Finance and National Planning Minister Ng’andu Magande said Zambia has changed for the better and that her citizens are now able to invest in various sectors of the economy.
Mr. Magande was addressing Zambians based in Washington DC at a reception hosted by the Zambian Ambassador to the United States of America, Dr. Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika.
Mr. Magande said Zambia’s economy was on track and that the country has registered positive economic growth over the last few years of the “New Deal” government governance.
He also said Zambia was no longer a debtor nation as the country had managed to reduce debt from $7.2 billion to $500,000.
The minister said that Zambia was now in a position to make its own decisions on how to develop because the donors could no longer instruct the government on what to do.
He urged Zambians living abroad to invest at home because of the good business opportunity that were in place.
The Minister also said he was happy with the 2008 World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, which he was attending and described them as very positive.
“We have had very good discussions with the IMF and World Bank. I was proud to meet with members of the two institutions because of the good fiscal policy Zambia has pursued,” he said.
He said five years ago, it was difficult for Zambia to negotiate with the two institutions but due to disciplined fiscal management and debt record, Zambia was looked upon as a good partner in development.
He stated that Zambia’s reserves were currently over US$1 billion, adding that this was the highest figure the country had ever recorded.
The side meetings mainly centred on sectors such as energy and water, transport, agriculture, education, health and regional infrastructure.
Mr. Magande also disclosed that Zambia would produce a one million tonnes of copper by the year 2010.
Mr. Magande said the discoveries of new copper mines especially in the North-Western province would have an upward effect on the output of copper in the next two years.
He also stated that the Lumwana Copper Mine had employed to at least 10,000 Zambians who were unemployed.
Mr. Magande also pointed out that other rich minerals like nickel and uranium had been discovered in Zambia.
“The search for uranium in Zambia is part of an exploration that is raising new hopes for jobs and tax revenue,” he said.
He further told the audience that the Munali Nickel Project in Mazabuka district of Southern province was expected to produce over 900,000 tonnes of nickel in the next decade.
“Munali Nickel Project will produce about 8,500 tons per annum of nickel in concentrate from a 900,000 tons per annum underground mining operation involving straight forward extraction methods and conventional processing technology,” he explained.
Speaking at the same function, Bank of Zambia Deputy Governor for Operations, Denny Kalyalya said the Zambian economy has performed very well in the recent past.
Dr. Kalyalya said Zambia had recorded positive real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth and that inflation and interest rates had come down.
He noted that the unprecedented developments in inflation have been due to continued implementation of prudent monetary and fiscal policies, coupled with increased food supply.
He said Zambia had become an attractive country for foreign investors because of its sound economic performance
Mr Minister, you may be right. But are the ordinary Zambians feeling the impact of an improved Zambia’s economy?
it is extremely hard for most of us to understand what is happening in Zambia.There are no information kiosk’s, no investments website this makes investing back home quite a risk as not much is communicated to the world. Where do you even start? Govt needs to install institutions to look after investments made by Zambians living abroad.Websites indicating investment opportunities need to be operational. Alot of us have amased alot of wealth but we dont know how we can invest back home. We cant rely on relatives, we all know the end result.We want to invest but gives us security
Do not be fooled into rushing to Zambia and investing your money. I have extensive experience with ZRA. These guys do not have guidelines to ensure that you can come into Zambia without being robbed by them at the point of entry.
All GRZ ministers are empty of realistic systems that they should have put in place for Zambians abroad to use to invest in ZAmbia. They do not have any regard that you must be treated as favourably as say Indian, Chinese or S. african investors. They will charge you for everything that you want to bring in as capital equipment for your investment agenda. Foreigners have much more rights into Zambia than citizen investors. ZRA has brainless people who ..
#1. It doesnt have to happen “naturally”. They must live in tune with what has happened.
It is very impressive economic change for Zambia. Economic discipline is vital for development of a country. Chiluba and his clonies did’nt see this at all. I pray that a responsible government takes over from Mwanawasa, otherwise all the reserves Magande is talking about will evaporate within a week. Having reached these levels, the benefits must be made available to all Zambians through appropriate policies.
