Friday, March 29, 2024

Zambians advised to stop unwarranted attacks on Chinese

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Zambia’s weak manufacturing industry has contributed to the growth of China’s economic development which is now the second largest economy in the world.

Like many developing countries, Zambia is a market for many Chinese products which in most cases are cheap.

Aside from developing the manufacturing industry, analysts have attributed the overtaking of Japan’s economy by China to devaluation of its currency which the USA has complained about.

Consumer Unit and Trust Society (CUTS) International Zambia Executive Board Chairperson, Love Mutesa, has however advised Zambians to stop unwarranted attacks on the Chinese but learn from them.
[ MUVI ]

26 COMMENTS

  1. Love Mutesa, please also stop your inferiority complex filled advice. When credit is due we give it, but when oppressed as a people we standup for truth and Justice. That is the way of the true world as it should be. Let’s develop on terms of civilization and wisdom. Science and arts not fear and groveling.

  2. Ambassador Mutesa i thought your brain ticks Zambia is sovereign country we can`t allow Chinese to do what they want in name of world economy giants, we need protection from govt we can`t allow Chinese shoot our innoncent defenceless chaps claiming decent salary and working condition,
    When yu hear such talk coming from politician then yu know he is oiled, Zed full of jockers hahaaa.

  3. Zambians are shamefully disadvantaged in their own country. They are treated like third rate citizens and are abused with impunity by these Chinese chaps. Just take a serious look at any industry where the chaps are involved in:
    -Lack of personal safety equipment/ work environment
    -Verbal and physical abuse and assault are the order of the day for Zambian workers
    -Shootings & attempted murders of workers at place of work
    -Slave wages paid to Zambian workers etc etc…..
    All this happening under mpuno ikuleni govt and does absolutely nothing to protect his people in their country.
    This can only happen in Zambia…wow..

  4. Common lets not be stupid. Lets not except crap from any nation or peoples. Any rich nation that comes to invest in Zambia comes here to get rich not to help us lets be wise and not s.t.u.p.i.d. Those in power are only protecting there interests and making us believe that other nations are coming to help us. Lets wake up and not be f.o.o.l.i.s.h.

  5. I’d rather say Zambians need to change their work culture and attitude to be taken seriously. Unfortunately, respect has to be earned, it just does’nt come simply because you are in your country and the other chap is a foreigner

  6. #6 kindly explain a little for me what you me that zambians need to change their work culture. i just what to understand.

  7. Please shut up and put up.Why cant you tell Chinese to stop attackibng Zambians.We have no other place to go to.We have only one zambia fotr us.Why should we have people coming to our country to attack us.Would any Chinese say the same in China?You are just an embarrasment irresponsible with a colonial mind who cant protect their own

  8. #8 let me answer for #6
    Most zambians have a tendency of “tulyemo altitude”. That is expecting to be paid for not doing anything. This is witnessed by Bus conductors, ba ngwangwazi….etc. Most Zambians expect or want to live in luxury without working for it. We also have a very bad altitude towards work were we report for work late, drink and gossip the whole morning. When we go for lunch we come back at 16hrs under the pretext of traffic and knock off at 16 30 in order to beat traffic. I have a construction company myself were by i have to force workers to start working when infact they came to work. They will kam and start sun bathing until they are told what to do.

  9. continued from 10:
    I one time asked my worker why they always come late, he told me he lives very far and every morning he has to walk, so i decided to give him transport money to use the following morning……that following morning he never showed up. So i changed the strategy and decided to start picking up my workers in the morning…..almost half of them never used to make it to wake up at 7 30am…in the end my pick up truck was always almost half empty…….

  10. I have heard from zedians who works very hard for chinese companys from six to six, six days in a week and only get paid chicken change of $30 dollars a month. If they demand their payments to be increased its only fair to do so….. its the chinese who attack in response!

  11. Chinese for running tuntembas, chicken runs, smallscale farming, smallscale mining, market stalls, etc. How most of these labourers get work permits is any body’s guess! True some are good but majority are just labourers taking over our peoples’ jobs.

  12. What is funny about this head-line and the story is that the most of the story actually gives reason to be upset with the effect of China on Zambia, and against this backdrop the only one sentence in the passage that reflects the implication of the title appears miserably lame…

  13. It is stupidi’ty of the highest order for Mutesa to have issued such a statement. Unless you’re dump, Zambians are very hard working people and are up to now contributing immersely to the Mining Industries in Botswana, South Africa and DRC among others. What we do have is a stupi’d president who needs to go at any cost. This is the only way to bring sanity to the Zambian Industry and restore the pride of our fellow Zambians. Let us all stand up and vote these monkeys out.

  14. You just like washing your dirty linen in public.Who told you that Chinese are not corpt or tulyemo attitude?Chinese are worse off in morals or anything else compared to Zambians.You need to travel to understand this.Most zambians are civil decent hard working people but are always let down by their opwn people including the GVT.Its high time we changed this attitude.As much as we are not perfect there is a lot to appreciate about Zambians.If you travel as i do you will appreciate this fact

  15. There is not need for us to sit there and let Chinese run the show in Zed just because they have BRIBED POLITICIANS.
    We need to stand up for ourselves and if they dont like it they can pack and go.If they behave then no problem

  16. No17 I salute you.In any country i have been zambians are respected and shine well above so amny nationalities in almost everything.The only place zambians are not appreciated is in zambia.It is this trend we need to redress. We need to unite and change things.Most foregners bribe their way and are protected by the GVT including Mutesa…so disgusting.Even in China they wouldnt just shoot people why should they do so in Zed

  17. There are no rule or regulations in Zambia. Anyone can do anything they like. You need proper guidelines to stop this. Zambians are to blame for choosing stupid leaders because they have set evry low standards for themselves. It is only in Zed that a foreigner can do anything and get away with it because we have put self interest above that of the nation. At times it pains to be Zambian.

  18. I meant that Zambians have set very low standards for themselve and as a result they have allowed mediocre leadership to come in. If Zambians demanded high standards they would get it and these practices by foreigners mistreating citizens would be a thing of the past. The chinese are nearly everywhere but they cant do what they do in Zambia even in countries like Botswana because these have demanded high standards.

  19. So no. 19 and 20 let us blame ourselves for putting gabbage to lead the country. What you put is what you get i.e you reap what you sow.

  20. #10 & 11 so then that explains a lot. so there is a lot of entitlement mentality among zambians and that is why many on will still call on gov to increase taxes on business because many see themselves as workers not business owner. they feel gov we’ll look after them as they do nothing. the problem then lies more with us the people and less with the politicians. i always think the job of gov should be limited to protecting us and our property, providing and enviroment we can thrive in. Gov should have less influence in our lives except ourselves.

  21. Are you aware that the chinese so called investers move around with small pink bags in every government ministry that they hear has a tennder to offer? I agree with 19. Chinese are the most immoral race on earth, remember they are not religious. How does Zambia’s christian nation declaration mix with the chinese? The only common thing is corruption! True, China has developed at the expense of poor africans who have been sold off by their own selfish elected leaders such as… Africa should wake up to reality and set its own path. China will not develop Zambia for zambians. Its a falacy. The only zambians developing are the government officials and politicians!

  22. i lost my primary set of two following journeying for 25 some thing hrs and was very bummed. so i have a new set of two, it isn’t as high in volume because other eye glasses i have on.

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