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July 2, 2016 - 0 Comments

IN a series of commentaries based on Uganda’s Okot p’Bteck’s celebrated classic book of poetry, ‘Song of Lawino’, we now take a hard look at a discordant sort of axis of evil, a somewhat triangle...

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July 2, 2016 - 0 Comments

THE advent of mobile phones has also brought about running live wireless soccer commentaries; the commentator speaks through the cell phone like an ordinary call. Much as the innovation does not require much technical set...

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June 25, 2016 - 0 Comments

THE televising of political programmes on local channels seems to be on a low side as broadcasters are seemingly limited with ideas that can buy them good viewership during this prime-election period. On ZNBC for...

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June 25, 2016 - 0 Comments

ONE wonders why some radio presenters keep reading out time in the old system of something like; “The time is quarter past eleven, to mean 11:15 hours.” Not only do such readings confuse listeners, who...

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June 25, 2016 - 0 Comments

LAZZO paid a courtesy call on his erstwhile colleague across east of the railroad. He did not realise the radical difference in ‘two worlds’until he looked closely… This dwelling place was divided by a deep...

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June 25, 2016 - 0 Comments

I WAS shocked to see my hopeless womanizing friend Stakes “Girls”Chitambo drive past where I was standing by the roadside, with my older sister Mbikazi in the passenger seat. I furiously waved him down, very...

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June 11, 2016 - 0 Comments

THE Patriotic Front (PF) and United Party for National Development (UPND) are two political parties whose campaign songs have dominated the airwaves so far. As a way of stating its non-partisan stance, Radio Phoenix professionally...

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June 11, 2016 - 0 Comments

LAST Friday at 21: 00 hours, I tuned to Zambezi Magic to see the much publicised Paya One Hip Hop battle. From the promotions that have been running on DStv channel 160, one cannot tell...

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May 31, 2016 - 0 Comments

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Copperbelt Mining, Agriculture and Commercial Show (CMACS) has today opened its doors to the general public. Companies ready to take part in this year’s event were found bust making final...

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May 31, 2016 - 0 Comments

Last year we featured an article that looked at one of the leading book and stationery stores in the country called Book World, a limited company by shares. We traced its humble beginnings as a...

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