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After being banned from proceeding to secondary school, Mr Changufu was sponsored by his father to South Africa in 1947 for further education. But when he made a stop-over in Lusaka, a cousin with whom he stayed outwitted him out of his money after promising to repay it at the month-end. After failing to repay the money, this cousin arranged with some friends to have Changufu start work at [[Government Printers]] as trainee printer, book binder and machine minder. While training on-the-job at Government Printers, Changufu enrolled at South Africa’s Lyciam College to study forms one and two by correspondence.<ref name=times>‘Pacesetters Remembered’ by Martin Wamunyima, Times of Zambia</ref> | After being banned from proceeding to secondary school, Mr Changufu was sponsored by his father to South Africa in 1947 for further education. But when he made a stop-over in Lusaka, a cousin with whom he stayed outwitted him out of his money after promising to repay it at the month-end. After failing to repay the money, this cousin arranged with some friends to have Changufu start work at [[Government Printers]] as trainee printer, book binder and machine minder. While training on-the-job at Government Printers, Changufu enrolled at South Africa’s Lyciam College to study forms one and two by correspondence.<ref name=times>‘Pacesetters Remembered’ by Martin Wamunyima, Times of Zambia</ref> | ||
==Early politics== | |||
It was while at Government Printers that he started receiving regular visits from [[Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula]] who would discuss politics with him. He then became Nkumbula’s disciple, and in 1951, he was among those that were campaigning for Nkumbula, who was contesting for the presidency of the [[African National Congress]] (ANC), against [[Godwin Mbikusita-Lewanika]] and [[Safeli Chileshe]].<ref name=times/> | It was while at Government Printers that he started receiving regular visits from [[Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula]] who would discuss politics with him. He then became Nkumbula’s disciple, and in 1951, he was among those that were campaigning for Nkumbula, who was contesting for the presidency of the [[African National Congress]] (ANC), against [[Godwin Mbikusita-Lewanika]] and [[Safeli Chileshe]].<ref name=times/> | ||
