{"id":2963,"date":"2026-03-11T09:40:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:40:40","slug":"ndola-youth-employed-under-zns-commends-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=2963","title":{"rendered":"NDOLA YOUTH EMPLOYED UNDER ZNS COMMENDS GOVT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Mulenga, a youth from Chifubu township in Ndola district who volunteered to work with Zambia National Service (ZNS) to construct a bridge in Chifubu in 2025, has commended government for employing him as an officer.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eSpeaking when a team\u00a0from Zambia National Service called on Copperbelt Province Minister Elisha Matambo, Mr Mulenga said\u00a0he is ready to work for the country as a fully trained officer under ZNS.<\/p>\n<p>\u200eHe\u00a0has further pledged to work for the country with discipline and dedication.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eAnd Mr Matambo has commended the Zambia National Service for giving Mulenga an opportunity to train under ZNS stating that he was identified when he demonstrated patriotism and selflessness during a difficult time in the community.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eMr Matambo explained that when a bridge in Chifugu collapsed, soldiers were deployed to reconstruct it and needed a place to set up their base.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eHe said several households declined to provide space, but the family of the young man, led by his mother Christine Bwalya, offered their premises for the officers to put up a tent for their operations.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eMeanwhile, Christine Bwalya, mother to Alex Mulenga, also thanked government for employing\u00a0her son.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Mulenga, a youth from Chifubu township in Ndola district who volunteered to work with Zambia National Service (ZNS) to construct a bridge in Chifubu in 2025, has commended government for employing him as an officer. \u200e \u200eSpeaking when a team\u00a0from Zambia National Service called on Copperbelt Province Minister Elisha Matambo, Mr Mulenga said\u00a0he is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16,15],"tags":[26,25],"class_list":["post-2963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-latestnewsleft","category-onlyzanis","tag-ineverycornerofzambia","tag-zanis","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2965,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963\/revisions\/2965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}