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HELLO JOBURG!
Egoli, the city of gold, Jozi, Joeys, Joburg, South Africa’s largest city and the country’s economic heartbeat, Johannesburg, goes by many names. The traffic is diabolical and the city bursts with energy. Beneath the chaos, though, is a proud city that is unapologetically African. Once you get past the hustlers and the hooting taxis, visitors…
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Table Talk with Apoorva Mehrotra
It’s the beginning of summer and the sun is dancing across the pond at Southern Sun’s Musuku Restaurant. As I take my seat I spy some resident weaver birds among the reeds and a baby crocodile in the water. Seated on the terrace next to the pond, Apoorva Mehrotra graciously pours the both of us…
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE LUSAKA STOCK EXCHANGE
Earlier this year, on 21 February 2019 the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) marked its 25th anniversary. However, this key milestone in the economic history of Zambia went largely unnoticed and unheralded. Upon independence, a newly minted Zambia had to quickly mobilise money to develop its economy. It soon dawned on the technocrats and leaders of…
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Conversations with Namwali Serpell
How could an entire massacre be caused by a single mosquito bite? This and many more fabulisms of Zambian history are explored in Namwali Serpell’s debut novel, “The Old Drift.” A gripping review by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi describes The Old Drift as “… a Zambian history of pain and exploitation, trial and error, and hope…
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Musical heroes
Past meets present Depending on which generation of Zambians you ask, their definition of Zambian music will be varied but nothing short of interesting. Zambia is an eclectic nation, in musical tastes as well as diversity of the people that inhabit its borders. What can you expect from a nation with 72 tribes? From the…
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Q Malewezi Malawi’s Poetic Genius
When you first hear of Q Malewezi – you will hear of a great artist who has done so much for the creative community in Malawi. He decided to start using his initial ‘Q’ when he found that most people were struggling to pronounce his first name, Qabaniso, while in high school in 1997. A…
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AFRICA DREAMING IN KOSI BAY
Turning off the R22 from Hluhluwe, I engaged four-wheel drive as we headed down a corrugated dirt track towards the Kosi Bay Nature Reserve. My husband grumbles something about breaking the trailer as he finishes up some last-minute work crisis he’s managed to beam in from his cellphone. Mercifully, the signal fades, and he closes…
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TAFEL Introducing the New Beer on the Block
It was a chilly Saturday afternoon at Grandaddy’s in the heart of Salama Park, as Kazuma Enterprises Ltd, the largest importer of premium beverages in Zambia launched two new beers onto the Zambian market: Tafel Lager and Tafel Lite. When I walked into the venue I was greeted by the lush green landscaping of Grandaddys’…
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Faces of Zambia
By Chona Mwemba I am a 25-year-old self-taught Zambian photographer. I love shooting everyday life photos because they cannot be replicated or faked. The rawness and richness of my subjects and the environment they’re in is a personal reminder to myself to always see the beauty of life no matter where I am. Through my…
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CHIMFUNSHI WILDLIFE ORPHANAGE: A HISTORIC CHIMPANZEE SANCTUARY
Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage is one of the oldest and largest chimpanzee sanctuaries in the world and gives rescued and orphaned chimpanzees a safe species-typical home. In the early 1980s, David and Sheila Siddle operated a cattle farm in the Copperbelt Province, close to the Kafue River. They wanted some time for themselves after the children…