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only see you as a cash-cow. Further more, after being robbed by ZRA, you will not have any access to financial institutions that you can approach for your operating capital since all of them will want at least 6 months’ record of your time with them. ZRA and Zambian cabinet ministers are simply empty of working investment enhancing practices for citizens of Zambia from abroad. They are emersed in a cobweb of deceit and self-delusionary practices. They are a fraudsters.They love foreigners and any Zambian coming in to invest is simply shown walled up practices.
Billy, when a country’s economy is growing u dont expect every citizen to see the fruits immidiately. infact its difficult for ordinary people to see. look at countries with strong economies in the region like SA some of its people are suffering, the dont have housing. some four years ago zambian were unable to get loans frm the bank but now people are accssing loans. thoz are indicators my bro. our miners are able to by japanese cars
I urge all Zambians living abroad to invest in livingstone. It is not expensive and we need to invest more into livingstone in terms of fun activities before Zimbabwe rises again to steal our tourists after they where given to us. I urge all Zambians to invest heavily in livingstone to make it the ultimate tourist destination before Zimbabwe takes back its crown. The world cup is coming and if you invest in livingstone, we’ll see more tourists visiting livingstone like never before. South Africa has a high crime rate, Zimbabwe is uncertain, livingstone needs investment.
BA #3 KCM
ZRA just takes orders from govt. ZRA cannot just change the tax rates on a whim, it has to go through proper procedures and also has to be in connection with the Ministry of Finance and various govt bodies before making a decision of changing taxes. ZRA just collects the taxes, it cannot freely make a decision to change taxes, its not like BOZ which can freely change interest rates as it wishes. Fiscal policy takes longer to implement as opposed to Monetary policy. You cannot blame ZRA for just taking orders and doing there job. If the govt decides to give foreign investors 5 yrs tax free, ZRA just has to comply. Blaming ZRA for doing there job is just plain ignorant.
There is still room for interest rates to come down. They are currently unrealistically too high. I do not however agree that Lumwana has employed 10,000 Zambians because there are a lot of foreigners and contractors working there.
At the end of the day my bro #6 we will have to go home.So why not start now.If u feel cheated invest in property which has guaranteed returns and security.
I agree with # 2 what guidelines or incentives availble for Zambians living abroad. We need an investment window which will direct us on where and how we can safely invest. it is true a lot of Zambians especially here in RSA have made some money and are investing in property and money markets, if only we could be guaranteed or inticed to invest in Zambia or that wealth could be in Zambia and not RSA.But since there is no such initiative investing back home is serious risky business.
# 11, i think you need to consider the point raised by # 2, 3. you cant just take off from New york and say i m going to buy property in Z.You need to know what ROI you will get .Govt needs to establish some investment shop so that we can see where we can invest. Some pipo have been living abroad for over 20 years and you expect them to just invest without any busines intelligence? Govt needs to be the driver of this investment initiative exposing and guaranteeing opportunity and security.We want to invest but where do you start?
Ba Miyoba what makes you think every Zedian will have to return home at the end of the day. pipo have become citizens of the world. They have married in foreign countries and have start up families there. so home is where you heart is.
Those Zambians living abroad and intending to invest in Zambia, how about coming home altogether. I have good news for you!!!. I gather if you have been working or studing abroad for more than two years, you can bring all your household goods without paying a ngwee!! . NO tax… plus you can bring in two cars, one for you and your wife also no ngwee. Just get ‘some papers’ from ZRA and you can move the JHGB home to Lusaka.. just pay for transport!!!
Let govt give Zambians 6 years free tax incentives for investing in our nation.ZRA is a robber to us Zambians. Yes, let us invest in real estate market. Let us have a little share of Livingstone too.
# 7 & 9 well said.
# 3 Zambia is doing very fine economically & you dont expect all the citizens to realise that overnight.If you cant see opportunities dont expect the Govt to bring them to yo door step, be innovative.
