Northern Rhodesia Police by rebels while 472 Lumpas were killed in desperate assaults on the security forces and 46 were killed by other civilians. On 24 October 1964 Northern Rhodesia became the Republic of Zambia and the Northern Rhodesia Police became the Zambia Police. Lawson Hicks, the last Commissioner of the NRP became the first Commissioner of the Zambia Police until succeeded by Michael Mataka who had joined the NRP as a constable in 1941. Northern Rhodesia Police The Northern Rhodesia Police was the police force of the British ruled protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). In 1889 Northern Rhodesia, bounded by Angola
Northern Rhodesia Mine Workers' Union 1940 NRWU launched a strike, which trigged a separate protest movement amongst African workers. In 1942 Maybank was deported from Rhodesia due to his activism. He was not allowed to return to the Copperbelt until the end of the Second World War. Northern Rhodesia Mine Workers' Union The Northern Rhodesia Mine Workers' Union (NRMU) was a trade union which existed in Northern Rhodesia between 1936 and 1964. It represented blue-collar, European workers in the copper mining industry. The NRMU was founded in 1936 by Charles Harris, the General Secretary of the South African Mine Workers' Union, as a local branch