This endorsement positions the A’Zambezi River Lodge among the top 10 percent of all businesses on TripAdvisor.com, a travel blog.

TripAdvisor is the most popular and largest travel community in the world, with more than 32 million members and over 75 million reviews and opinions of hotels, restaurants, attractions and other travel-related businesses.

It awards hotels and lodges certificates of service excellence based on feedback from the hotels/lodges guests. The Service Excellence Award is a great achievement as it is only given to a few selected hotels that manage to attain the very best in the business are awarded a Certificate of Excellence.

According to a statement issued by RTG, the development is timely as it comes at a time when the group has recently unveiled its service promise of “refreshing hotels, amazing experiences”.

“The group has made significant strides in ensuring that the Rainbow brand value offering becomes a reality for all its guests. When you book in any hotel under the Rainbow Tourism Group banner, you are definitely guaranteed of exceptional and consistent service delivery always.

“As RTG continues to position itself as the leading provider of refreshing hotels and amazing experiences in the Zimbabwean hospitality sector, developments such as these reflect positively on the group’s service delivery quality levels, product and systems and processes being implemented that will enable the group to continue delivering value to its customers,” said the group.

It has undergone several transformations in 2012 that will see the hospitality player repositioning itself competitively in the marketplace during the course of 2013.

“RTG is indeed excited about the efforts being made to improve the hospitality player’s service quality levels, product portfolio and efficiencies that will see all its customers benefiting immensely,” it said.

TripAdvisor.com is a travel website that assists customers in gathering travel information, posting reviews and opinions of travel-related content and engaging in interactive travel forums. It operates 17 travel brands.

For more information on A’Zambezi go to azambeziriverlodge.com

From: allafrica.com

Date: 23 May 2013

One of Proflight Zambia’s Jetstream 41 aircraft being loaded in preparation for flight

Trade and tourism ties between Zambia and Malawi will be given a boost next month when Proflight Zambia begins a three-times-a-week service between the Lusaka and Lilongwe capitals.The new route, which will be launched on June 4, will be the first international destination for the airline, which already flies to nine domestic points in Zambia, including Lusaka, Livingstone, Ndola and Mfuwe.

“Proflight Zambia has grown from a solid base and is now looking forward to expanding its services to link with our neighbours in Malawi,” said the airline’s Director of Government and Industry Affairs Capt. Philip Lemba. “We expect that the new three-times a week service will boost trade and tourism ties between the two countries, with all the economic benefits that brings.”

Flights to the Malawian capital will operate on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, departing from Lusaka at 15:30 and arriving in Lilongwe at 17:10. The return flights leave Lilongwe on the same days at 17:55, arriving back in Lusaka at 19:35.

The service also provides seamless connections to and from Emirates flights, which arrive in Lusaka from Dubai at 14:25 and depart from Lusaka for Dubai at 21:25 daily.

Return fares from Lusaka to Lilongwe start from around KR2,000 and will operate initially with Proflight’s 29-seater Jetstream 41 aircraft.

Passengers can book online at www.flyzambia.com , through travel agents, or through the Proflight Reservations Department on +260 (0) 977 335563; Email: reservations@proflight-zambia.com

Malawi is a country just one-sixth of the size of Zambia, but with a slightly larger population of around 14.9 million people. It is world renown as the home of Lake Malawi, the third largest and second deepest lake in Africa, and the ninth largest in the world. It is reportedly the habitat of more species of fish than any other body of freshwater in the world.

About Proflight Zambia:

Proflight Zambia was established in 1991 and is Zambia’s only domestic scheduled airline. From its base in Lusaka it flies to Livingstone, Mfuwe, Lower Zambezi, Ndola, Solwezi, Chipata, Mansa and Kasama.

The airline prides itself in providing a safe, reliable, efficient and friendly service, and offering good value to business and leisure travellers locally and internationally.

The airline operates one 105-seater Boeing 737-200; two 29-seater Jetstream 41 aircraft; three 18-seater Jetstream 32; and three 12-seater Cessna Caravan C208 aircraft.

More information is available at www.flyzambia.com

By: 5VictoriaFalls24

Date: 23 May 2013

During the vacation, travelers will spend nights in Johannesburg, Chobe National Park, Hwange National Park, Lake Kariba and Victoria Falls. Travelers can book now and be on their way to these exciting destinations.

Discovery Tours by Gate 1 Travel is able to provide more tour highlights for their travelers because by traveling in small groups, they are able to get to the heart of the destinations and visit local hot spots that larger groups have to miss. Getting to know the locals, and understand how people of a specific culture live, is part of the enjoyment of trips provided by Discovery Tours by Gate 1 Travel.

