campus of the Lutheran Seminary, in Lusaka, Zambia and at the Lutheran Bible Institute in Lilongwe.

The LCCA maintains the Lutheran Seminary for the training of ministers, in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, and the Lutheran Bible Institute, a pre-seminary pastoral training school based in Lilongwe, Malawi.

Mona Tyndall

The remainder of her missionary life was spent in Zambia, where she worked firstly in Monze Mission Hospital, and later in Lusaka University Teaching Hospital (UTH), after a brief year in the Westminster Pastoral Institute in London.

Moses Simwala

His first goal for Zambia was in April 1973 when Zambia beat Ethiopia 4-2 in a World Cup qualifier in Lusaka.

Parklands High School, Lusaka

Parklands High School is a small high school in the southern part of Lusaka in Chilanga constituency of Zambia.

Perry Mutapa

Perry Mutapa (born 18 November 1979 in Lusaka) is a Zambian football midfielder.

Project Zambia

It was a response by a school in Belfast to the cry of the poverty-stricken people of the compounds of Lusaka, Zambia.

Reggie September

He fled the country in 1963 and served as the African National Congress' Chief Representative for the United Kingdom and Western Europe until 1978, and as member of the ANC's Revolutionary Council in Lusaka.

Rumba Munthali

Born in Lusaka, Zambia, Munthali was raised in Canada and played college soccer at the University of Alabama-Birmingham where he was a 2000 Third Team All American.

Silver Cross of Rhodesia

Notable recipients included Martin Pearse, who was killed in Lusaka in 1979 during the attempted assassination by the Rhodesian SAS of the ZAPU insurgent leader Joshua Nkomo.

Stodacom

Stodacom is headquartered in Kampala, and with offices in Lagos, Kinshasa, Kigali, Lusaka, Cairo, Algiers, Pretoria, and Accra.

Sutton Grammar School for Boys

Robin Gorham – former British Deputy High Commissioner, Lusaka and former Head of Protocol Department and Assistant Marshal of Diplomatic Corps, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Telecommunications in Zambia

Relays of at least two international broadcasters are accessible in Lusaka and Kitwe.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1291

All parties were reminded of their obligations under the Ceasefire Agreement signed in Lusaka.

United States Ambassador to Zambia

An embassy in Lusaka was established on October 24, 1964—independence day for Zambia.

The United States embassy in Zambia is located in Lusaka.

V. Ponnambalam

Ponnambalam withdrew from political life and in 1978 shifted his residence to Lusaka, Zambia where he taught at the Co-operative College.

World Cricket League Africa Region

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in September 2008 in Lusaka, Zambia but was rescheduled to South Africa just before the original tournament started due to the death of the Zambian President.

Zambia national rugby union team

One of the greatest rugby union players of all-time and the world's most capped player, Australian player George Gregan, was born in Lusaka, Zambia in 1973.

Zambian Defence Force

U.S. State Department International Military Education and Training records from FY-2006 indicate a Zambian officer attended from 64 Armoured Regiment at Mikongo Barracks, east Lusaka.

Zukiswa Wanner

Zukiswa Wanner was born in Lusaka, Zambia to a South African father and a Zimbabwean mother.


Brightwell Banda

The following year, Banda became the first Zambian to sign a full-time contract as national team coach when he signed a three-year deal and he underlined this when Zambia demolished Cameroun 4-1 in Lusaka in a World Cup qualifier and went through to the next round after a 1-1 draw in Yaoundé in the second leg.

Chizongwe Secondary School

Between 1966 and 1980 it was amongst the top five secondary schools in Zambia together with Munali (Lusaka), Linda High School (Livingstone), David Kaunda (Lusaka) and Luanshya Boys (Luanshya) and is till these days considered a school of excellence.

Felix Bwalya

Felix Bwalya (born October 27, 1970 in Chingola – died December 23, 1997 in Lusaka) was a boxer from Zambia, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Finance Bank Zambia Limited

# University of Zambia Branch - Great East Road Campus, University of Zambia, Lusaka

IAS Cargo Airlines

The aforesaid aircraft crashed on 14 May 1977 during the final approach to Lusaka Airport at the end of a non-scheduled all-cargo flight from London Heathrow via Athens and Nairobi when its right-hand horizontal stabiliser separated as a result of metal fatigue, causing a loss of pitch control and killing all six occupants.

Jackie Sewell

He then moved to Northern Rhodesia and became player-coach for City of Lusaka F.C. He later coached teams in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and the Belgian Congo (now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo).

Kelvin Avon

Kelvin Avon aka Afreex (born 1975 in Lusaka, Zambia) is a platinum selling music producer, songwriter and mix engineer based in London and Hong Kong, he made his name working on remixes for artists such as P. Diddy, Erykah Badu, Mario, Lumidee, Jamelia and many more.

Kenny Mwape

He then joined Lusaka Tigers in the 1982 season and the following season crossed over to Botswana where he coached club sides Notwane, Centre Chiefs and LCS Gunners.

Lloyd International Airways

In January 1971, Lloyd International entered into an agreement with East African Airways Corporation (EAAC) to operate scheduled all-cargo services on the latter's behalf between London, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Entebbe and Lusaka.

Lusaka–Livingstone road

The Lusaka–Livingstone Road or Livingstone Road is the main highway of the Southern Province of Zambia from the capital, Lusaka, to the principal tourist destination, Livingstone, Southern Africa.

Muchinga Province

Chama is connected with Lusaka by a different road which follows the Luangwa River and passes Petauke and Nyimba, connecting to the Great East Road.

Mumbwa

Its district covers the western part of the Central Province bordering Kaoma and Western Province to the west, Namwala and Southern Province to the south, Lusaka and Lusaka Province to the east, Kasempa and North-Western Province to the north and Kabwe to the north-east.

Yvonne Mwale

Born in Lusaka in 1988, Yvonne was raised as the daughter to the Honorable Member of Parliament Mr. Michael Mwale and former songstress Jelita Mwanza in Petauke (Zambia).