Kansanshi Mining plc has over the last four years spent about K860 million towards supporting Solwezi Technical High School.
The support the mining company has rendered to the school ranges from donation of laboratory equipment, replacement of broken window panes, rehabilitation of dormitories and classrooms and the latest being the donation of six industrial cooking pots and two conventional cookers with ovens all worth K345 million.
Kansanshi Mine Public Relations Manager Godfrey Msiska disclosed this when he handed over the six industrial cooking pots and two conventional cookers to the school yesterday.
Mr. Msiska said rendering assistance to learning institutions such as Solwezi Technical High School, was in line with the Kansanshi Mine’s social responsibility aimed at empowering the local community within which the company operates.
He said the mining company saw the need to improve infrastructure in learning institutions to ensure that the environment is conducive for studies which would in turn translate into better
results from students.
Mr. Msiska expressed hope that the other players in the corporate world would render similar assistance to improve the conditions in institutions of learning as this was an absolute necessity if the nation was to make unprecedented economic development.
He said Kansanshi Mine realized that the school had been spending substantial amounts of money on rehabilitating the old cookers whenever they broke down, which forced the school to turn to firewood
as fuel energy for cooking food, which he said was not sustainable.
Receiving the donation on behalf of the school, Provincial Education Officer Jennipher Malama said, the gesture made by Kansanshi Mine was a step in the right direction and that it was in line with the government’s policy of Public Private Partnership (PPP).
Ms. Malama said, the donation would go a long way in alleviating the problems the school had been facing, as the equipment would be quickening the preparation of meals in a clean environment.
She urged the school management and the students to guard the equipment jealously.
ENDS/MM/ZANS
Thank God for my School
We used to call it SOWALA those days, keep it up Kansashi
A real case of how private business plans a role in uplifting the standard of peoples lives in contributing towards human capital. While alot of people continue to political about the contribution of copper mining in to Zambia and have taken it for granted. A number of us who worked in the defunct UNIP ZCCM which was loosing US$1m per day and have worked around the work in private mining business appreciate its role. One needs to look beyond tax to evaluate the contribution on mining to the Zambian economy. Well don government we are on the right path.
That is my old school – Sowala jojo i hope i knew your real name ( Bandit)
I guess you know me, I used to give Sibuku a good run for boarding fees then. Who re you mate?
This is very progressive.
Students must be schooled in the importance of preserving and cherishing school equipment and supplies.
Twasata ba Kansanhi mwane.
jojo-lol you remember Sibuku and Mr Nyirenda, lol guess i know you too-we used to go for Teen Time mu boma- viva Sotec
won’t the tourists also donate to Hillcrest in Livingstone?
# 8 Musukuma, yes Nyirenda was our deputy while Kabaso was head. We used to go for teen time and a drink at new bar if not mistaken. Was in same class with late Mishikondo 12S
Good work Kansanshi mine!
And nice to see Sotec chaps discovering each other on this blog. We played a lot of soccer with Sotec boys. Those were really great days. All the best guys where ever you are and guess you are doing great things.
Jojo, where are you? This is your former partner in crime during the good old Soltec days.
Oh yes we had a good time at that school I wonder if Sibuku is alive and I miss tamban the give the people of north western provice a lession or two, nice people!
Kudos to kansanshi.
jojo, then i was in the same class with you. so how do we hook up, this is me, maths teacher’s brother.
how do we link up-wooo.
Soltec and Zambia, when I was there, it was nothing to talk about, everything was run down. I used to wonder why we saw white people driving up and down to Kansanshi mine, not knowing there was red gold. It is good if that place has improved in all areas.
:-c jojo and musukuma, we need to link up on facebook. I know who you both are. It would be good to do some serious catch up.
Men Soltech was the place i miss goin to the CAVE at changachanga…lol
Nakumbwa ine former class mates with amusing nick names meeting on LT. This is a great mining venture, I guess the owners are not Chinese. Please Chinese investors to redeem yourselves build raillines to the north western and western province aswell.
#14 Msukuma, Catch me at sostenmumba@gmail .com
Hey..Soltec Boys..
Join the Solwezi Old Boys Association on Facebook..
I am from the class of 1984.. Also gave Sibuku some run for his money..Trust me that man used to whack the hell out evryone he taught. Above everything he was a very good human being. Is the Tabora Market still there opposite the piggery!!! Good Tamba from there lol
Stop praising Kansanshi for this. They owe us. Those of us who grew up on the Copperbelt know that the mines provided schools, hospitals, welfare recreational centres, and even free residences for their employees so that they could have healthy educated and happy employees. They even fully sponsored sports teams.The current Mine companies are so stingy they make noise about little donations of K860 million. Give us back what you owe you imperialists
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