As part of getting to understand a new culture, travelers will spend time and learn about southern Africa’s wilderness and conservation efforts, along with seeing first-hand, wildlife at the Chobe River. Travelers will see hippos, crocodiles and water buffalo, as part of a boat cruise. In the town of Hwange, travelers will learn about children’s curriculums and the area’s main health concerns, while visiting the town’s school and medical center. The trip will be finished off with a home-prepared meal with a Victoria Falls family. Adventure travel groups will experience these tour highlights and more as part of their trip to Botswana & Zimbabwe.

About Discovery Tours by Gate 1 Travel:
For over 32 years, Gate 1 Travel has been proud to help travelers explore faraway places at a price that is comfortably within their budgets. Small group tours to Europe are experienced by many travelers around the world. The company brings the same commitment to quality and value to their Discovery Tours. They work with people who share a passion for unforgettable travel experiences. The small group travel company operates from 18 offices around the world and can be easily found on the web.

To learn more information on how to save money on small group travel arrangements, visit www.discovery-tours.com.

From: www.sbwire.com

Date: 22 May 2013

The Atlas uses satellite images, high resolution photographs, illustrative text and graphics to present various issues in the Zambezi basin, which encompasses part of eight countries — Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The Atlas presents the wide range of water resources and other natural resources in the Zambezi basin, and their significance, as well as socio-economic and cultural aspects.

However, the satellite images show that the basin has undergone major environmental changes in the past 20 years.

These include land degradation, loss of forests, and expansion of urban and mining areas as well as the spread of alien plant species.

Zambezi River Basin Atlas of the Changing Environment, the first of its kind in the basin and southern Africa, is a collaborative initiative with the objective of providing scientific evidence about changes that are taking place in the natural resources and the environment.

The atlas was produced for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Water Division, the Interim Secretariat of the Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM), and Zambezi River Basin stakeholders, by the Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC) through its environment institute, the Musokotwane Environment Resource Centre for Southern Africa (IMERCSA) and GRID-Arendal, both collaborating centers of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

The Atlas supports initiatives of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) such as the Africa Atlas of Our Changing Environment and the Africa Water Atlas.

The Zambezi River Basin Atlas of the Changing Environment identifies climate change and population growth as major drivers of environmental change.

According to the Atlas, the population of the basin in 1998 was 31.7 million compared to an estimated 40 million in 2008, with 7.5 million people living in urban centers. Most countries in the basin are urbanizing rapidly, putting pressure on finite resources.

The Atlas illustrates the deforestation of large areas surrounding Lilongwe in Malawi, among others, due to the high demand for firewood and land for farming by the growing population.

The Atlas shows mining as a major economic activity in the basin and satellite images reveal striking land-use changes as a result of mining activities, notably in Zambia.

The revival of copper mining at Kanshanshi and Lumwana mines in Solwezi in north-western Zambia has led to a population influx, resulting in the rapid but haphazard expansion of the town. As a result, surrounding forested areas have been cleared for firewood and peri-urban farming.

Sub-basins such as the Luangwa River, Lake Kariba, and the Kafue and Kabompo rivers have high concentrations of mining operations, contributing to water pollution in the Zambezi River.

In addition, highly urbanized sub-basins such as the Kafue and Manyame are discharging waste into the Zambezi river system.

The Atlas shows that industrial activities that general significant amounts of waste are of concern. About 1,400 tons of waste is produced daily in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, with only 10 percent collected by the municipality.

The Atlas shows that Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi together have 86 percent of the estimated 5.2 million hectares of the land area that is cultivated annually in the basin and that the use of fertilizers and agrochemicals are contributing to the growth of harmful aquatic plants in water bodies.

An unusual phenomenon is seen on the Savute River in Botswana, which was uncharacteristically dry for long periods but is now flowing, while Lake Liambezi in the Caprivi region of Namibia, which almost disappeared between 1985 and 2000, has also begun filling up.

Although water hyacinth growth is a problem throughout the basin, areas that are particularly affected are the Kafue Flats in Zambia, Lower Shire in Malawi, Lake Kariba between Zambia and Zimbabwe, and Lake Chivero in Zimbabwe where the Atlas provides satellite imagery of a 25-year battle against the invasive weed.

Despite the abundance of wildlife resources in the basin, the Atlas shows that there are pressures that are threatening the existence of animal species.

Species that have become extinct in the basin in recent years include the blue wildebeest in Malawi, the Tsetsebe in Mozambique, and the Kob in Tanzania.

The Atlas also highlights several trans boundary initiatives in various sectors that include those for wildlife, transport, water and energy.

For example, the basin contains the second deepest lake in Africa (third deepest in the world), which has different names in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania — Lake Malawi/Niassa/Nyasa/ – and two huge artificial lakes created by the construction of major hydroelectric dams at Cahora Bassa in Mozambique and Kariba, managed by Zambia and Zimbabwe.

These two dams provide the bulk of the basin’s hydropower, together with the Kafue Gorge dam in Zambia.

Six vast Trans Frontier Conservation Areas (TFCA), have been established in various parts of the basin to coordinate management of wildlife and other resources, including the Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) TFCA that covers 287,000 square kilometers over five countries (Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia) and is the largest TFCA in the world.

