It had been a cold couple of days in Lusaka and I was relieved to be sent off to check out a new camp on the Luangwa River, and pleasantly warm it was. Here’s the nice part – not a ten-hour drive across bad roads, but two and half hours of easy driving in my […]

We’re almost there – this is the last item to do for this issue and we seem to have got over most of the hitches we had last month, technical and otherwise. I would like to apologise for an error in the June issue, when I credited The Studio for design of the front cover. […]

New in Maz….. Konkola Hypermarket! Fifty years ago, Ahmed Suleman Bhagoo founded a small general grocery store in Konkola , a small settlement south of Mazabuka. Were he alive today, he would be well satisfied with his family’s achievements in Mazabuka. A Hypermarket that rivals any of the very smart up-market supermarkets anywhere in the […]

I hope you will publish this contribution on rates used when calculating Dollar amounts to be charged to VISA card users. DAYLIGHT ROBBERY  As the Kwacha loses value against the Dollar, it has become necessary to carry substantial heaps of money to do shopping. One way around this is by using a Barclays’ Connect Card […]

Livingstone, home to the adventure sports – bunji jumping, white water rafting, abseiling and boogie boarding, is now also celebrating its cultural heritage. Experience the coming alive of this usually sleepy town as it is overrun with local and international street theatre, bands, craft sellers and hordes of visitors. Theatre, music, art, craft, photographic exhibitions […]

Sakeji School this month celebrates its’ 75th Anniversary. The school, which takes its name from the Sakeji River, a tributary of the Zambezi, is about 70 km north of Mwinilunga and about 600 km from Kitwe. It was founded in 1925 by Dr and Mrs Walter Fisher, initially so that missionaries in that area would not […]

Mpika The road as far as Shiwa N’gandu and Kapishya Hot Springs is under repair and most of it is good, even in a saloon car. Shiwa, the historic house built by Sir Stewart Gore-Brown (Lusaka Lowdown, January 2000), is under repair and we expect to receive further progress reports. Kapishya Hot Springs has recently […]

I will make this beautiful land better known to men, that it may become one of their haunts. It is impossible to describe its luxuriance… Thus spoke Dr. David Livingstone in the mid 19th century when he first ventured across the Luangwa into this spectacular part of Zambia, the best known of Zambia’s 19 national […]

Abe Galaun By Dr Jonathan H Chileshe In the December 1999 issue of the Lusaka Lowdown, we reviewed the book Zion in Africa, about the Jewish community in Zambia, and now we have another book about a member of this community, Abe Galaun. The book documents his early life in Lithuania and gives readers an […]

Taking a look at our Zambian  products. This month: Rivonia Quality Preserves Rivonia Quality Preserves says the label on the bottle, and when you open it, you know that it is not just idle chatter – inside is a top quality product. Rivonia was started as a home industry in 1978 by the Late Bill […]

At least 72% of households in Zambia have one orphaned child in it. A staggering 54% of children in Zambia have lost one or both of their parents says a UNICEF report issued in 1997. The situation is indeed dire, not only for these children, but also for the Zambian nation. Nyumba Yanga meaning My […]

Cast your mind back to late 1993, early 1994. Driving anywhere in Zambia left one distressed, exhausted and considerably poorer because of the depreciating value of your vehicle. Trips, short or long, were only made if absolutely necessary. So, has anything changed, have things improved? I would say yes. The best example is the Lusaka […]