Bicycle Taxi

Chipata Life

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May 29th 2008
Chipatans are proud of their traffic lights; it's a good sign the town is developing, and was a key landmark of the town as first described to me in Lusaka. However, I haven't yet worked out the rules of their usage- are they as in the UK (in theory Zambians drive on the left) or elsewhere, where you can turn left on red? Not helped by the frequent powercuts when it's every driver for themselves ... read more

Africa » Zambia » Chipata

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The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia up... ... read more