Thank for this video. I had no idea this happened in Zambia. I echo the sentiment of the woman that lost her father in this horrific accident. We should honor and remember these men just like how we honor and remember the Zambian Football Team that perished in 1993. May their souls continue resting in eternal peace🙏🏾.
Really sad, thank you so much for this video....never heard about this. My heartfelt condolences to all the 89 gallant miners Zambia lost. May they continue resting in glory!!!
Thank God for this channel I know about the history of Europe but am surprised I never knew about this being a Zambian oh please continue on this good work so we may know our roots.
I was also very young when the Kafironda explosion happened. From what my parents told me, the blast shock wave cracked a several windows along our street at Hombwe avenue. We lived at the end of Hombwe just along from Pooh corner and As a kid my friends and I would enter the bush here and go and line up rocks along the railway tracks. The things we did....:)
I remember it well. I was in my office in Kitwe and we thought a bomb had gone off as our glass windows bent in the n out! An employee nearly died as he drove past the site only shortly before . This was the dynamite train that blew up. There was also the tailings damn disaster.
Thank you for the video though I had worked in the Mufulira mines in 1996 for a short period , I did not know exactly what the desaster in 1970 was about!
Incredible! I’m glad it was useful to you and I’m sure it just seem surreal as you think bout working in that actual area to where this took place . I think for safety this should be taught to all new staff by way in the induction as part of the history of the mine
My dad was in the Proto {mine rescue}team then and he and his colleagues spent weeks recovering bodies. He never spoke about it but it clearly affected him.
@@richardbowness1595 I’m not sure who your dad is and I don’t know all the men in the photo so he might not be in it. Send me a message to mufuliramark@icloud .com and I’ll return the photo
Maybe this information will gather momentum to appeal to our government to declare 25th September as Miners Day so that our dear departed can be honoured. I am saying this as a former miner and urge all unions in the mining sector should take this with the current government which I am sure is a listening government.
The Mufulira sinkhole site as it is called. I visited this site twice last year and saw the placard with names of all fallen heroes. A massive sunken area with trees now covering much of the area, thank you for bringing out this great history. I also advise that this documentary be televised on national TV so that every citizen knows about our history. To the families it'd give me great pleasure for Mopani to educate and employ 1 person from each family.
My father was on a rescue team from chillilabombwe. by the time they were able to get there, it was too late. I was 7 years old, but heard the sirens from the mine, so I knew there was something going on. After, my father never spoke of it when us kids could hear.
Thanks for sharing this information. We have had some tragedies which are not documented for the general public to know. Under KK, we knew a lot about what was happening in the other Southern African nations, which were fighting for their independence than for our own nation. GRZ should develop a small museum with this kind of information available around the mine area or in the National Museum. Israel has the Holocaust museum & at Masada National Park, they also document what happened there before the tourists start to tour the park. We can do the same & charge some little money to both local & international tourists, which can be used to help the families of those who lost their loved ones
I definitely never knew anything about this tragedy until i watched this video. This disaster deserves an event in honor of the victims and their families.
What I can't believe is how this rich history is not part of our syllabus, in both, to honor them dead and those who lost and also to make us know where we come from. I just can't get it why I'm learning about this now at 33yrs when I'm born and raised in Lusaka
Quality documentary and very informative... Despite having a Number of friends from there, I hardly knew of such a catastrophic event! We need more content like this to learn where we are coming from as a country, thanks a great deal
I love your videos. I love history, African history even more. But I've always been around people who never appreciated history, even in school and university, 😂 can you believe that. I discovered your channel yesterday and I must say I've fallen In love with your head. I'll be a close follower from today.