Thr z Zambia Development Agent that can give you all the data you want to know about investing in Zambia.Dont jst throw tantrums from overseas & complain about lack of this & that.Thats not yo country
Anaza lullaby from ze minister
Kanshi whats the big deal about zambians abroad coming back home to invest? To start with 98% of them are living from hand to mouth, so what are they coming to invest? Their souls?? Secondly, the majority are unskilled, so they wont add value to the economy while most of the (very) few who are educated have been doing unskilled work (eg cleaning hotel rooms, driving taxis etc) abroad for so long that they have altogether lost their skills. The majority are too embarrased to come home because they will have nothing to show for all the years they have wasted abroad. Spare them the embarrassment pliz. Let them continue showing off in cyberspace where nobody can see how much they are suffering.
#15 you are being so simplistic. But this is still the problem in Z. Driving a car translates to rich. In other neighbouring countries (not to mention the west, Asia, etc) just, a car (and not sunka) is a necessity. Unless for some high class categories of cars.
Yes, Zambians living abroad must be given in fact more than equal opportunities as compared to foreigner investors. Mind you they are Zambians. This is what happens everywhere abroad. In fact Zambians would be better investors as it is their country.
There are many multi million dollar opportunities for Zambians in Zambia. Magande is right. The economy is certainly on the upswing. Congrats to LPM
I concur with #19 i had lived out of the country for a long time and was fortunate to get a job as soon as i finished my studies. The first impressions of Zambia when i arrived were that it was full of unexposed citizens but i was wrong and am deeply sorry for that. I discovered that the years i spent outside delayed my progress despite completing my studies successfully. Most of my friends are now successful and building the nation. Investment is every where, places like Chilenje, Kabwata, Libala are being transformed my young and energetic entreprenuers who are contributing towards national development on a daily basis. Fellow Zambians, plz come back home there alot of oppotunities here.
Ok but guys you have to give credit to this govt. Instead of preaching “go to school to get a good job” like previous govts. This one is preaching “go to school to attain skills to start a business”. If Zambians continue to have an attitude that promotes entrepreneurship, the economy will surely grow.
For how long are you guys in the western worlds going to clean up elderly black and white peoples behinds or sweep the streets of Europe just to buy clothes and not to build houses of your dreams?. I would rather help build my nation so that i can accomodate you guys confortably when you come to visit and not visit you because you dont even have time to spend with anybody due to your busy shedules. So stop pretending that all is well , when infact us guys back home are more comfortable than youuuuuuuuuuuu.
In short come back and help develop your nation and stop waiting for us to do it for you!!!
# 19 Sarah.
You could not have put it any better.
The minister’s talk is nothing new. That’s what all Zambian officials are entitled to say when they meet Zambians abroad. The main issue here is: when can we really get the IMF and World Bank off our backs for good? These are the two neo-colonial instruments that have brought unspeakable misery on millions of Zambians. Namibia and Botswana are doing fine without them and so can we.
#19 Sarah, You are not being smart by underrating Zambians living abroad! They may be struggling to make it but the fact that they’re hanging on in there just shows how much will power they have. A simple example: Israel ceased to be a nation when all the Jews were exiled around 600BC. If they had all forgotten about their roots, Israel would never have become a nation again in 1948! Even today, the Jews living outside Israel are more influential than those in Israel. And this is the paradigm a christian nation like us must follow. You wanna say what?!
Sarah my dear by reading your contribution i can tell your limited thinkin capacity. It does not matter wether someone drives a taxi, as long as he or she can bring in the dollars back home there will be a difference made. The guys that have been out will come back exposed with new ideas which if properly harnessed wil improve the country.Dont feel bad that attenttion is thrown on Zambians abroad, it is even in the Bible ,read about the progigal son, so dont be bitter- think outside the box
Peter #15, my reference to one being allowed to bring in cars did not translate in bragging about cars, but give the cyber-audience additional infor or what the law stipulates when one is considering coming back home. Because if we are talk about zambians living abroad investing in Zambia, the more practical way is for one to come back and manage the ‘investment’. Alot of people will attest to the fact that it is difficult to manage a business remotely even with tele/video conference and emails.
