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Munali
Munali Secondary School is a state-funded secondary school located on the Great East Road in Lusaka, Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia. Munali was the first secondary school for black students in Zambia's history. Some of its alumni are notable Zambian politicians and public figures: History Colonial times In colonial times, Munali was intended as Northern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia's principal school for talented native Zambians. The school was first established in 1938 as Entral Trade School. Founded in its own right in 1947 as "Munali secondary School" with about 40 pupils, it was originally situated at the David Kaunda campus at "Old Munali". In 1953 the school moved from Old Munali to its current campus at "New Munali". After independence in 1964, the new Government Cabinet was composed almost entirely of alumni of Munali Secondary School. Notable amongst this cohort were Kenneth Kaunda, and brothers Sikota and Arthur Wina (dcd), the latter having been the husband of Zambia's former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Amos Siwo
Peter Amos Mbiko Siwo ( – ) was one of the first black graduates in Northern Rhodesia, and a pioneering civil servant after the country achieved independence as Zambia. Early life and education He was born in Siwo Village beside the Thandiwe Caves, near Chipata in Eastern Province. He was a pupil at Munali Boys Secondary School, Lusaka, and became Head Boy. At that time it was the only secondary school for black boys in the then Northern Rhodesia. He did his postgraduate studies at Columbia University, in New York. He studied at St Antony's College, Oxford University 1982-83. Career He was the first black graduate to work at the Luansha Mines. Before independence, he lived in a little house in no man's land in the Copperbelt. They did not want to put him with the black miners in those tiny houses because he was a graduate, but they could not put him in a big house in the white area either because he was black. He was the first chairman of Zambia Airways. He was Permanent Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amusaa Mwanamwambwa
Amusaa Katunda Mwanamwambwa (15 May 1940 – 21 October 2023) was a Zambian politician. He was a member of the National Assembly for Liuwa between 1991 and 1998, also holding several ministerial posts. In 1998 he became Speaker of the National Assembly, a post he held until 2011. Biography Mwanamwambwa was born in 1940 into a family from Imwambo in the Kalabo District. He attended Mukola Primary School between 1949 and 1953, after which he was educated at Libonda Middle School, Lukona Upper Primary School and Mongu Secondary School, before going to Munali Secondary School between 1960 and 1964.Ng'ona Mwela Chibesakunda (2001) ''The Parliament of Zambia'', p40 Whilst at Secondary School he joined the Youth Brigade of the United National Independence Party. After spending a year working as an Information Assistant at the Zambia Information Services, he enrolled at Middlebury College in the United States in 1965, earning a BA in political science in 1969. In 1970 he was appoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Kasonde
Emmanuel Kasonde (December 23, 1935 – December 12, 2008) was a Zambian economist and politician who served as the Finance permanent secretary or Minister of Finance under three successive Zambian presidential administrations, including Kenneth Kaunda, Frederick Chiluba and Levy Mwanawasa. Early life Emmanuel Kasonde was born in Malole Mission particularly in the village called Bwebe and later the family moved and settled Mukosa village in Malole, Northern Rhodesia. He completed his primary school education at Malole Primary School from 1943 to 1950. He next enrolled at St Francis Secondary School. Kasonde continued his education, attending Munali, located in Lusaka, from 1953 to 1956. It is at Mukosa village where he later established one of the biggest farm companies, called Trent farms. This household farm name came to be the biggest name in the product of maize meal and soya beans. The farm is still there under a different management with less activities. He moved from Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Mudenda
Elijah Haatuakali Kaiba Mudenda (6 June 1927 ''The Times of Zambia'' ( allAfrica.com), 7 November 2008. – 2 November 2008) was a Zambian politician. He served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Zambia from 27 May 1975 to 20 July 1977. Early life and education Mudenda was born in , in the Choma District of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yotham Muleya
Yotam Siachobe Muleya (1940 – 23 November 1959) was a long-distance runner who represented Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Muleya broke racial barriers and opened a new era in Rhodesian sport when he beat the famous British four minute miler, Gordon Pirie, by 100 yards in a three-mile race at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in December 1958. Biography Early life Muleya was born in Mudukula Village, in Pemba District which was under Choma District at that time in the then Northern Rhodesia, the fourth surviving son of Jam and Munsanda Siakwambwa.Walubita, Moses (2011). "Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses," Bloomington, IN, iUniverse As his immediate elder brother had died in infancy, Tonga custom called for the next surviving child to be named after anything other than human so he was named ''Siachobe'' after a beetle which is associated with rain and means the harbinger of good news. He started school at Mudukula Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fwanyanga Mulikita
Fwanyanga Matale Mulikita (24 November 1928 – 2 September 1998) was a Zambian politician. He held several ministerial positions during the late 1960s and 1970s, and was later Speaker of the National Assembly Biography Mulikita was born in Sefula in the Barotseland region of Northern Rhodesia in 1928.John Dickie & Alan Rake (1973) ''Who's Who in Africa: The political, military and business leaders of Africa'', African Development, pp600–601 He attended Barotseland National School for his primary education, before moving onto Munali Secondary School in Lusaka.Ng'ona Mwela Chibesakunda (2001) ''The Parliament of Zambia'', p39 He then attended the University of Fort Hare in South Africa, earning a BA. After obtaining a scholarship, he studied at Stanford and Columbia University in the United States, earning an MA in psychology. Upon returning to Northern Rhodesia, Mulikita worked as a teacher and an education officer. After taking a correspondence course in journalism he start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inonge Wina
