Icon and veteran commentator Dennis Liwewe has died. Liwewe was renowned as the Voice of Zambia .
He was born on 22 May 1936, a trained teacher Liwewe started his journalism career working as a junior reporter for the mining newspaper known as the Nchanga Drum in the mining town of Chingola in 1971 when he joined the mining conglomerate Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines (NCCM) that was run by the Anglo-American Corporation.
He quickly rose through the ranks and later became assistant editor of the paper before becoming editor.
Liwewe was later moved to Public Relations department as a PR officer and was later transferred to Lusaka as director of media and public relations of the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM). ZCCM was an amalgamation of NCCM and Roan Consolidated Mines (RCM). MHSRIP
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