Good one. For me its a trade off between quality of life and an impressive balance sheet in an environment where infrastructure is virtually non-existent!
#19 and 24 hit the neil on top. You 28!!, what skills are you learning in wipping old pipo’s bams and cleaning their toilets? Which dollars are you talking about which you spend from hand to mouth? Am in Europe and as soon as i am done with school, despite my fellow Zambians thinking that i am a fool to want to return home, i will return and fight to build my country and my empire there not here.
I used to have respect for pipo living abroad, but not any more. Pipo with phd’s delivering newspapers early in the morning. Then when we go home we raise our shoulders based in Europe which based?
I work abroad and frequently go to Zambia. Zambia is on the right track. All we need is to avoid some elements to take over power and reverse the gains of this Sacrifice. Come 2030 Zambia will be a better country to live in and don’t be left behind. In the period I visit Zed, have used my time to create a landing space for myself and family before 2010.
there is no doubt that Zambia has made impressive strides under the current Government. just hope it can be sustained for a longer period. Now, forget the thinking that the government will put ‘bread on your table’ those days are long gone. in this day and age one has to get that lazy ass and see the opportunities around them. the problem is Kaunda made people lazy in Zambia!!! there are alot of investment opportunities to get into it just takes somoen with a ‘business eye’ to see it. the problem is alot of people talk too much without action. Hindsight is a wounderfull thing…. to make the first step is the difficulty.
I know many Zambians whose lives have been shuttered by unending corruption in institutions after getting home. Getting a plot from those whose daily life is to fleece of money from new returnees is a tough task. Sometimes a simple plot can be found to have been sold to many buyers with a seller having vanished. This GRZ is a circus, and most citizens are birds ready to be taken. Why can’t this grz work on standards on land, its sale, and ensure that before anyone starts building, services are in place instead of making every settlement look like a war zone? Where did these grz fellows go to school?
# 31 You are infact a student so you need to come back home since you dont have neccesary papers to stay in Europe ONCE YOUR permit expires.For those Zambians with proper papers they are making it, believe it or not.I am sure that even you with your student experience you will come and contribute positively to the country. you dont need millions of dollars to bring home your exposure maybe a few Euros even is what we are advocating for.Dont limit your thinking like Sarah and the sad Zambian
The kwacha is now trading at ZMK3,400 to US$1.
The prices of goods in the shops are not declining with the kwacha gain.
The above two elements, if no action is taken, Zambia will be an expensive country to live in.
The good thing is that, this period will allow Zambians earning their money in ZMK have huge buying power overseas, priority being Machinery and production materials.
Ba magande, Look into this issue. It is making it difficult for Zambians abroad to invest in Zambia due to hyper fluctuations.. Let us have it float around ZMK3,800-ZMK34,900.00 for easy budgeting and Export purposes. let us not kill our exports, both human and Products.
If they are any Zambians contemplating coming back, I would urge you to wait until after 2011 after a new govt has taken over because it might be another Raila Odinga who will smoke his way in state house using nothing but lies, deceit and false truths and blaming foreign investors. If a competent govt takes over, then you can come back but if its the person i’m thinking of who is going to smoke his way into state house, then its better to keep your money off shore.
Ba # 34 KCM
You seem to be just a pessimist who will NEVER contribute to the growth of the nation. If you are abroad i would encourage you to stay wherever you are because Zambia does not need negative people who will hinder the growth of the Nation. You can stay where you are Sir. gOOD dAY 🙂
# 35. I have also lived in Europe and in the USA before and nothing is beating my stay in Zed. My exposure from your “Heaven” has helped me build an empire back home. I can now afford to jump onto any plane without cleaning any toilets. Plz Man save ourself from your misery and join in the fight to develop Zambia full stop!
