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From The
Editor
As we hit
December, everyone is looking forward to the Christmas and New Year
period. Some because of the religious celebration of Christmas, the
shopkeepers because of the money that is going to find its way into
their tills and others who are just happy that they will have a few
days when they can relax, take a breath and get ready to enter 2007
feeling a little less stressed than they feel now.
Being
December, we decided to take a look at some of the traditions that
surround Christmas, most of which developed in the Western world and
a lot of which don’t make sense here with our warm climate.
We have thus
tried to put these into a Zambian context and also give our
suggestions on how to adapt these traditions to ensure a Just
Zambian Christmas.
With the end
of year approaching, we note that Zacaria Phiri is already gearing
up for the holiday season. Travelling through Chilanga last week,
they tried the old trick of not having re-set the equipment after
catching the previous person for speeding and claimed 77 km in a 65
km zone (this must play havoc with the collection of statistics ?)
The issue was eventually resolved as we were very certain we had not
been breaking the speed limit.
But the
messages is that Zacaria is out there and he also wants a pleasant
Christmas this year and he is going to make sure that he has one.
Also, as the
rainy season approaches and we gear ourselves up for power cuts, it
seems that Zesco, at least in Lusaka, cannot accept a report of a
fault without the account number. It is only after much cajoling and
persuading that they will accept the report without said account
number. So if you are a tenant in a building and the landlord pays
the power bill, ask him for the number and even if you are not a
tenant, put the number somewhere easily accessible so that you don’t
have to go looking for it when the power goes off at 7 pm and
plunges you into complete darkness.
As always at
this time of the year, we wish to thank our readers, our
advertisers, all those who contribute articles, ideas and
suggestions for their support over the last year. Without your
support and input, The Lowdown would not be published every month,
and for this we thank you.
We would also
like to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best for 2007
and let’s make this the best year yet.
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December
2006