ZAMBIA: COPPER MINES TRAIN AFRICANS TO DRIVE GIANT TRUCKS

Record ID: 460566

  • Title: ZAMBIA: COPPER MINES TRAIN AFRICANS TO DRIVE GIANT TRUCKS
  • Date: 15th April 1965
  • Summary: 1. MV SIGN "N.C.C.M. DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOL" 0.04 2. SV TRAINEE BOARDS LANDROVER 0.11 3. MV SIGNBOARD "AVOID PANIC STOPS, SLOW DOWN BEFORE JUNCTION" 0.15 4. SV TRAINEE AND ZAMBIAN INSTRUCTOR OFF IN LANDROVER 0.19 5. GL LANDROVER TO CAMERA 0.28 6. CU ANOTHER INSTRUCTION SIGNBOARD 0.31 7. GV TRAINEE WALKS TO 5-TON LORRY FOLLOWED BY EUROPEAN AND ZAMBIAN INSTRUCTOR 0.37 8. SV EUROPEAN TALKS TO TRAINEE IN DRIVING CAB 0.40 9. SV 5-TONNER REVERSES 0.45 10. SV & CV'S..EUROPEAN INSTRUCTS TRAINEE BY 64-TON TRUCK (3 SHOTS) 0.55 11. SV TRAINEE BOARDS 64-TONNER 1.04 12. MV INTO CAB 1.10 13. SV 64-TONNER TO CAMERA 1.24 14. SV TRAINER TALKS TO TRAINEE THROUGH CAB WINDOW 1.26 15. CU TRAINEE TILT TO HIS HANDS ON WHEEL 1.31 16. SV 64-TONNER REVERSES 1.36 Initials JT/VS/JF/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 30th April 1965 13:00
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  • Location: CHINGOLA, ZAMBIA
  • Country: Zambia
  • Reuters ID: LVAEAB4XARRWFEEWWORZDHBZ7ZEL
  • Story Text: IN COPPER-RICH ZAMBIA, AFRICANS ARE BEING TRAINED TO ASSUME GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE MINERS. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TASKS IN DRIVING THE HEAVY MACHINERY. THEY BEGIN TRAINING BEHIND THE WHEEL OF LIGHT VEHICLES BEFORE TAKING ON THE HEAVIER TRANSPORTERS.

    WE LOOK AT A TRAINING PROGRAMME AT THE MINING TOWN OF CHINGOLA, NEAR THE KATANGA BORDER. HERE THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CORPORATION, ONE OF ZAMBIA'S BIGGEST MINING COMPANIES, HAS INITIATED A SCHEME TO HELP AFRICANS TAKE OVER FROM EUROPEAN DRIVERS.

    INSTRUCTION IS DONE BY A SKILLED EUROPEAN DRIVER, ASSISTED BY A ZAMBIAN. RECRUIT DRIVERS ARE TAUGHT STEP BY STEP THE INTRICATE WORK THEY WILL HAVE TO DO LATER ON.

    THE COURSE LASTS SIX MONTHS. FROM LIGHT VEHICLES, SUCH AS THE JEEP-LIKE LANDROVER, THEY GRADUATE TO 64-TON MONSTERS, EACH WORTH GBP48,000. HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT BEING TRAINED YET TO DRIVE THE BIG BULLDOZERS WHICH GOUGE OUT THE COPPER. THIS MAY BE DONE NEXT YEAR.
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