I have just received this notification: ‘the High Court hearing scheduled for the 29th September 2014 did not occur, and has been rescheduled for the 17th November 2014. The Judge had been out of Lusaka and therefore was unable to proceed with the hearing as planned’. Yet another delay. I am reminded that in June 2014 Judge Kondolo was transferred to some far-flung Provincial post, with a forthcoming High Court hearing looming where only affidavit material could be presented, and certainly no inconvenient witnesses and new facts. The Lower Zambezi appellants had lodged an appeal to the Supreme Court, to allow for the calling of key witnesses. Concurrently an appeal to Stay the High Court case was made, requesting that the case not proceed until the Supreme Court appeal has been determined. The High Court hearing is now set for 17 November. ‘Big Man’ had obviously told the judge to go fishing, with the free use of the PF dugout. The news in Zambia never gets better it seems. Two Auditor-General reports of July 2014 have just surfaced in my pond: 1)‘Management of Wildlife’ and 2) ‘The Management of Environmental degradation caused by mining activities in Zambia’ http://www.ago.gov.zm/reports/Special/2014/ covering the years 2008-2011. They are a shocking further revelation and confirmation of Government ineptitude and political corruption, a problem without end. What the wildlife report reveals is that there is an ongoing mining operation in the Kafue National Park already and seven in the Lukusuzi National Park. The latter is of course a part of the Peace Parks managed Malawi-Zambia Transfrontier Conservation Area.