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11 Pro Tips to Instantly Elevate Your Golden Hour Photography
PetaPixel - California
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July 16, 2025
The long days of summer offer a unique advantage for photographers: an abundance of golden hour light. This seasonal extension of the coveted ‘magic hours’ provides more time for photographers to work with the soft, beautiful light that can...
Travelling & Touring: Ku-omboka force to reckon within Zambian cultural tourism
The Standard
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The king’s barge ZIMBABWE has diverse cultural ceremonies whose richness may be traced to the spiritual and ancestral realm. Each and every tribe do at times carry out their ceremonial gatherings in different formats and perform particular rites...
Zambia: Police and Justice: How Much Do You Have?
The Namibian
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November 8, 2024
In MakanDay’s first nationwide collaboration, journalists from five provinces—Copperbelt, Eastern, Northern, Southern, and North-Western—investigate systemic failures and injustices within Zambia’s criminal justice system, which disproportionately...
Tourism department spends K100 million touring the world
The Times Group Malawi
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November 9, 2024
By Deogratias Mmana: Officials at the Ministry of Tourism, including the minister herself, are busy touring the world. However, some in the ministry say the many travels are achieving nothing because the ministry itself is failing to implement the...
Riding wild on a horseback safari in Zambia
The Financial Times
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January 28, 2025
It was late November and Zambia was still waiting for the rains. The air was hot, the earth a dried husk, the delicate, feathered heads of papyrus motionless under a dazzling blue sky. I’d just come from Zimbabwe and Botswana where wildlife was...
Zambia lifts Malema travel ban
Bulawayo 24 News
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November 9, 2024
News / National by Staff reporter 47 mins ago | Views South African opposition leader Julius Malema yesterday disclosed that he was banned from entering Zambia by then President Edgar Lungu simply because the South African opposition president was...
Zambia Invites Japanese Investment to Strengthen Energy Sector and Foster Regional Stability
Mwebantu
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November 4, 2024
ZAMBIA has extended an invitation to Japanese companies to explore investment opportunities and build a resilient energy sector that powers the country’s growth and supports regional electricity stability. Ambassador to Japan Dr Tobias Mulimbika...
Malawi’s Trade Slump: Why Zambia is Thriving with the UK and What Malawi Must Do to Catch Up
Nyasa Times
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January 29, 2025
Trade between Malawi and the United Kingdom has seen a significant decline, dropping by 36.4% in the past year to a total of £56 million. This stands in stark contrast to Zambia’s thriving trade relationship with the UK, which saw exports worth...
"A great achievement": Mzansi celebrates Japanese traveller in true SA style as 6 000km journey ends
Briefly
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January 27, 2025
A 34-year-old social media personality named Gump Suzuki ended his seven-month journey from Kenya in Cape Town The determined Japanese man received praise and applause from South Africans and tourists when he reached the Mother City Internet users...
AUSTRALIAN PM PRAISES ZAMBIA’S WORLD-CLASS TOURISM ATTRACTIONS
Zambian Observer
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January 28, 2025
AUSTRALIAN PM PRAISES ZAMBIA’S WORLD-CLASS TOURISM ATTRACTIONS Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has commended Zambia for its world-class tourism attractions, with Victoria Falls at the forefront. During the Australia Day celebrations in...
Editorial: Ghana’s Ranking As Second Safest Place In Africa Is A Boost For Tourism
The Chronicle News Online
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January 27, 2025
Ghana has been ranked as the second safest place in Africa, according to the latest ranking by global tourism firm, Altezza Travel.The report, which recommends tourism destinations for 2025, said Ghana’s crime rate is very low, lower than Canada,...
1 BILLION USD DOLLAR TO BE INVESTED INTO THE ZAMBIAN ECONOMY IN SEVEN YEARS
Zambian Observer
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January 27, 2025
1 BILLION USD DOLLAR TO BE INVESTED INTO THE ZAMBIAN ECONOMY IN SEVEN YEARS. Guest Article. 26/01/26. Zambia has continued to attract more investment in various Sectors of the economy either in mining, infrastructure development, energy,...
Elephant tramples tourist to death in South Africa
CBS News
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Updated on: January 27, 2025 / 12:39 PM EST / CBS/AFP Secrets of the elephant 05:26 A tourist was killed by an elephant on Saturday in South Africa's famous Kruger Park, the South African national parks agency SAN Parks announced overnight. "A...
Ranking Zambian Presidents From Best To Worst
Lusaka Times
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January 30, 2025
See Where Hakainde Hichilema Stands By Field Ruwe EdD Success of a president is linked to the concept of self-reliance. With the exception of one president who came close to optimizing national resources and enhancing domestic revenue, subsequent...
Sikumba honoured in the US for promoting tourism, wildlife
Lusaka Times
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January 27, 2025
Minister of Tourism, Rodney Sikumba has been recognized with a prestigious award at the Safari Club International (SCI) Annual Convention held in Nashville, Tennessee USA from January 2 to 25, 2025. The accolade celebrates his exceptional efforts...
In Zimbabwe, Rhinos Are the Focus of a Village Tourism Project
FloHockey - Texas
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January 31, 2025
Daybreak filtered through spindly stands of Terminalia trees, and the windshield glowed. It was September in northwest Zimbabwe, and the morning carried the lingering chill of an African winter. I rode at the head of a convoy that had been...
International Rotarians from Africa Visit Northeast Missouri  
Memphis Democrat - Missouri
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July 10, 2025
International Rotarians from Africa visited northeast Missouri in June. L-R: Peter Nkosi from Malawi, Martin Maversera from Zimbabwe, Maudy Lwenje from Zambia, Susanna Millapo from Zambia, Rachel Ward from Zambia, Dr. Okhuaihesuyi (Kirksville...
The Sugilite Saga: Zambia’s Purple Dream That Turned Into Dust
Zambian Observer
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January 25, 2025
The Sugilite Saga: Zambia’s Purple Dream That Turned Into Dust Once upon a time in Zambia, deep in the belly of the Copperbelt, a miracle was discovered. A mineral so rare, so beautiful, and so gloriously purple that it felt like the ancestors...
Police Nab David Kazadi in Livingstone Just Before Showtime!
Zambian Observer
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July 10, 2025
Police Nab David Kazadi in Livingstone Just Before Showtime! It was a regular sunny Thursday in the tourist capital of Livingstone. Birds were chirping, the sun was shining, and David Kazadi the filmmaker, head judge of The Icon, and lover of...
Zambia’s Open Currency Policy: A Gateway for the $9 Billion AKL Lumi Investment and the IPADA Initiative
Joy FM
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November 1, 2024
Introduction In a transformative stride for the African continent, the recent announcement of a $9 billion investment by AKL Lumi into Nigeria's tourism sector is set to revolutionize not only the local economy but also the broader African...