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The Rhodesian operation's other targets were Chikumbi, 19 kilometres (12 miles) north of Lusaka, and Mkushi Camp; all three were to be attacked more or less simultaneously in a coordinated sweep across Zambia. Assaulting targets deep inside Zambia was a first for the Rhodesian forces; previously only guerrillas near the border had been attacked ...
Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site, commonly referred to as Embassy Park or Embassy Memorial Park, is a national monument in Lusaka, Zambia.It serves as the official burial place for the country's presidents and is a site of immense historical and cultural significance. [1]
Football Heroes Burial Site, Independence Stadium, Lusaka, where 30 victims of the 1993 Gabon Air Disaster are buried including the 18 members of the Zambia national football team. Ntembwe of Mwase Lundazi — an irregular earthwork bank and ditch which was a baKafula village until about 1850, in Lundazi at 12°24' S 33°22' E.
Lusaka (/ l uː ˈ s ɑː k ə / loo-SAH-kə) is the capital and largest city of Zambia.It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. [7] Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about 1,279 metres (4,196 ft).
Gatling 's primary target, just 16 kilometres (10 miles) north-east of central Lusaka, Zambia's capital, was the formerly white-owned Westlands Farm, which had been transformed into ZIPRA's main headquarters and training base under the name "Freedom Camp". ZIPRA presumed that Rhodesia would never dare to attack a site so close to Lusaka. About ...
Rufunsa District is a district in Zambia, located in Lusaka Province. [1] The district capital is Rufunsa. The district was established by President Michael Sata in 2012 by splitting Chongwe District. [2] [3] As of the 2022 Zambian census, it has a population of 81,733. [4]
The shooting took place at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School at around 9 a.m. on Oct. 24.
Operation Cauldron was launched by the Rhodesian Security Forces in response to an incursion by ZIPRA insurgents on 28 December 1967. Despite the death or capture of 77 out of 79 men, ZAPU, from its base in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, did not regard the incursion as a failure; on the contrary, its leaders were pleased that they had inflicted some casualties on the Rhodesian African Rifles.