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Star Gazer – Pegasus

      In the Northern section of the sky next to Pisces and Aquarius is the Constellation is Pegasus. Pegasus is named after the mythical winged horse of the Ancient Greeksand named by the astronomer Ptolemy. The asterism The Great Square of Pegasus is made up of four stars Markab, Scheat, Algenib and Alpharatz. […]

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In The Garden

Have you noticed it yet? I saw a jacaranda in full bloom last week. The September lilies are over. The amaryllis that normally flower in October are already in bud. Avocados need the rainy season to swell and ripen their fruit so that they are harvested in March, April and May. But my avocado tree […]

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Eating Out

            For a relatively small place, Ndola abounds in Indian restaurants. Both Starscape and Danny’s have recently been refurbished and welcome new and old customers to experience a taste of India. Danny’s Once rather shabby and old-fashioned in terms of decor, Danny’s recently reopened after having a complete face-lift. I […]

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Fool On The Hill

                  It’s Ramadan. I’m in Jambiani, a village on the East Coast of Zanzibar trying to feed three families of friends. I don’t speak Swahili; my bad. I am aware that as in most tropical island cultures there is probably an equivalent expression to the laissez faire […]

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Mole In The Hole

                Well, You Have to Laugh There I am, in the middle of the usual grid lock going round the Kabulonga Roundabout at 7.45 in the morning; thank goodness I was going out of town and not into it; and wondering what we were going to do about […]

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Beauty Naturally – Moisturisers

        Do you know what the best, most effective moisturiser for your skin is? Oil! Before those of you with oily skin run away, let me tell you this: oil is your friend! ESPECIALLY if you wash your face with something that strips away your natural oils. Replacing those oils with something […]

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Susi and Chuma’s Wild Ride

David Livingstone spent his final days wandering the Bangweulu ecosystem before succumbing to black water fever just north of Chief Chitambo’s village. His faithful servants, Susi and Chuma, removed his organs and buried them under a Mpundu tree near where he died. They then transported the embalmed body all the way to the Tanzanian coast […]

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Buy A Plate For Cancer

Our Lady’s Hospice is a palliative care institution in Lusaka that was set up to support hospice care, respite care and pain management but has evolved to provide palliative care for patients with HIV/AIDS, Cancer and related opportunistic infections. Situated in the heart of Kalingalinga, one of the poorest high-density areas in Lusaka, it soon […]

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What The Left Doesn’t Know

Being left-handed in a right handed world is the burden that I, together with my fellow left-handers have to bear. With International Left-Handers Day on 13 August, what better time than to highlight some of the facts and to debunk some of the fallacies about Left Handers. Globally, roughly 12% of men and 10% of […]

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Did We Deserve Greatness?

                    Magni Esse Mereamur, ‘Let us deserve Greatness’, was the motto of the ill-fated Central African Federation, a federation of the two Rhodesia’s (Zambia and Zimbabwe) and Nyasaland (Malawi) which came into being sixty years ago on 1 August 1953. The Federation lasted a mere ten […]

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July

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Lusaka Gets Going

At last, after many months of anticipation, it has finally arrived. July. Centenary month. The month in which we celebrate one hundred years of Lusaka being formally established as a local authority. Yet, as I write this a few days before the start of ‘the month’, I feel a little disappointed.  With just a few […]

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Lusaka 100 Centenary Celebration Events

Date: Monday 1 July: Official Launch. Events: • Flag off by Mayor Daniel Chisenga with March Past with Zambia Defence Forces • Traditional Dancers, Live music and a display of cultural crafts. Time: 7.30 am Venue: Nakatindi Grounds, Independence Avenue. • Football Match : Lusaka City Council vs Chongwe District Council Time: 14:45 pm Venue: […]

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Livingstone’s Elephant

Almost a year since it started to take shape, the Kachere Art Studios’ Rhino at Longacres Shopping Centre, stands solid and strong.   The Rhino, moulded from plastic bags and bottles picked up on the streets of Lusaka, carries many lessons. What started off as a message on the need to protect our wildlife heritage […]

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Palibe Zesco

‘Palibe Zesco’, said the call from home around 1 pm.   This is a regular occurrence and resulted in the inevitable call to Faults to report the outage.   However, when nearly two hours later someone responsible got home, it was Zesco installing a pre- paid meter, with no prior notification despite the fact that […]

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