Thank you Alphas 😄 I’m happy you appreciate what’s in my head😁 ! I lm with you , I love history because it’s stuff that REALLY happened. Yes some people are convinced history is boring but I think it’s just because they haven’t heard the right story yet 👍🏾. I’m so pleased to know that you like my content . It means a lot to me to have your support. Thank you 🙏🏾
I never knew about any of this . I think it would be good to commemorate it within the mining industry . I remember the Gabon disaster as well . I don’t know why zambia struggles to pay retirees. And how can NAPSA ask for payslips honestly!!! I mean the mine number is there and the man was listed as dead .... it’s just insensitive
You’re absolutely right it’s so disrespectful, for them to ask the family for payslips. I feel like that’s just a way for them to make excuses not to give them the money that is owed to them, those people died in the trash. I never knew this happened and they should definitely be honored with a memorial service . They deserve respect and so do the families.
This is touching I heard of it but not really in detail.... may the souls of all those 89 miners rest in peace it was a sad time for Mufulira oh my goodness 😢
I remember that time vividly, only I couldn't remember the year it happened, I was 7 years old when it happened, I remember the solemn music being played on radio - Prominently played were songs from the King's Messengers quatett .
I was in grade 4 when this happened, but I didn't even know that there was a monument built to honor those who perished in this mine disaster! It was a very sad time indeed!
😮When that accident happened i was 6yrs old. but i came know abojt that accident when i was in grade seven, and its true this pipo need to be remembered the way we remember those who died gaborn ,and may their soul rest in peace.
Thanks for the video l am great full for this information l recently got a spiritual connection to someone who could be my grandfather and everything that saw in the vision has led me to this video and am still investigating for l believe there’s something that l have to do . For some of the people who lost their lives on that mine haven’t been resting
I was a kid in the 70s and I remember my parents going from Kitwe to mufurila to attend the funeral of my grandfather.my grandma later relocated back to the village kashiba,s in luapula province.
Kenani Kabanda one of the survivors was my grand father. And I'm only learning of the accident now. I am not happy. Someone should have told me about this
afternoon comrades i don't known how but i find myself in mufulira transferred from kabwe i went on youtube just find this video imagine and today been 12th septmeber 2023 thanks for the history
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Thank for this video. I had no idea this happened in Zambia. I echo the sentiment of the woman that lost her father in this horrific accident. We should honor and remember these men just like how we honor and remember the Zambian Football Team that perished in 1993.
May their souls continue resting in eternal peace🙏🏾.
Yes indeed we should honour their memory
This is very informative. I had no idea there was ever such a disaster that happened in Zambia. It was such a devastating time for the small town
Really sad, thank you so much for this video....never heard about this. My heartfelt condolences to all the 89 gallant miners Zambia lost. May they continue resting in glory!!!
This has actually touched me, though it happened over 50 years ago, it's a pity that we don't document our own history.
This week makes 52 years since it happened, it’s the anniversary week
Thank God for this channel I know about the history of Europe but am surprised I never knew about this being a Zambian oh please continue on this good work so we may know our roots.
Excellent work. None of us knew about this.
Right ! I was like wow this is significant. Thanks for your support
Very good piece. Though I personally was aware of the Mufulira disaster though I was born a few years after it happened.
Thanks for the video. I had heard about it before but I didn't know it was that bad.
You are welcome
You make very good videos. Please do more, I have noticed lack of new videos on your channel. Thank you for your great work
I was also very young when the Kafironda explosion happened. From what my parents told me, the blast shock wave cracked a several windows along our street at Hombwe avenue. We lived at the end of Hombwe just along from Pooh corner and As a kid my friends and I would enter the bush here and go and line up rocks along the railway tracks.
The things we did....:)
This was well put together! Very informative
Thank you
Thank you so much for this! I just saw my great grandfather on the list, blurry but we’ll worth all the information. My heart is full.
Oh wow 🙏🏾
That’s for the info. Never heard of that,really appreciate to know about our Country history.
I remember it well. I was in my office in Kitwe and we thought a bomb had gone off as our glass windows bent in the n out! An employee nearly died as he drove past the site only shortly before . This was the dynamite train that blew up. There was also the tailings damn disaster.
Thank you for the video though I had worked in the Mufulira mines in 1996 for a short period , I did not know exactly what the desaster in 1970 was about!
