The long awaited New Years Day arrived and the new dawn heralded the revalued Kwacha.  KR was finally here and overnight Zambia’s billion and millionaires disappeared, their bank account balances becoming easily readable numbers. The run-up to KR-Day was only slightly chaotic with the likes of Zesco being closed for the last few days of […]

Every once in awhile we all like to get away, get some good old R&R. Rest and Relaxation, with maybe a hint of adventure was my intention when I jumped in the van and drove the 7 hours from Lusaka to Livingstone. It seems I was given more than I bargained for when I arrived […]

We have long and often expressed our concerns at the English language skills and especially the English comprehension skills of many of our citizens. Thus, we were interested to read recent press reports that language tuition should be in local languages as English is a colonial hangover. The first question to ask is why English […]

Over the past few months we have been reporting on the progress of David Reeve, our man at Le Dakar.   ‘The Team’ consisting of David, his riding mate, Ingo, from Namibia and the mechanics and support persons left at the end of December, arriving in Lima in good time to get the bikes unpacked […]