The Atlas concludes with a chapter outlining the various institutional arrangements and policy frameworks put in place to address the challenges in the Zambezi River basin.

These include the revised SADC Protocol on Shared Watercourses; the Regional Strategic Action Plan ion Integrated Water Resources Development and Management 2011-2015 (RSAP III); the SADC Strategy for the Water Sector on Climate Change Adaptation; the Zambezi Watercourse Commission Agreement; and, the ZAMCOM Integrated Water Management Strategy.

From: allafrica.com

By: Admire Ndhlovu

Date: 21 May 2013

Solar energy plant

Meriwether Foundation, a South African entity, has expressed interest to set up a solar power plant in Mukuni chiefdom in Kazungula District of Southern Province at a cost of more than US$250 million.Senior Chief Mukuni said Meriwether Foundation had been given about 250 hectares of land in his chiefdom to set up the solar energy plant with a capacity to generate about 100 megawatts.

He said once all logistics were completed, the plant was expected to come on board next year and would feed into the main Zesco grid.

Senior Chief Mukuni was speaking on Tuesday afternoon when a delegation led by United States Ambassadors to Zambia and Zimbabwe, Mark Storella and Bruce Wharton, respectively, paid a courtesy call on him and his co-ruler Anna Siloka Bedyango.

“Just today I met the people trying the solar power plant in Mukuni chiefdom. We have just given them land and they will soon start processing their title deeds,” he said.

Senior Chief Mukuni said the project would be useful to the chiefdom which he noted had a lot of sunshine required to generate power.

And in a separate interview, Meriwether Foundation co-founder and President Nomvimbi Meriwether said the project would be beneficial to the local people.

Ms. Meriwether said the foundation had been given land in Zimba’s Manyemunyemu area for a rural health center.

Meriwether Foundation also has a health center in Livingstone’s Nottie Broadie area and employs 11 workers who include a doctor and a nurse.

“We normally attend to poor and malnourished children from Libuyu, Dambwa and Sakubita among other Livingstone townships,” she said.

Meanwhile, Senior Chief Mukuni said Zambia has unique traditions to sell to the outside world.

“We have 73 tribes and each tribe holds an annual traditional ceremony which makes Zambia unique as other countries only have few ceremonies,” he said.

He said this year’s Bene Mukuni Traditional Ceremony would take place during the period of the United Nations World Tourism Organization general assembly in August to enable delegates to explore the ceremony.

From: www.times.co.zm

By: Andrew Miti

Date: 22 May 2013

Angola is part of 10 countries that benefit from visa exemption on the ordinary, service and diplomatic passports, under an amendment of immigration law issued by Botswana.

Apart from Angola, other countries include Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Cuba, United Arab Emirate, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, South Sudan, Turkey, Brazil and Portugal.

The list includes member countries of the Commonwealth, with the exception of Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and another 43 states.

From: www.portalangop.co.ao

Date: 21 May 2013

Vicente Pegado, captain at the Portuguese Garrison of Sofala, in 1531, describing the Great Zimbabwe monuments.

It’s just after sunrise at the Great Zimbabwe monuments last Friday, climbing the Hill Complex, alone. Apart from the baboons, there is nobody else here, just me and the sound of baboons munching something nearby.

Each step, each pause, takes me closer to the silence of the imposing rocks. At the top, I am confronted by the massive wall of the Hill Complex, testimony to the architecture and skill of the ancestors gone by. And I struggle to bring the silence of rocks to reconcile with this spiritual presence that is hard and confusing to define.

But it is here all the same. I stand at the entrance and look at the breath-taking panoramic mountain vistas beyond. In me, there is a sense of fear, shame, pride and a desire to connect to a history that has stood here silently for centuries.

I was here at Great Zimbabwe Monument before, as a tourist with some friends from a church group a few years after independence. We came as tourists, something that you did to show that you were civilized enough to travel and see places the way white people did. You travelled to Lake Kariba, then Victoria Falls, where you enjoyed the serenity of the mighty Zambezi River and then to Hwange National Park. Then you got on the bus to Masvingo and Great Zimbabwe ruins.

You marveled at the architecture and listened to the great story of the Karanga people, who built Great Zimbabwe. You felt proud. However, because you are Zezuru, Tonga, Kalanga, Ndebele, Ndau or Manyika, you somehow do not pause to think you, too, belong to the ancestry of Great Zimbabwe.

What you do not know is that more than 500 years ago, the sub-dialects were not what they are now. We were all Africans and still are, despite linguistic differences. I took the tourist journey to Great Zimbabwe 25 years ago. That was just before I made the Diaspora journey to run away from the proximity of village poverty in Hwedza where I had grown up.

I yearned to eat and digest everything European and live in London, Melbourne and Los Angeles. And I did. I went to many tourist places including ancient ruins in Crete, the temples of India, Thailand and other places.