Sarah you go girl
19. Sarah has said what is happening to many zambians abroad. Many who are home are doing much better. I know a good number of friends abroad who are not able to come home at the moment lest they be embarrased because they have nothing to invest. Now is time for us to invest in Zed. We can start small…
Mr Minister, why cant you pay off the half million dollars now so that we don’t pay rely on more IMF world Bank pills. Hope the news loans will not land us into debt again.
Zambian investment website WWW . REDTUBE . COM. Just take out the spaces
#42
you should be ashamed of yourself. You’re disgusting 🙁
Magande, you have $1billion in reserves, why do you continue paying intrest on the misley $500,000. why not just pay it off if you are doing so great. it dosent make sense.
And can you tell us why you are negotiating mining contracts that stipulate the operator takes raw ore out of the country instead of adding as much value as we can by producing things like cables or pipes ???. How much comission are you getting to allow this short sightedness ??. The short term gain you are getting is stripping future generations of their heritage.
Zambia can be a good country to live in. what we just need is good leadership. next elections, please people vote for people who mean well for this country, not thieves, corrupt elements and those who ride on lies.
#30 Old munshumfwa, walasa mudala.
# 31 you will be sorry to find that in ZED there are no jobs all the jobs are taken unless you are Levy ‘s relative, what economical growth are talking about the good cars in the streets thats not it talk of the standards of living ,then you will see that we are not moving at the rate at which the minister is preaching about.lusaka looks like it was 15 years ago no new buildings ,and you say the economy is booming,booming for the ministers and not for a mere zambian
The last time Magande said the poor were not benefiting from the econonomic growth Zambia is attaining, I thought he was a reasoning man, I am so disappointed with him. He is just like ALL THE OTHERS… fake fake fake. I now see a big contradiction in him. Or is it beacuse his mansion in Chilanga, opposite mimosa turnoff is now complete and he thinks everyone has achieved that? What we want to see is investment in public goods… a city’s developemnt is recognised from its sky scrapers. Lusaka looks like a big village.
#48 Baghdad looks even better than LSK.
#19 SARA
You`ve raised good points about the lives some people abroad are leading but it would be wrong to categorise everyone by such description.Whether you like it or not,people that are abroad are exposed to alot other things that someone who`s based in Zambia isn`t.In bemba they say umwana ashyenda atasha nina ukunaya.
Instead,we need to share information on how we can all better our lives.For example,someone in the US can easily set up a company and establish a good credit line which can enable them have some funds to invest in Zambia where the returns are enomous.
My advice is that people based in Zambia and those abroad should not try to compete but complement each other.
Ba # 48
Magnde said the economy is booming. What he is trying to do is to get more Zambians to start more companies so they can demand the same office space you are talking about. The economy just started booming some two years ago, you cant expect miracles of skyscrapers and new airports. These things take time. The cant be skyscrapers if they are no companies to demand the office space, Magande is trying to get as many Zambians as he can to start as many companies as they can, then thats when you can start talking about skyscrapers because they’ll be companies to demand the same office space. ROME WASNT BUILT IN A DAY
GOOD ADVISE TO ZAMBIANS ABROAD THE TIME IS NOT YET RIGHT. WETHER YOU DRIVE TAXIS, WIPE OLD PIPOS BUMS, THE TIME IS NOT RIGHT. ALA BANE LIFE IS HARD HERE. YES WE CAN BOAST OF THIS AND THAT BUT IT IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT MATTERS. WHAT IS THE GOOD IN DRIVING A 1996 4X4 FROM JAPAN WHEN IF IM INVOVLED IN AN ACCIDENT THE HOSPITALS ARE CRIPPLED. A BEGGAR IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK HAS MORE QUALITY LIFE THAN HALF THE PIPO IN Z
# 39 home is home so nothing beats that but deep down your heart you know that the quality of life is different.you dont have a choice but to love your stay in Zed it is your country. The point at hand is Zedians investing at home.They dont need to come home and invest they can do it wherever they re at a risk of course but home is where the heart is. For those that prefer a quality life stay where you are. for those that want to risk and eventually be successful come home.
