It has been referred to in various travel magazines as “the prettiest lodge on the Zambezi” and at the 25th Annual Awards Ceremony of the Trade Leaders Club in Madrid, Spain, Chundu won the Year 2000 trophy, an International travel award, which was presented by an overseas selection panel from the Tourist, Hotel and catering […]
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Book Review : Kariba into the Millennium
Kariba into the MillenniumBy Colin Gillies Kariba into the Millennium is a reprint of a book entitled Kariba, The Story of the World’s Biggest Man-made Lake, which was originally published just after the Dam was completed in 1959, with some information of more recent developments added. It relates the history of the Dam from […]
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Choma Museum and Crafts Centre The Choma Museum and Crafts Centre (CMCC) is strategically located along the Livingstone- Lusaka road. Founded in 1988, it is housed in the former Beit Hostel and School for Girls, one of the oldest preserved buildings in Zambia, which dates back to 1926. From very modest beginnings, the Museum has […]
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Following warm recommendations by friends, we decided to have dinner in the recently re-opened (ex-Chantal’s) restaurant, the Oriental Garden. We were greeted by country and western music which continued all evening. A few men sitting at the bar, otherwise the place was empty. There were checked cloths on the tables, and one could admire one’s […]
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A modern dance is composed in much the same way as an essay – each movement is like a word, a string of movements like a sentence, or a phrase. Once you have a few sentences, you can start to make a paragraph, stringing the movement phrases together, attaching them with transitions that work like […]
Read the rest of this entry »Recognition At Last For Art?
There are some countries, with their well-stocked art galleries and museums of various types, which literally seem awash with art. Zambia is not one of them. But by the same token, at least in Lusaka, hardly a week seems to pass without there being some sort of art exhibition. And Zambian works of arts can […]
Read the rest of this entry »Grand Opening of Twatasha Community School
I am very honoured to be present here for the opening of the Twatasha Community School. Acting Dutch Ambassador, Mrs. Lidi Remmelzwaal, opened her speech on Friday October 6, just before cutting the ribbon and unveiling the slate with the school’s logo upon it. The logo, designed and painted by students Rachel O’Donnell and Patricia […]
Read the rest of this entry »Plants to prettify Lusaka
Thousands of low-priced, healthy young plants in neat black plastics holders nestle in shady glades in the Lusaka City Council nursery, awaiting customers who seldom come because so few people know they are there. The nursery hides modestly behind bougainvilleas on Mwatusanga Road, off Independence Avenue just before Woodlands roundabout. (To make it more difficult, […]
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SANGOMAS, FOOTBALL AND RESPECT I’m writing in reference to the malodorous saga involving Andrew Tembo, Mwape Miti and the Danish football club OB Odious (sorry, OB Odense, may they be relegated for ever and ever) and the general passivity of our local media in responding to the whole story. Here we have two young bright […]
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Beautiful Lake Tanganyika at the very northern tip of Zambia and about 2½ hours drive from Kasama, on a decent road, gives Zambians access to its beauty and resources. But before seeking surf and sun its worth stopping in Mbala (turn right at the main T-junction for Mbala and left for Mpulungu) to see Moto […]
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As Zambia celebrates its 36th Independence anniversary, the farming town of Monze will host the 2000 Zambia Motor Sports Association (ZMSA) BP Challenge Monze Independence Rally. The rally, which attracts entries from the big boys, will run from 21st to 22nd October. The BP Challenge comes after the Castle Rally won by Muna Singh of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Major Cultural Event Hits Southern Africa
Preparations are well underway in countries throughout Southern African for one of the major environmental and cultural events of this millennium year – ‘A Light in the Night of President Khaya Afrikha’. ‘Khaya Afrikha’ is set to hit the regional cultural and political stage in an explosion of song, dance and traditional story telling. It’s […]
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Cane Cutter’s Day At Zambia Sugar Probably one of the most physically exacting jobs going in this part of the world is cutting cane. The cane is burnt the night before and early the next morning; cutters get into the fields and set about harvesting it with their “knives”. Several tonnes (each) later and covered […]
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As this edition of the Lowdown comes off the printing press, Lusaka residents will be bracing themselves for a very busy and, no doubt, hot October – Zambia’s 36th Independence celebrations, the launching of the COMESA Free Trade Area and all the exhibitions and seminars that go with it, as well as the SADC Mines 2000 Forum. On the […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Gorges below the Victoria Falls
The gorges below the Victoria Falls provide some stunning views and magnificent picnic spots. But often, it seems to me, it is only the rafters and abseilers who get to enjoy them. The road which takes you for a tour around them is always quiet – few people seem to bother to visit them. The […]
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