In 2007, we decided to take a trip to Machu Picchu, the 15th century ancient city built by the indigenous Inca of Peru in Latin America.

We climbed right up to the ancient ruins, on top of the Andes Mountains near the upper Amazon basin. I listened to the tour guide tell us about the wonders of this ancient civilization believed to have been a sanctuary or temple for high priests and the “Virgins of the Sun”.

I stood there among other tourists, thinking how much Machu Picchu was similar to Great Zimbabwe because the architecture is made without mortar and the granite stones are quarried and cut with such meticulous precision. During question time, like a good attentive tourist, I commented that back in my country called Zimbabwe we have similar ruins.

In fact, our country was named after the ruins, which means the House of Stone. An old English man quickly came over and hugged me like I was his long lost relative. He said he had been to Great Zimbabwe with his wife three times since Zimbabwe gained independence. “Like Machu Picchu, your country holds treasure. Great Zimbabwe is an amazing spiritual place.”

The Zimbabwe Bird

Then he took me aside and over coffee he went on to tell me about the Hill Complex, the Great Enclosure and the Valley and one of the eight soapstone birds found at Great Zimbabwe including the Monolith with Bird and Crocodile which is dated around 1400-1499. Here I was, at Machu Picchu in Peru, knowing very little of the monument and the Zimbabwe bird, our national heritage and the symbol of our national flag. Ah, the shame and the realization of not knowing where you come from. 

There was an excuse to my shame and ignorance. Let me explain. Back in the days of Rhodesia when we lived under a racist colonial system, the history teachers said Great Zimbabwe was built by the Phoenicians.

We believed them. Then the missionaries kept reminding us that before the London Missionary Society, the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, the Berlin Mission and the Jesuit Zambezi Mission and all the others came to Africa, we were savage primitives caught in “unbridled lust and all the pernicious influences of heathen life”. Without Jesus, there was no history, only darkness.

The stories of white men’s involvement in the building of Great Zimbabwe had long circulated as written by the Portuguese captain quoted above. When the Portuguese traders arrived at Great Zimbabwe in the 16th century, they believed it to be the biblical city of Ophir, the legendary home of the Queen of Sheba, that African woman who travelled to Israel to see Solomon with all her gold and finery.

Their romance was well captured in the biblical Song of Solomon. But others said these impressive stone structures are the work of Egyptians, Phoenicians or the Christian king of lands beyond the Islamic realm. These speculations stayed for 400 years.

Meanwhile, Great Zimbabwe, the mystery of the silent stones, remained, hiding the history of our past, for there was nothing written. We did not write. We only told stories from generation to generation. The Europeans were not listening.

Four hundred years later, as the missionaries, hunters, explorers, gold diggers and colonialists flooded into present-day Matabeleland and Mashonaland, Karl Mauch, a German geologist, arrived at Great Zimbabwe monuments on Sunday, September 3 1871. In his diaries, he noted that a Karanga tribesman took him there to show him “dzimbahwe”, the scared city of stone where the local people claimed to hear drums playingat night. Mauch described the walls as beautifully curved undulating and bearing no mortar.

He looked at the soapstone and iron relics and said only “a civilized white nation must once have lived there.” Then he cut a piece of wood from a tree with red juices, (probably a Mubvamaropa tree) and concluded that this tree was unique and it could only have come from Lebanon with the Phoenicians.

After Karl Mauch’s findings, Cecil John Rhodes made a visit in 1890 and told the chiefs that he had come to look for “the ancient temple which once upon a time belonged to white men.” Rhodes then established the Ancient Ruins Company and financed James Theodore Bent from the British Association of Science. In 1892, Bent published The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland in which he said items found within the Great Zimbabwe complex proved that the civilization was not built by local Africans.

A few years later, Richard Hall was hired to investigate the Great Zimbabwe site. Hall asserted in his work, The Ancient Ruins of Rhodesia, that the civilization was built by “more civilized races” than the Africans. Hall deliberately dug two meters deep and destroyed archaeological evidence which pointed to the Shona people as builders of Great Zimbabwe.

In 1905, British archaeologist David Randall-Maclver came to Great Zimbabwe and studied the mud dwellings within the stone enclosures. He was the first European researcher to say that the dwellings were “unquestionably African in every detail”.

After 25 years, archaeologists led by Gertrude Caton-Thompson who had worked for many years in Egypt came and spent two years at Great Zimbabwe. Although a lot had been destroyed and stolen, Caton-Thompson found Persian bowls, Chinese celadon dishes, and Asian glassware. These twelfth to fifteenth century goods were evidence that there was a Shona and Indian Ocean trade link. Gertrude Caton-Thompson also examined the pottery style, wall decoration and the Karanga linguistic data and concluded that the ruins were of Shona origin.

