Archive for the '2012-12' Category

Book Review

Lusaka City Guide   At last! A City Guide which gives you tips on everything from where to go for an evening drink to what to do if your pet gets sick. Want to buy some chitenge fabric or find some fancy dress gear?   Or do you just want to book a table for […]

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Mince Pies Cancelled!

Being a lazy housewife, Christmas is always a bit of a nightmare requiring a number of hours of my time slogging in the kitchen, preparing the traditional Christmas fare – puddings, fruit cake and a favourite in my household … mince pies. Imagine then, my delight when towards the end of November last year I […]

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The Rhino Gets Hard

Over the last few weeks, we have been keeping a close eye on Kachere Art Studio’s Rhino.   It has continued to attract the interest of Lusaka’s residents as well as visitors to Lusaka. The latest notable visitor has been Tomas Nilsson, Deputy Mayor from Härnösand, Sweden where he is the elected representative of the […]

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Dugouts Driving Deforestaton

The tree was sold for K 40,000.     The dugout disintegrated before it reached the water.     Sinazongwe District     “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi  

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The Cat O’Nine Tales (or My Nine Lives)

I pulled back hard on the control column, the two trees in front parted to show me the way, the scream of tortured aluminium, a solid thump as the propeller hit the ground and stopped the roaring engine, the scene ahead became a close-up of the ground I had left a few short seconds before.  […]

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Culture Comes to Mazabuka

Agriculture rather than culture is normally associated with the Southern Province district of Mazabuka. Thus it is interesting to learn that the district will soon see the opening of an art gallery.   Situated on the outskirts of Magoye, Shazulu Cultural Forum is a venue for art, inter cultural education and creative tourism. It is […]

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Sweet Deals

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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