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 Mazabuka Mumblings
COMING UP!
MUSIKILI'S SPONSORED GOLF DAY is being held on Saturday, June 18 at
the Mazabuka Golf Club. This is definitely one of the highlights of
the golfing and Musikili School calendar!! The competition will
take the form of a 2 Ball Alternate Strike Alliance and play is
being limited to forty teams only, so get your names in ow! Contact Brian
Pinkney on 03 230-346 or Sue Williams on 097 668-941. June 11 is
the entries deadline date! Cost? K50,000 per player.
LEOPARDS ON THE PROWL. Nakambala Leopards Football team have had a
very successful start to the season, having played ten games, won
eight and drawn two. They are currently leading in the First
Division with twenty six points, and their mission this year is to
be promoted to Super League. So far they have played and beaten:
Livingstone Pirates, ZNS Green Bullets, Zamcoal Diggers, Lusaka City
Council, Profund Warriors, Young Buffaloes, Nampundwe, and Kascol
Rangers. A spokesman for Leopards says that with the new Coach,
Christopher "Gaza" Tembo, the new Team Manager, Innocent Masumba and
a number of new faces in the Leopard's executive on board, the
team is focused to achieve their goal!
NEW AT MOORINGS!
The ever popular Moorings Campsite which is situated 11 km north of
Monze (or 50 km south of Maz) on Tom and Thea Savory's farm, now
boasts two very comfortable and reasonably priced ensuite chalets -
one sleeping two and the other a four bedded affair. This secure
and peaceful little spot is the perfect stop over, not only for
people travelling to and from Livingstone or Lusaka, but also for
people wanting to take an early morning trip into Lochinvar National
Park, only 50 km down the road, and home of the Kafue Lechwe, and an
Ornithologist's paradise with over 400 bird species in residence.
The camp itself is a bird watchers delight (for those in the know,
Moorings is in the 1642B Chivuna quarter) and we came across grey
hornbill and African hoopoe nesting sites and were told that a
Wahlberg's Eagle also nests close to camp. Red necked falcon can be
spotted scurrying across pathways leading off from the camp and
lilac breasted and racket tailed rollers were seen flitting through
the shady acacia trees at the site. Facilities at Moorings include
very clean ablution blocks, a bar and dining area and a volleyball
court. Catering can be done on request and there is a little braai
area beside each chalet. Camping costs in the region of US$5.00
pppn and the chalets a modest US$20.00 pppn. Contact the Savory's
on
tsavory@zamnet.zm
or phone them on 097 863-241 for more information.
ALL ABOARD THE MWANACHINGWALA!
In August last year, Mazabuka residents were treated to an
extraordinary spectacle. An enormous boat – so big, that power
lines had to be disconnected to allow it to pass underneath, and
traffic had to be diverted to give this massive water monster space
to be towed through the streets – was on its way to a new home, the
Kafue River. It is currently berthed in the river beside Chief
Mwanachingwala’s village.
The boat was purchased from an organization in Kariba by the
Mwanachingwala Conservation Trust and has been aptly named “Mwanachingwala”.
It will be used to explore the tourist potential on the Kafue River
in the Mwanachingwala Conservation Area (MCA). The MCA is a major
part of the Kafue Flats Wetlands which is one of the world’s premier
wetlands habitats. Human activity has seen a massive decline in the
wildlife population in this area over the years, and with funding
from the DOEN Foundation in the Netherlands, a re-stocking programme
was undertaken in Mid 2004. Zambia Sugar, along with other local
people in the private sector in Mazabuka, and the World Wildlife
Fund (WWF), are involved in helping to rehabilitate the Wetlands,
and this includes re establishing lost species like the Kafue
lechwe, the eland, zebra, and wildebeest.
A small harbour and jetty are under construction by Zambia Sugar
below their P2 pump station to house the boat. As well as being a
boost to tourism in the area, it is hoped that the Mwanachingwala
will also serve as an environmental educational tool and a medical
facility for the local population. The intended “day trip” route of
the houseboat will be from its berth at P2 pump station through the
MCA to the Blue Lagoon in Lochinvar National Park and back.
On the tourist front, the boat which can sleep eight people (plus
the crew of 2) could also be used as a floating conference facility
licenced (this is currently underway) to take fifteen people.
Managing the accommodation and catering side of the Mwanachingwala,
is ESS, who are part of the Compass Group – the world’s largest out
sourced food management company. At present, ESS Zambia, under the
local directorship of Patrick Koenig, manages all food, beverage and
accommodation requirements for contractors
and guests to Zambia Sugar.
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June 2005