This falsification of history was taught to us in primary schools. Takanyeperwa. It went on until Zimbabwean-born archaeologist Peter Garlake wrote the ground-breaking Great Zimbabwe published before independence. He said that neither the Queen of Sheba, the Europeans nor the Phoenicians, built Great Zimbabwe. Garlake confirmed that the ruins were of African origin built between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries by the ancestors of the Shona people.

Like most people educated under the colonial Rhodesian system, we did not know that Great Zimbabwe was the largest single prehistoric structure in sub-Saharan Africa related to similar structures at Mapungubwe across the Limpopo on the South African side. It was one of 300 known stone enclosure sites on the Zimbabwe Plateau and it the largest ancient stone construction south of the Sahara.

The ruins cover nearly 1 800 acres and are divided into three distinct architectural groupings; the Hill Complex, the Valley Complex, and the Great Enclosure. The dry stone walls and earth dagga houses were built over of the African Iron Age, between AD1100-1500. Construction of the interior of the Great Enclosure began sometime in the early fourteenth century and its outer wall was built nearly 100 years later.

The Great Enclosure is most spectacular with an outer wall that is 278 meters long and up to 9,5m high. Inside it is a massive conical tower embodied with spiritual significance.

For 150 years, Great Zimbabwe was center of the most powerful Munhumutapa state in Southern Africa. At the height of its power, Great Zimbabwe was the center of a huge empire controlling vast lands between the Zambezi and the Limpopo rivers.

The ancient city of Great Zimbabwe could accommodate up to 20 000 people, royalty and slaves alike. People lived in 10 to 30 people in one family compound. They traded in gold, ivory, copper and bronze. Metal and iron tools came from Hwedza Mountains. The people lived on cattle, millet (zviyo) and sorghum (mapfunde) cultivation. Bananas came from Indonesia through trade with the Arabs.

One view of history says Great Zimbabwe began to lose control of the area it controlled from about 1400 when the importance of gold as an export commodity became scarce. There was more trade at Khami in south-west, which presented an economic advantage over Great Zimbabwe. By 1450 Khami had become the most important Zimbabwe capital.

Today, Great Zimbabwe embodies many aspects which are historic, aesthetic, scientific, social, spiritual and cultural. As a national monument, it forces us to construct, substantiate and challenge our personal, cultural and collective memory.

From: allafrica.com

By: Dr Sekai Nzenza

Date: 22 May 2013

The national airline says commercial interlink agreements, for example between two airlines, that spread optimally across the world helps airlines to offer travel solutions to airline passengers.

“These commercial interline agreements help both airlines, as they enable both airlines to offer passengers travel solutions which if we did not have these agreements, neither airline could have been able to ‘catch’ those passengers, so they help increase access to markets we ordinarily would not have been able to participate in,” said the General Manager: Commercial Services, Air Namibia, Xavier Masule.

Masule was responding to written questions from New Era.

A local weekly recently reported “that during a recent trip to Dubai, Minister of Trade and Industry Calle Schlettwein, who led a Namibian delegation to the 3rd Annual Investment Meeting, told UAE Minister of Economy Sultan bin Al Mansouri that Air Namibia is in talks with Emirates Airlines about the possibility of flying to Namibia, or operating on some of its routes.”

But Air Namibia does not have any information about Emirates commencing flights into Namibia, explained Masule.

“It is difficult for us to comment clearly on this because we do not have the exact words expressed by the Honorable Minister to the delegates, in terms of whether he meant Emirates physically flying into Namibia or via commercial arrangements used in the industry such as code share or interline agreements. All we can say, which is per our knowledge, is that Air Namibia and Emirates Airlines have cooperation agreements in place, and we are already working with them using these agreements for traffic feeds into each other’s flights at airports such as Johannesburg, Harare, Lusaka and Accra,” said Masule.

“Our computerized passenger management solutions are already linked and we have interfaces in place for e-ticketing processing, and airport departure computerized systems talk to each other already,” said Masule.

Elaborating further on some of the cooperation agreements with other airlines, he said Air Namibia has partnered with Kenya Airways, in Europe with Air France, British Airways and Alitalia, in the Far East with Singapore Airlines, and in the west with US Airways and Delta Airlines.

Air Namibia Routes

From: allafrica.com

By: Mathias Haufiku

Date: 20 May 2013

There will be a tremendous cacophony of music, drums and dancing on the Friday as the Street Carnival winds its way slowly up through the centre of town to the Golf Club where live bands will play in the evening, and on the Saturday there will be more performances by the participating cultural groups, with arts and crafts, food stalls, and national pavilions showcasing their own countries and much more.

As part of this rhythmic occasion, we will be inviting the community to come along, bring a drum and join in on the Saturday afternoon and join in The African Beat prior to the Prize Giving and Finale. Bring or make a drum and come and join us on Saturday. We invite the whole community to get involved. Bring or make a drum and come and join us on the Saturday. We invite the whole community to get involved.

