Jack Zimba

Maina Soko's granddaughter, Maina Soko, wants to know where her grandmother was buried. A street in Ndola City named after Maina Soko. Brig-Gen. Malyangu says there are no written records about Maina Soko. JACK ZIMBA Lusaka   SINCE independence, one name has stood out, yet not much is known about the person behind that name. Maina Soko’s legacy is immortalised in a military hospital named after her. Maina Soko Military Hospital was initially a maternity annex for the University Teaching Hospital, built in the 1960s. Then in 1979, it was converted into a military hospital to take care of military casualties of the liberation war. When the army were looking for a name to name the hospital, Maina Soko was suggested. To many today, Maina Soko is nothing more than a military hospital located on Ash Road in Woodlands in Lusaka. This is largely because little is known about Maina Soko; who she really was and what she did has for four decades been shrouded ...

White Tembo retired in 1955 and has been living at his farm in Rufunsa since 1956. Pictures by Jack Zimba. Juliana died on April 18, 2018. She is believed to have been 108 years old. White Tembo thinks he still has a few more years to live. Mr Tembo's third daughter Justina (right) is 82 years old.   Could this be the oldest man alive? JACK ZIMBA  WHEN White Nyamfukudza Tembo comes out of the small house, he is borne like a toddler in the arms of his teenage grandson, and then his fragile frame is carefully placed in a chair. His grandchildren and great grandchildren gather around and gaze at him like a relic in a museum. Well, at 114 years old, he is a living relic. “Get me something warm, it’s cold out here,” demands the old man. His voice is still strong, but he is hard of hearing and one has to shout when speaking to him. He can hardly see, but he was able to detect the flashlight from my camera. “Are they taking pictures of me?” he asks his...