Incredible! I’m glad it was useful to you and I’m sure it just seem surreal as you think bout working in that actual area to where this took place . I think for safety this should be taught to all new staff by way in the induction as part of the history of the mine
My dad was in the Proto {mine rescue}team then and he and his colleagues spent weeks recovering bodies. He never spoke about it but it clearly affected him.
Wow thank you sharing that info about your Dad . Yes it must have been traumatising .
My dad also.
@@richardbowness1595 have you got the photo of the men of the Proto team standing outside the office. If not I can forward it on.
@@mufuliramark , I would like that, thank you
@@richardbowness1595 I’m not sure who your dad is and I don’t know all the men in the photo so he might not be in it. Send me a message to mufuliramark@icloud .com and I’ll return the photo
Maybe this information will gather momentum to appeal to our government to declare 25th September as Miners Day so that our dear departed can be honoured. I am saying this as a former miner and urge all unions in the mining sector should take this with the current government which I am sure is a listening government.
The Mufulira sinkhole site as it is called. I visited this site twice last year and saw the placard with names of all fallen heroes. A massive sunken area with trees now covering much of the area, thank you for bringing out this great history. I also advise that this documentary be televised on national TV so that every citizen knows about our history. To the families it'd give me great pleasure for Mopani to educate and employ 1 person from each family.
Brother man ,help with information on how I can access this site .my grandfather perished in the same accident
Thank you very much for this information, I didn't know anything about this now I have learnt and known..
I learn a lot in this channel. It's really educative
My name sake ! Your support is encouraging. Thank you . I’m glad the channel is useful to you .
And recalled ha KK visiting each and every home of departed ones..... cries all over Mufulira Butondo Townships.😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Iye ...... 😔
I have never heard of this tragic event. Perhaps the day should be a national morning even upto now. 😢😢
My father was on a rescue team from chillilabombwe. by the time they were able to get there, it was too late. I was 7 years old, but heard the sirens from the mine, so I knew there was something going on. After, my father never spoke of it when us kids could hear.
Very informative
Thank you
Thanks for sharing this information. We have had some tragedies which are not documented for the general public to know. Under KK, we knew a lot about what was happening in the other Southern African nations, which were fighting for their independence than for our own nation. GRZ should develop a small museum with this kind of information available around the mine area or in the National Museum. Israel has the Holocaust museum & at Masada National Park, they also document what happened there before the tourists start to tour the park. We can do the same & charge some little money to both local & international tourists, which can be used to help the families of those who lost their loved ones
I agree !
I definitely never knew anything about this tragedy until i watched this video. This disaster deserves an event in honor of the victims and their families.
I'm very much sorry too sad
What I can't believe is how this rich history is not part of our syllabus, in both, to honor them dead and those who lost and also to make us know where we come from.
I just can't get it why I'm learning about this now at 33yrs when I'm born and raised in Lusaka
It boggles the mind my brother . This is our history… not vasco dagama!
Quality documentary and very informative... Despite having a Number of friends from there, I hardly knew of such a catastrophic event! We need more content like this to learn where we are coming from as a country, thanks a great deal
I was 13 years old living in Kalulushi with my parents, dad was a miner at Chibuluma Mine. This is the first time I'm hearing about this sad history.
Well l lived in Nchanga-- 1970---teenager -had no idea this happened in Mufulira --really scary and terribly sad !
I love your videos. I love history, African history even more. But I've always been around people who never appreciated history, even in school and university, 😂 can you believe that. I discovered your channel yesterday and I must say I've fallen In love with your head. I'll be a close follower from today.
Thank you Alphas 😄 I’m happy you appreciate what’s in my head😁 ! I lm with you , I love history because it’s stuff that REALLY happened. Yes some people are convinced history is boring but I think it’s just because they haven’t heard the right story yet 👍🏾.
I’m so pleased to know that you like my content . It means a lot to me to have your support. Thank you 🙏🏾
I never knew about any of this . I think it would be good to commemorate it within the mining industry . I remember the Gabon disaster as well . I don’t know why zambia struggles to pay retirees. And how can NAPSA ask for payslips honestly!!! I mean the mine number is there and the man was listed as dead .... it’s just insensitive
You’re absolutely right it’s so disrespectful, for them to ask the family for payslips. I feel like that’s just a way for them to make excuses not to give them the money that is owed to them, those people died in the trash. I never knew this happened and they should definitely be honored with a memorial service . They deserve respect and so do the families.