Bonse mwalasa
The way forward is never to condone my President Sata for plot one in this economic calculus.Him and i are good at barking in the wilderness only. Please understand us.90 days now has turned into 2 years and still going into life time dream. But we are barking good. Now my boss wants Levy to prevail our his passport. No means of going back to Taiwan for new contacts since a pro-China regime has swept to power there.
Sarah #19 and all those who support her: It is not true that majority of Zambians abroad are not doing well. That is a blue lie. Yes there are some who are not doing fine but there are also many who are in good jobs and they have investments in Zambia. And many abroad have had the opportunity of educating their children up to university level. But if they had remained in Zambia with UNZA and CBU being closed indefinitely every now and then their children would have been part of the huge army of kaponyas by now. Yes home is home and every Zambian abroad must invest in Zambia according to their ability, after all East or West, Home is Best.
DON’T BE FORCED JUST STAY WHERE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE AND ENJOYING LIFE. PERIOD.
OK THIS TOPIC IS CLOSED NOW. THERE ARE NO WINNERS OR LOSERS. THOSE THAT WANT TO STAY IN ZAMBIA STAY THOSE THAT WANT TO BE ABROAD IT IS ALSO OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS WE ARE NOW CLOSING THE CHAPTER NO MORE EMAILS. THANK YOU
MANAGEMENT
i don’t believe this #58
the battle continues. #58 is not LT
#55 IS AN IMPOSTER
We`re trying to have a serious debate and doing away with your childish behaviour.
Simply make constructive contributions to the topic at hand unlike being bent on futile impersonations.
This has been a very interesting thread of discussion,i particularly liked Sarah #19’s summary of the Zambian abroad. Of course everyone is entitled to choose where they live and what they do, but i dont just get it when fellow Zambians just thrive in putting their own country down and being negaitive about anything good that is said about Zambia. A correction about this article, Magande was actually addressing Zambians employed by the World Bank and IMF based in DC who had been invited to this reception. It was not a cocktail for all Zambians based in Washington as this article claims. Why is this relevant? The minister was appealing to these professional people whose earnings permit them
Crazy_zambian i think you are the only one on this forum to air constructive debate. all the rest have got no clue to what is happning. some are too criticle while others think lusaka can be New york in 3 years. as much as some of the thoughts are stupid they are just as hilarious. talking of Skyscrappers. hahah person who mentioned this got a brain as shallow as an ant. needs to dig a whole and stay in there. its so silly!!! or may be he meant good infrastructure!!!
Sarah # 19 you have said it “as is where is” the train in Zambia is leaving the station while our people pound the hand to mouth in the diaspora.
I am one of those categorised accurately (unfortunately) by Sarah. I am too insecure to return home and yet still living less than hand to mouth over here. When i see the names of some of my peers like Kalyalya etc i feel like dying because i know i messed up…..
Please one, help my Presido to influence Levy to make orders on Shikapwasha. My boss needs his passport back desperately.These opportunities will only bruise our noses without us benefiting if he can’t go out and signed up for another Anti China speech for money.The economy is only doing good for the MMD only as long as my boss is being psychologically caged in Zambia only.He can’t even pay us as a result. This is why Bajoze and i are increasingly struggling to patronize LT as it were.Please help, help help, some one help!
And i know that i am not alone as im aware of others in similar dilemmas. Its a difficult challenge to face and try to overcome so we just hang on and hope or the best.The prospects of returning home to face the humiliation in the face of what others have accomplished in our abscence is simply too overwhelming. I can only hope that others learn from the mistakes some of us have made
Please one, help my Presido to influence Levy to make orders on Shikapwasha. My boss needs his passport back desperately.These opportunities will only bruise our noses without us benefiting if he can’t go out and signed up for another Anti China speech for money.The economy is only doing good for the MMD only as long as my boss is being psychologically caged in Zambia only.He can’t even pay us as a result. This is why Bajoze and i are increasingly struggling to patronize LT as it were.Please help, help help, some one help!
