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Newspapers
Daily Times
(
www.times.co.zm
)
and
Daily Mail
(
www.daily-mail.co.zm
) are dull, government-con-
trolled rags. The columnists at the independent
Post
(
www.postzambia.com
) continuously needle the government.
Published in the UK but printed in South Africa, the
Weekly Telegraph,
the
Guardian Weekly
and the
Economist
are available in Lusaka and Livingstone.
Radio
Both of the Zambian National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) radio stations can be heard nationwide;
they play Western and African music, as well as news and chat shows in English. Radio Phoenix (89.5FM) has a
call-in show called 'Let the People Talk' on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9am to 11am. MUVI TV is independently
owned while ZNBC also runs the solitary government-controlled TV station, but anyone who can afford it will sub-
scribe to South African satellite TV. BBC World Service can be heard in Lusaka (88.2FM) and Kitwe (89.1FM);
Radio France Internationale (RFI) can also be heard in Lusaka.
Television
Uses the PAL system.
Measures
The metric system is used in Zambia.
Accommodation
Accommodation prices in this topic are listed for the high season (eg April/May to Octo-
ber/November), based on 'international rates.' Often lodges offer resident rates that can be
half as much. Some lodges/camps close during the wet season (November to April); if
they're open, discounts of up to 50% are common.
The accommodation in the national parks is even more skewed towards the very top end,
that is on average around ZMW2000 per person; although there is some variety in terms of
cost just outside park boundaries. These privately operated lodges and 'camps' (a confus-
ing term often used to describe expensive lodges) in the parks offer the same sort of luxury
and exclusivity as other lodges and camps in Southern and East Africa. Rates usually in-
clude meals, drinks, park fees and activities, such as wildlife drives, but not transfers by
