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13 unusual facts about Mufulira


Benjamin Bwalya

Bwalya was born in Mufulira to Benjamin Bwalya Sr and Elidah Bwalya and when the family moved to Ndola he went to Kansenshi Primary School from 1968 to 1974.

Clement Shaba

After service as a priest in Northern Zambia he was appointed Dean of Mufulira Cathedral.

David Chabala

Chabala was born in Mufulira where his father was a miner, the fourth born in a family of 12.

Felix Katongo

Born in Mufulira, Katongo has played club football in Zambia, South Africa, Angola, France and Libya for Butondo Western Tigers, Forest Rangers, Green Buffaloes, Jomo Cosmos, Petro Atlético, Rennes B, LB Châteauroux, Mamelodi Sundowns and Al-Ittihad.

Frederick Kashimoto

Kashimoto was born in Mufulira where he started his soccer career at Mutende Community Centre with whom he won the Dunlop Cup organised by the Copperbelt Amateur Football Association.

Johnson Bwalya

Born in Mufulira, Bwalya attended Kantanshi Secondary school and began his career at hometown club Butondo Western Tigers.

Kalusha Bwalya

Kalusha Bwalya (born 16 August 1963 in Mufulira), known as simply Kalusha or "Great kalu", is a Zambian footballer, former coach and President of the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ).

Kennedy Kanyanta

Kennedy Kenyanta (born April 10, 1979 in Mufulira, Copperbelt) is a Zambian boxer who won the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men's flyweight division and bronze at the 2007 AllAfrica Games as an amateur.

Kenny Mwape

On 26 February 1977 in a game against Mufulira Blackpool at Kamuchanga Stadium in Mufulira, Mwape was involved in a fracas which led to a suspension and court charges for him and four team-mates Obby Kapita, Francis Kajiya, Peter Tembo and Chris Kaoma.

Mordon Malitoli

Born in Mufulira, Malitoli began playing club football for local side Nkana F.C..

Northern Rhodesia Mine Workers' Union

The union established branches at Broken Hill, Roan Antelope, Mufulira, Nkana and Nchanga, however it struggled to recruit members, and by 1939 membership had fallen to 1,000 out of 2,500 eligible European mineworkers.

Tolomeo Mwansa

When his father retired from the mine in Kitwe, the family moved to Mufulira in 1959 and the following year, Mwansa joined Mufulira Mine Team whose name changed to Mufulira Wanderers in 1962 when the Zambian National Football League (NFL) was formed.

Water supply and sanitation in Zambia

During a second incident in January 2008, at least 13 people in Mufulira in northern Zambia were admitted to hospital after drinking water alleged to have been contaminated by the nearby Mopani Copper Mines.


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