Please one, help my Presido to influence Levy to make orders on Shikapwasha. My boss needs his passport back desperately.These opportunities will only bruise our noses without us benefiting if he can’t go out and signed up for another Anti China speech for money.The economy is only doing good for the MMD only as long as my boss is being psychologically caged in Zambia only.He can’t even pay us as a result. This is why Bajoze and i are increasingly struggling to patronize LT as it were.Please help, help help, some one help!
Please one, help my Presido to influence Levy to make orders on Shikapwasha. My boss needs his passport back desperately.These opportunities will only bruise our noses without us benefiting if he can’t go out and signed up for another Anti China speech for money.The economy is only doing good for the MMD only as long as my boss is being psychologically caged in Zambia only.He can’t even pay us as a result. This is why Bajoze and i are increasingly struggling to patronize LT as it were.Please help, help help, some one help!
Please one, help my Presido to influence Levy to make orders on Shikapwasha. My boss needs his passport back desperately.These opportunities will only bruise our noses without us benefiting if he can’t go out and signed up for another Anti China speech for money.The economy is only doing good for the MMD only as long as my boss is being psychologically caged in Zambia only.He can’t even pay us as a result. This is why Bajoze and i are increasingly struggling to patronize LT as it were.Please help, help help, some one help!
Please one, help my Presido to influence Levy to make orders on Shikapwasha. My boss needs his passport back desperately.These opportunities will only bruise our noses without us benefiting if he can’t go out and signed up for another Anti China speech for money.The economy is only doing good for the MMD only as long as my boss is being psychologically caged in Zambia only.He can’t even pay us as a result. This is why Bajoze and i are increasingly struggling to patronize LT as it were.Please help, help help, some one help!
Please one, help my Presido to influence Levy to make orders on Shikapwasha. My boss needs his passport back desperately.These opportunities will only bruise our noses without us benefiting if he can’t go out and signed up for another Anti China speech for money.The economy is only doing good for the MMD only as long as my boss is being psychologically caged in Zambia only.He can’t even pay us as a result. This is why Bajoze and i are increasingly struggling to patronize LT as it were.Please help, help help, some one help!
Kawambwa Tea employees unpaid
KAWAMBWA district commissioner, Wilbroad Mumba, has urged the Government to intervene in the issue of nonpayment of salaries for workers at Kawambwa Tea Company.
Mr Mumba said in an interview that as a result of nonpayment of salaries to the workers, most of them had allegedly ended up dying prematurely.
He said workers at the tea company had gone without salaries for close to three months now.
Avoid premature strikes -Liato
DEPUTY Minister of Labour and Social Security, Austin Liato, has advised workers against going on strike before exhausting all channels of labour complaints.
Mr Liato said the Industrial and Labour Relations Act required that disputes were reported to the labour commissioner before strikes were declared.
He was speaking in Kitwe yesterday during the official opening of the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) general council.
Mr Liato said illegal strikes undermined national productivity
Good discussion, am impressed by most of you. please dont misquote no. 19 (Sarah)she said 98% and she was correct. who ever is offended by her remarks, just need to do his homework right and decide. i have, and i will be headed home soon to be more specific ,on the 29th April
I think people abroad should also see some positives in this discussion.I have it on good authority that the professionals Magande was addressing in DC had a side meeting in which the minister was asked to lobby for the Zambians in the diaspora to be given a window through which they can apply for and be allocated land in Zambia, currently, people in Zambia are busy snapping up all the land, especially along the line of rail, while their counterparts abroad are buying Calvin Klein jeans and NIKE sneakers.This adds to the point Sarah is making that it will not just be Aphiri anabwela from abroad embarassment, but also a real prospect of being a landless returnee who will have to pay rent
This discussion about people living abroad lacks depth and understanding. A lot of people working abroad, yes, live from hand to mouth on a monthly basis. But there are two points that need to be made here. Firstly, these people just want a decent pay for an honest day’s work. They do not want to be wheeler dealing, like is the case in ZED. Secondly, most of these people have mortgages which they are paying off. By the time they retire some of these houses will be worth hundreds of US Dollars. On top that, they will have healthy pensions worth thousands of US Dollars per year, for life. You cannot make get all that by just working as a nurse in ZED. You would have to be corrupt.
