The hot dry season approaches once again… and once again many Lusaka gardeners wish they had more water. Anyone with a borehole with a good yield can use sprinklers all day long and keep their gardens looking green. The rest of us sigh as we gaze at the brown grass and wilting plants. One […]
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Fool on the Hill
It’s always a gamble booking a holiday to somewhere new isn’t it? And when the only way to get there is on Easyjet with herds of real-life British budget package tourists then you start having misgivings pretty early on in the proceedings, spoilt as you are by Indian Ocean beaches, wide open spaces and good […]
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Oh, How are The Mighty Have Fallen Once upon a time I was elevated to the position of Mine Superintendent (Acting Unpaid) and in that elevated position I was sent to relieve people going on leave or sick or even when they had been very naughty tortoises and had their blasting licences suspended by […]
Read the rest of this entry »When Is The Right Time To Split Up?
The other day I read an article in the glossy magazine Psychologies with the title of this column. I was intrigued by it as I thought that you don’t need a psychologist to realise that your love affair is over. After all, that is either when you pack your bags or are being thrown out […]
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Carol Aslin, one of Zambia’s leading artists, will hold her sixteenth exhibition this September. This exhibition is eagerly awaited by her collectors worldwide and has taken two years to come to fruition. It will feature three different media – oil painting, monoprints and sculpture. Carol has spent the last two years honing new skills and […]
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I love twisted liquorice and when a visiting author suggested we meet at Levy Junction for a chat, I agreed readily as I had been told that the newly opened Food Lovers Market sold liquorice. The expected traffic congestion and hunt for parking did not materialise. It was a Saturday in the middle of […]
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Thirteen thousand nautical miles. Sixteen thousand road miles. Two thousand five hundred patients. Seven hundred and thirty operations. Six months. This is the gruelling schedule of the doctors at medical charity, FlySpec. Up until just a few months ago, I had never heard of FlySpec although I had, of course, heard about the mover […]
Read the rest of this entry »Zombie Nights And Dark Delights
What’s that going bump in the night? Is it the Munsters? Is it the Mummy? No! Although hopefully they will come along! It’s the HALLOWEEN BALL!! And yes it’s back at the Hotel InterContinental on Saturday 27 October. Plus it’s going to be lots of fun. The main point of it all […]
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As Livingstone gears up for the 2012 World Tourism Day, it is certainly not the only thing that is “happening”. Based in Livingstone town is the art studio of Suse Kasokota. Just thirty-two, this young Zambian artist has already exhibited with others at the well-known Henry Tayali Gallery in the Lusaka Showgrounds; Sun Hotel in […]
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Bizzy Bistro Lunch along the outside veranda of the Alliance Francaise is a perfect choice almost any time of the year. Mariam and Pamela started up their restaurant service over ten years ago to meet the challenge of the varying demands from a regular private and corporate clientele. This keeps both ladies on their […]
Read the rest of this entry »Humping Along
Heading back to the office, I was diverted to pick up a member of staff from their meeting. Turning down a side road, travelling at about 40 kph, I was suddenly confronted by a good-size, unpainted, hidden in the shadows and thus virtually invisible speed hump just three or four metres in front of me. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Scam Warnings
From time to time we carry warnings to our readers of the latest scams around town. This month we have four which have been reported by our readers in the last few weeks. The first is an old one at the fuel station where the attendant, whilst making small talk with you, puts in […]
Read the rest of this entry »Kachere Goes Green at the Olympics
The London 2012 Summer Games are done, gone and according to commentators, these were the greenest Olympics ever – they had a direct connection between sport and sustainability; energy, water and the environment. The entire Olympic Park was extolled for regenerating a derelict area which is now benefiting both wildlife and people. Congratulations to the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Mchenja Bush Camp
It is always a pleasure to go to Luangwa Valley, no matter the time of the year. And so, even though it was still a little cool in the mornings and evenings when most of the game-drives and walks take place, we used the long Agricultural Show weekend to get away to the Valley. We […]
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