Enoch Kavindele

Among Kavindele's Woodgate Holdings ventures was Woodgate Motors, a subsidiary that leased part of the facilities at Livingstone Motor Assemblers (LMA) to assemble Isuzu motor vehicles. 

Woodgate Motors was responsible for introducing the Isuzu brand to Zambia. Despite widespread doubts that vehicle assembly could be established locally, the project succeeded, and many of the Isuzu utility vehicles on Zambian roads at the time were manufactured in Livingstone.

A milestone moment came when President Kenneth Kaunda received the very first Isuzu pickup assembled at LMA. The handover took place in the presence of his Special Assistant, Mr. Milimo Punabantu, and the President of Isuzu, who had travelled from Japan to witness the occasion (the picture gallery above captures this momentous occasion).