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When you live in a house full of out of control, screaming, fanatic football fans, it’s hard not to get sucked in and join the madness. This has led to my almost reluctant but dedicated love for football. I say reluctant because I am a bit of a sore loser and hate to spend 90 [...]

I am quite a patriotic person. I say “quite” because though I love my country, you will never catch me wearing the Zambian flag as a dress or sporting a bumper sticker saying, “Hey! Look at me, I’m Zambian!” I guess I am more on the subtle side. I do however, love visiting exciting places [...]

Probably because he thinks I might embarrass him, my father has made me promise never to mention him in any of my blogs. However, I have to break that promise today because the principle of today’s blog is really based on something he once told me a long time ago that I have never forgotten. [...]

Today I realised just how grateful I should be that my voter’s registration card is still in good shape and ready for next year’s presidential elections. This important realisation came to me after trying to get some information online on this year’s voters registration. Hours later, I gave up the search and sent a prayer [...]

I was quite disappointed to miss out on the entire Mutomboko ceremony last week for a lot of reasons. But I have to admit the top most reason was because the Mwata Kazembe looked pretty fetching in most of his pictures and I was quite looking forward to watching him perform the “mutomboko” dance! Of [...]

My greatest Achilles heel over the years has been the word sale. Whenever I see this word or any synonym that remotely suggests that prices have been reduced in a window shop, I practically drool with excitement. The problem is that it really doesn’t matter to me what the item on sale is, or whether [...]

If you have been longing for something to keep the entire family busy while you enjoy some ideal shopping, sightseeing, entertainment and even a little business networking all at once, then I have just the thing for you! The Zambia Agriculture and Commercial Show, the country’s premier annual show, kick started today Thursday 29th July [...]



We asked Nambeye to write a blog on herself. This is what she wrote. Enjoy! Editor. You may have come to know about me from my previous blogs. I hate being a stranger. I guess it must have something to do with not wanting to feel out of place or seem lost. I always get [...]

Every girl secretly fantasizes that one day a tall handsome prince will come and save her from her miserable life, swing her onto his fine stead and ride off into ‘happily ever after’. It must be all those fairy tales we got to hear at bedtime when we were young, naïve and believed that everything [...]