Inonge Mutukwa Wina (born 2 April 1941) is a Zambian politician who served as the 13th Vice President from 2015 to 2021. She was the first woman to hold the position, which made her the highest ranking woman in the history of the Zambian government. Education Wina attended primary school in Senanga, at the Barotse National School (now Kambule Secondary School) in Mongu. She eventually completed her high school education at Santa Monica High School in Los Angeles, California. She obtained a diploma in social work at Santa Monica College. She also enrolled for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Zambia when it was first opened. Community service Wina's involvement in community work dates back to the early 1970s when she volunteered free service to women's movements. She has served on various boards of non-governmental organisations. She was also president of the Young Women's Christian Association, where she was instrumental in promoting women's human rights agenda, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Grey Zulu
Alexander Grey Zulu (3 September 1924 – 16 August 2020) was a Zambian politician. Zulu was born in Chipata. He was subsequently educated at Munali Secondary School in Lusaka. After serving in several positions, Zulu was appointed Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia), Minister of Commerce and Industry 1964; Minister of Transport and Communications (Zambia), Minister of Transport and Works 1964; Minister of Mines and Cooperatives 1965–67; Minister of Home Affairs 1967–70; Ministry of Defence (Zambia), Minister of Defence 1970–73; Secretary General of the Party (equivalent to vice president) 1973–78; Secretary of State for Defence and Security 1979–85; Secretary General 1986–1991. He had four sons and four daughters. References 1924 births 2020 deaths Members of the National Assembly of Zambia Members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia Transport ministers of Zambia Defence ministers of Zambia Mines ministers of Zambia Commerce, trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikota Wina
Sikota Wina (31 August 1931 – 15 June 2022) was a Zambian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, Legislative Council and the National Assembly (Zambia), National Assembly and the country's first Ministry of Health (Zambia), Minister of Health. He also held the posts of Ministry of Local Government (Zambia), Minister for Local Government and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services, Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Tourism. Biography Wina was born in Mongu in 1931. His father was Chief Minister to the Paramount Chief of Barotseland. He attended Kafue Training School and then Munali Secondary School in Lusaka, before going on to study at the University of Fort Hare in South Africa. However, he was expelled from the university due to his political activity. Wina returned to Northern Rhodesia and worked in the Information Department of the colonial government, and in 1954 he was arrested for entering a whites-only restaurant. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuben Kamanga
Reuben Chitandika Kamanga (26 August 1929 – 20 September 1996) was a Zambian freedom fighter, politician and statesman. He was educated at Munali Secondary School. Early and family Life Kamanga was born on 2 August in 1929 in Chipata district of the Eastern Zambia at Chitandika village of chief Chinunda. Political career Kamanga was imprisoned several times during the independence struggle especially during the period 1959–60. In 1958 Kamanga along with other senior males from the Eastern Province joined the United National Independence party (UNIP). He later went to live in Cairo from 1960–62. Before Zambia's independence he served as the deputy president of the United National Independence Party and as Minister of Labour and Mines. Following the attainment of independence on 24 October 1964, Kamanga was appointed and became Zambia's first Vice-President under President Kenneth Kaunda. As the country's first Vice President, Kamanga served for three years before Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Mwila
Benjamin Yoram Mwila (September 17, 1943 – August 17, 2013), often known as BY, was a Zambian politician and businessman. Mwila was a prominent leader and co-founder of the Zambia Republican Party. He served as an MP for Luanshya in the National Assembly. Mwila held several cabinet portfolios within the cabinet of President Frederick Chiluba during the 1990s, including Minister of Defence from 1991 to 1997. Life and career Mwila was born in Kawambwa, Zambia, on September 17, 1943. He attended primary school in Kawambwa and Chiwala Secondary School in Ndola. He then transferred to Munali Secondary School. Mwila was originally a member of the Movement for Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD), whose other members included Frederick Chiluba. Chiluba was elected President of Zambia in 1991. Mwila was also elected to the National Assembly as an MP from the Luanshya constituency in the 1991 general election. President Chiluba appointed Benjamin Mwila as a member of his cabinet. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupiah Banda
Rupiah Bwezani Banda (19 February 1937 – 11 March 2022) was a Zambian politician who served as the fourth president of Zambia from 2008 to 2011, taking over from Levy Mwanawasa. Banda was an active participant in politics from early in the presidency of Kenneth Kaunda, during which time he held several diplomatic posts. In October 2006, he was appointed the vice-president by Mwanawasa. After Mwanawasa suffered a stroke in June 2008 and died later that year, he became acting president. During the 2008 Zambian presidential election, 2008 elections, he narrowly won against opposition leader Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front (Zambia), Patriotic Front. He was later defeated in the 2011 Zambian general election, 2011 election and succeeded by Sata. Early life Banda was born in the town of Miko, Gwanda, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe); his parents had come from Northern Rhodesia to find employment prior to his birth, and he was sponsored by a local Dutch Reformed Church preacher ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