Wish goverment can recognise this day 😭😭😭😭😭😭 it was not easy but darkest day in Mufulira
This was such a well made documentary 👍🏾🇿🇲
I was in grade 3 when this horrible thing happened. It was really a sad development.
Well composed. Appreciated!
This is touching I heard of it but not really in detail.... may the souls of all those 89 miners rest in peace it was a sad time for Mufulira oh my goodness 😢
I remember that time vividly, only I couldn't remember the year it happened, I was 7 years old when it happened, I remember the solemn music being played on radio - Prominently played were songs from the King's Messengers quatett .
Wow I just looked them up on TH-cam! I listened to Rock of ages . Thank you for sharing this information. It’s very solemn indeed.
I was in grade 4 when this happened, but I didn't even know that there was a monument built to honor those who perished in this mine disaster! It was a very sad time indeed!
😮When that accident happened i was 6yrs old. but i came know abojt that accident when i was in grade seven, and its true this pipo need to be remembered the way we remember those who died gaborn ,and may their soul rest in peace.
It happened barely a week after Zambia hosted the 1970 Non Aligned Movement Conference. Disaster indeed!
Truly awful. It would be interesting to get interviews with the managers and also with the PROTO team.
It's informative,but it's so sad, may there sour rest in peace.now were there safty officers around there.
This channel is so informative. Caving is right word for sinking in mining terms. It appears this mine used one of open stoping mining methods
Got it ! Caving , it caved in . Thanks for watching and for finding the channel informative . I appreciate 👍your support.
Thanks for the video l am great full for this information l recently got a spiritual connection to someone who could be my grandfather and everything that saw in the vision has led me to this video and am still investigating for l believe there’s something that l have to do . For some of the people who lost their lives on that mine haven’t been resting
I was a kid in the 70s and I remember my parents going from Kitwe to mufurila to attend the funeral of my grandfather.my grandma later relocated back to the village kashiba,s in luapula province.
Wow 😞
I have information now.. But previously, i just had awareness of a disaster having happened.
Kenani Kabanda one of the survivors was my grand father. And I'm only learning of the accident now. I am not happy. Someone should have told me about this
Am so sad to learn about this. People died badly and nothing has been done so unfair for the families.
Yes it’s really unfair
It was through negligence by ignoring the daily log report and recommendation...so sad...never should this happen again!!!
Your the best God bless you
May there Soul continue rest in peace
this is the history that should be taught in zambia
Indeed
💔💔💔😭😭😭😭😭😭 my granny was there too I have never seen him I was born in 1992 and he died 1970
This is one kind of History we need to know as Zambians...
I was a kid by then and remembered my mother telling me not to during water coming from the tap because human flesh was noticed in the water
She may have been right
Oh so that's were the story of bloody water from taps in mufulira came from I always wondered
afternoon comrades i don't known how but i find myself in mufulira transferred from kabwe i went on youtube just find this video imagine and today been 12th septmeber 2023 thanks for the history
Oh wow ! What a coincidence…
Very sad
That was bad we should be remembering our fathers.
Saulosi banda was my daddy who survived,hes late now died in 2020.
What an amazing man he was . God bless you and keep comforting your family.
It's infuriating to learn that the government at that time and also after that government, did nothing to cushion the blow on the affected families
It’s just unacceptable really .
all those lives lost just to make England where it is today
May the souls of the galant miners rest in peace.
🙏🏾
The spirits are still there and they need a way to that place and l somehow feel like l should visit that place
My grandpa died in this accident
🙏🏾
Can we have a memorial please
I was at mandola # 1977
Wow that’s incredible. Thank you for sharing that information and for watching. How long did you stay for ?
I am guided by the spirit of Henry Wamundila . Anyone with any information that can help me l am in Zimbabwe
Anyone to assist
Hi