This inaugural Livingstone festival will take place on 21-22 June 2013, a vibrant, colourful and fun weekend for everyone to enjoy. We are inviting cultural dance and music groups from surrounding countries and overseas.

The Melodians - the renowned UK-Caribbean Steel Band, whose accommodation in Livingstone for the Festival is being sponsored by Safari Par Excellence – will be playing at The Zambezi Waterfront on Thursday 20 June, so come on down and soak up some lively calypso rhythm by the Zambezi River. For further information please contact waterfront@safpar.com

2013 in Livingstone is all about celebrating Dr David Livingstone’s Bicentenary, born 200 years ago on 19 March 1813. Come and participate in our series of events and festivals!

By: 5VictoriaFalls24

Date: 22 May 2013

GENERAL NOTICES –

• ACCOMODATION URGENTLY NEEDED – I am looking for a cottage, Flat or house. Willing to share for 1^st of June. Please contact Hilton Britten on 0772 870 212 or mail hilton@wildhorizons.co.zw

• PLANTS NEEDED – Vic Falls primary are looking for an assortment of plants in pots or empty medium sized pots for planting plants into or simply any plants that you have from small ones to tall ones. We are revamping two areas and any donations in this area will be very much appreciated. Please contact Cathrina on gover@yoafrica.com if you have and would like me to come and collect. Otherwise you can drop them off at the new Kitchen\Tuckshop at the school. Please let me      know if you deliver any so I know who it is from. Many thanks.

• INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY FOR RENTAL – Available to let Stand 299 Rumsey Road, Industrial Site Victoria Falls.  With effect from 1 June 2013.  The mentioned complex is 30 x 50 m.  The complex comprises of a main reception area measuring 8x6m, there are 4 x rooms situated as separated lockable office space, 3 of the rooms are services with air cons and 1 with an overhead fan.. 2 x large rooms also suitable for additional office space.  1 x large enclosed and lockable workshop. Garage with pit suitable for vehicle maintenance and repair.  2 x outside rooms with separate entrances.  1 x servants quarters.  10 x parking bays under      shade cloth.  For more information please call Erica on 013 44469, 0774 385 991 or 0712 214 489.

• ABC AUCTIONS – Cresta Sprayview Renovation Auction – Due to circumstances outside of our control we have had to postpone the auction set for this Saturday 25th May to a date to be confirmed. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and hope to be able to advise of the new auction date soon.

• NEW-NEW-NEW- VIC FALLS FITNESS CENTRE – Full body workout gym, now open @ no 307 Parkway next to Tees Barber opposite Hunters Bar. Open – 6am to 8pm daily. Fitness comes First, its never too let come increase your Fitness level, for you to get stronger and also burn fat. We offer a range of services at the fitness centre.

- body building

- aerobics

- weight loss

- personal training

- cardio workout with spin bikes and tradmills

Also we have protein and energy supplements and refreshments. from vusa cell: 0773 537 602

• HOUSE TO LET – Mkhosana, 3 Bedroom House, Available from 01 June 2013, Contact :- 0712 777 299 or 0712 750 069

• COMPUPRO – HEART OF TECHNOLOGY

            SAMSUNG S4 - $999.00

            Specifications – 1.9 GHz Quad-Core Processor / 1.6 GHz Octa-Core Processor

            Display - 5inch Full HD Super AMOLED (1920 x 1080) display, 441 pp

            OS - Android 4.2.2 (Jelly bean

            Memory - 16 / 32 / 64GB memory + microSD slot (up to 64GB), 2GB RAM

            Camera – Main(Rear): 13 Mega pixel Auto Focus camera with Flash & Zero Shutter Lag, BIS

Sub (Front): 2 Mega pixel camera, Full HD recording @30fps with Zero Shutter Lag, BIS

            Camera Features - Dual Shot , Drama Shot, Sound & Shot, 360 Photo, Animated Photo, Eraser, Night, Best Photo, Best Face, Beauty Face, HDR (High Dynamic Range), Panorama, Sports

            GALAXY NOTE 10.1 - $999.00

            Highlights

            Processor - 1.4GHz Exynos Quad-Core Processor

            Display - 10.1″ WXGA(1280×800) LCD

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Main(Rear): 5 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash

Sub(Front): 1.9 Megapixel Camera

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Playback/ Recording: 1080p Full HD@30fps, 720p HD@30fps

            Offering Free Swift Delivery Throughout Zimbabwe (terms & conditions apply)

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            OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE www.compupro.co.zw/CompuPro

• QUARRY STONE – HISSPAN INVESTMENTS ( John Karassellos) – We will be stocking 20mm st concrete stone on stock pile at US$ 78/cube. Delivery is also available on request or by self collection if preferred. If you have any inquiries please contact John on:+263 712 612 315 / +263      13 43156, or come to our office located at J & M Motors at 1369 Pioneer Rd, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

