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 […]
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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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Fact. If you buy these items anywhere else you’ll be paying too much! This is the bold claim that frequently graces the Game Stores weekly “specials” paper. Though the claim looks like subjective opinion rather than fact, these are genuine reductions – up to 40 per cent on some items. The “specials”, agreed at […]
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Jaylin Finished, at last! The pressure of putting the last issue of the Lowdown together was over and now it was time to unwind, at least for a day or two, before I started thinking about this issue. But, I had a house full of ten-year olds, who all needed to be fed and watered, […]
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The Lowdown research term has been very busy over the past few months, researching a new phenomenon that has hit Lusaka, or as our research has subsequently shown, has hit the whole of Zambia – SGS. Just what are the symptoms of SGS? Our research has shown that this affliction only manifests itself in certain […]
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Speed limits on our roads have, in recent months, become an annoying factor which we have to contend with in our daily travels. Everywhere one travels in Zambia, speed-measuring equipment is in evidence and seems to pop up at the most unlikely places. The one that seems to cause the most annoyance is near Maplehurst […]
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Coming Up National Polo X Championships at Lubombo on September 2 and 3. This is a great annual event with teams from all around the country. Camping facilities will be available and meals served throughout the weekend. Dennis Bolton will be doing his DJ stint on the Saturday night. Make this a weekend to remember! Mazabuka Club’s Outdoor Cooking Competition. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Give Your Mutt A Cut
Mutt Cuts is a small business which caters for the grooming requirements of pet dogs. It was started by Siobhan Watson in May 1997 after taking a grooming course in South Africa. Since then it has had 353 different dogs through it’s doors of 38 different breeds ranging from Chihuahuas to Saint Bernards. In all […]
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Mr Pete’s Steakhouse For the last month, numerous promises had been made to meet for lunch but no date had been set. Suddenly it was Friday, and my friend of many years was leaving Zambia the next day. Having been tied up in meetings all morning and with preparation still to be done for […]
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He finally got me! Zacariah Phiri, with what I thought was his Recently Acquired Device for Annoying Road Users (RADAR). But then I discovered it wasn’t a RADAR at all and it was suggested that it might possibly be a Locally Accepted System of Embezzling Revenue (LASER), but it wasn’t that either. It was in […]
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Light at the end of the Tunnel Many Livingstone tourist businesses have relied on ‘borrowing’ clients from Victoria Falls Town, Zimbabwe. Some businesses actually advertised themselves on the Zimbabwe page in the Getaway magazine in order to get clients to come to Zambia. Now, of course, all that has changed. There are very few tourists […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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