• DIRT ROAD SAFARI GEAR – Great range of good quality, well priced safari gear made in South Africa. Our product will meet your every need – whether you are working or at leisure. All the materials for our clothing range, bags and accessories are 100% cotton canvas, genuine cowhide leather, and antique brass trims. We confidently guarantee that our products are sufficiently robust to withstand the demands of your African Safari. Open every day of the week. Discounts apply to all tour operator’s and guides. Visit us at The Trading Post, Landela Complex, Shop No. 14 for all your ladies and gentlemen’s safari wear. For more information Contact Charlene Nolan 0777161909

• FUTURE WATER & SANITATION (Pvt) Ltd – 3 Peterborough Road, Belmont, Bulawayo, (09) 475 338, info@futurews.com

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· Water Softening

· Filters and Descaling Crystals

· Oil & Chemical Spill Control

· ALL THINGS WATER

and much more delivered in Vic Falls !!

• “OUR PLACE”, Bed & Breakfast/Self -Catering Accommodation, Louis Trichardt – Ideal stopover for shopping or breaking a trip further south. We provide security, comfort, tranquility and affordibility! 15 kilometers from Louis Trichardt on the N1 south, turn right into Airforce Base Road and 1 km down to      “Our Place” signpost on the left. Directions: GPS S23/11/48.3 E29/51/48.9 AA recommended. Bookings appreciated in advance Landline: + 27 15 516 5706 Cell phone: 27 73 9390773 Email: ourplace@xpress.co.za

• OUTSPAN BUTCHERY – To all our valued customers, please be advised that we will be closed on Saturday 25/05/2013. To avoid any disappointments please do your weekend meat shopping on Friday!!! Have a great weekend.

• TRANSPORT – 8 Ton refrigerated truck available. Please contact 0777050279 for details and rates.

• BOATS MOORED AT THE BOAT CLUB – If you have a boat moored at the Boat Club, I strongly suggest that you go down there a.s.a.p. with a helper and move your boat back into the quickly receding water.  Many boats are nearly high ‘n dry. Raphael the Club gardener is away on leave till month end.

• VICTORIA FALLS WEDDINGS & EVENTS – ‘Liz & Bernie’ have moved to our New Offices which are at 231 Sopers Crescent, New Tel 44609, New E-Mail’s are lizlanevicfalls@gmail.com / bernie@victoriafallswedding.com   Visit our website www.victoriafallswedding.com or Facebook Page ‘Victoria Falls Weddings’  For      All your ‘Special’ Functions, Events, Marquee & Equipment Hire.

• RESERVATIONIST REQUIRED – A busy reservations office is in need of a new consultant. 4 years experienced required and an understanding of ‘Tour Plan’ will help. Please send all CV’s to vanessa@adventurezonevicfalls.com

• SEVEN ELEVEN – A wonderful selection of new products have just arrived at the Seven Eleven:

Snowflake Easy Mix Muffins (Savoury & Sweet) Great for those last minute cake sales or lunch boxes – Flap-jack, Scone Mix, Waffle Mix, Muffin Mix

Snowflake Creations – Malva Pudding, Blue Berry Muffins & Choc Chip Muffins

Coke Zero Cans

Fuze Ice Tea

Chocolates – Rolo, Kit Kat, Bar One, Milo Bar, Smarties ‘n Bar, Smarties, Chocolate Log, Sweetie Pie’s, Quality Street, Flake’s, Lunch Bars,

Snacker Bars

Assorted Pringle Crisps

Conti Chip Dips

Assorted Rice Crackers

Assorted Cappuccino Sachets

Fire Briquettes

Nature’s Source Crunchy Bites & Jungle Oats

Parmalat Custard 1Lt

Condensed Milk & Caramel Treat

And so much more…………….come down and spoil yourself!!!!

• WOK ‘N ROLL – No Zesa this coming week??……Can’t cook lunch or Dinner, Wok ‘n Roll is all GAS!!! Come in for food all day long!!! Our stoves are running hot. Call us on 0771 142 749 or 43429 and place your orders to avoid waiting!! Thanks for all your support!!!!

• ZAMBEZI TRAVELLER CLASSIFIEDS –If anyone would like to place an advert in the Zambezi Traveller Classifieds for the JUNE/JULY Issue, please contact me asap, to submit. Pre-payment for all adverts! Email Mel : – hudsons@yoafrica.com Many thanks!

• HOUSE FOR SALE – The following property for sale on Jacaranda Crescent:

Large Family home, part double storey facebrick under tile. 4 Bedrooms, 2 ensuite, all have aircon plus separate bath, shower and toilet. Open plan lounge, dining and kitchen. Covered veranda

overlooking  swimming pool and well maintained garden.  2nd Residence has 3 bedrooms with aircon, main ensuite, separate shower and toilet, open plan lounge, dining and kitchen. Private well established garden.

3rd one bedroom granny flat with kitchenette, shower and toilet currently used as an office.  The whole property is walled, with electric fence and gate, plus a 5000l water tank with pump.

Serious Enquiries contact John on 0712 220 415

• THE GARDEN OF EAT ‘N – NO ZESA Specials!! – We have a wood fired Pizza Oven & fire place! AND will do deliveries all day long! Call 0777434636 to place your orders, or pop into shoestrings, if you are feeling hungry and have no power!

            NO ZESA SPECIALS:

The Garden Breakfast $5 – Fruit Salad, Yoghurt, Muesli

The Geezer Breakfast $9 – Toast, Egg, Bacon, Sausage, Potato, *Mushrooms, Baked Beans, Tomato & Onion all lightly fried.

The Chicken/Beef/Veg Schwarma (with humus) $6

BBQ Chicken/Steak, Tom & Onion & Green pepper Salsa, topped with grated cheese (served warm) in a pita bread pocket.

The Garden Salad $5 – Avocado*, Feta, Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Cucumber, Apple & Sunflower Seeds.

Roast Chicken $5 – ¼ Roast chicken Marinated in Garlic, Lemon & Herb/Barbecue Sauce/Peri-Peri/Parmesan & Pesto

Toasted Sandwich $5

Bacon, Cheese & Tomato/Chicken & Mayo/Cheese & Tomato $4

Zambezi Bream $5 – Fresh Zambezi Bream pan fried in garlic, lemon & butter.

The Beef/Chicken Burger $6 – Juicy Burger Patty topped with Cheese, Fried Onions, Lettuce, Tomato

Steak Roll $6 – A tender marinated steak in a fresh roll with fried onions, grated cheese

Spaghetti Bolognaise Large $8 Small $5 – Spaghetti & Beef bolognaise sauce topped with grated cheddar cheese.

Bacon & Avocado Burger $8 – Juicy Burger Patty topped with bacon, Avocado, Cheese, Fried Onions, Lettuce, Tomato

Big Juicy steak & Mashed Potatoes Large $9 Small $6 – A tender marinated rump steak served with creamy mashed potatoes and a small side salad.

Pizzas (See Pizza Menu) $5-$12 – Your favorite combinations are all on the menu

Fresh Nutty Brownies $3 – Decadent & delicious

• GREEN LAND FRUITERERS (Pvt) Ltd- For all your Fruit and Vegetables, we are here to service that need!! Guess what…. Our truck arrives Friday Mid-morning 17^th of May 2013 and products ready for selling at around Mid-day. These and other fresh fruits and veg’s will be eagerly waiting for you, Pecan nuts,      persimons, crushed ginger, red cabbage, broccoli….the list goes on and on. 83 Pioneer Road Victoria Falls is our location or you can dial in on 013 45004/5 and place your orders. Remember we can deliver purchases from $10.00 going upwards!!!!

• THUNDERCLOUD SPUR - We value your support week in week out and us, the Spur Burgers invite you again to our haven and again its buy one and get one extra but this time with a difference. For any Spur Burger Special bought, get a Free Spur Complimentary Sauce!!!Hmmm…. I bet you didn’t forget the time. Be there from 1800hrs to 2200hrs on MONDAYs at The Kingdom Hotel and enjoy!

• PANAROTTIS - Pizza pizza pizza…it’s the bottomless pizza once again. Our highest consumer so far has amassed 7 slices; one lucky customer will walk away with a fabulous prize if he/she surpasses 8 slices!! An absolute challenge for your jaws out there. See you at The Kingdom Hotel on Tuesdays from around 1800hrs to 2200hrs. Come eat and enjoy the fun.

• PLUMBERS AVAILABLE FOR ALL PLUMBING WORK -

Peter – 0774 565 601

Trevor – 0774 139 514

• HOSPITAL CASH PLAN – Get paid US$100 dollars whilst in Hospital!!! To register for the Hospital Cash Plan, SMS “Hospital” to 0778 808 008 or 0737 539 100 and get cash back of US$100 for adults and US$50 for children for each day you are hospitalised. The Hospital Cash plan is not a medical aid but a perfect cover against the loss of income in the event of a family member being hospitalised for more than 48 hours. It is affordable and gives you flexible paying arrangements. Pay $1.50 per month per adult and $1.00 per month per child. For more information call FBC Bank on 013-45995/6 or email callisto.rukuni@fbc.co.zw, lorraine.nyoni@fbc.co.zw or info@fbc.co.zw

• JUNIOR SAVER ACCOUNTS – Secure your children’s future and inculcate the culture of saving now!!! Open Junior Saver Accounts for your children and enjoy amazing benefits such as competitive interest rates and no service charges. FBC Bank offering convenience, strength and diversity to your investment. For more information call FBC Bank on 013-45995/6 or email callisto.rukuni@fbc.co.zw, lorraine.nyoni@fbc.co.zw or info@fbc.co.zw