I meant to say these people’s house will be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. In the UK it is not unusual to find Zambians with houses worth quarter of a million pounds. Most of my friends here in ZED call themselves businessmen but they still work as teachers and miners. That seems to be the only way to survive. As somebody said above, a job is a job as long as it pays the bills. Of course that does not apply in Zambia because it is not possible to make a living ‘wiping old people’s bums’ as somebody put it.
People from other third world countries have been emigrating for decades. For us Zambians it is a new phenomena and natuarally those of us that have no way of leaving Zambia feel better thinking that the emigres are not doing as well. Somebody was boasting that they can jump onto a plane anytime they want to. Others were saying that miners can now buy Japanese cars. A Zambian nurse in the UK or USA can do all that without even thinking that it was a big deal. I have a lot of respect for Zambians who are working hard here in Zambia, but equally I salute all those who are trying hard under difficult circumstances abroad!
Chitapankwa, i think it has been acknowledged that a few people working away from home are doing just fine.But let me challenge you a bit here from your submission.No one working a minimum wage job will first of all be passed for a mortgage let alone sustain mortgage payments and all the costs that go with home ownership. So anyone living hand to mouth is by implication not in the category you re describing here. Secondly, most of our people have become illegal immigrants, they have over stayed their visitors visas and become illegal squatters. That is why they clean bum because they have no legal standing to get main stream jobs that will pay decent wages to pay the mortgages you mention
In addition, the minimum wages they make can only pay rent for the flats they share,food, transport and some jeans here and there so when will they make these hundreds of thousands of dollars?With the melt down of sub prime mortgages some of the brave ones who tried to buy houses in the US have been foreclosed and they cant try to come home because they wont re enter America due to the ‘chidindo’ problem in the passport – so no my brother this discussion has not lacked depth, to the contrary it has only shade light on what we already know and some courageous people have acknowledged here see #67 that pretending to be making it kubulaya is just a temporary cover from facing reality
#82 Registered Nurses do not work on minimum wage in the UK! Any Zambian with a degree who is on minimum wage must have something wrong with them. He would probably be unemployed even in ZED. You make a mistake if you think Zambians will be on minimum wage just because they are black. You probably know some poorly educated Zambians who are cleaning toilets in London, and because as Zambians we like to bash those that have done better, you generalise. The other point is that these people do not have to return if they have permanent residence. I am sorry but you have been misinformed. By the sound of things, you are talking about illegal immigrants.
“Once a Zambian Always a Zambian.”
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MOST FOREIGN VISAS ISSUED IN ZED ARE EDUCATION OR JOB VISAs. YES SOME GET VISTORS VISAs AND GO BUT, MOST HAVE LEGAL STATUS.
You nailed the problem #82. Before 9/11 people could do anything they aspired, but since then ‘Chidindo’ has pretty much the defining factor for many between making it or not. And you better believe no one will readily admit or confide they face that problem. Its real and here to stay and for many its only a matter of when rather than if they will be smoked out.
A lot of Zambians have accepted the reality that they have gone to the UK and USA for good. They will be offered permanent residence and ultimately citizenship, and they will put their children through university there. Just as Barak Obama, whose father was Kenyan, is contesting the presidency in the US, may be someone of Zambian extract will one day occupy the White House. But this requires that we as Zambians for once think bigger, instead of just ‘bewitching’ people just because they are more successful!
#84 I beg to differ. These days the majority of Zambian going to the UK, Canada and Australia are going there on Highly Skilled Personnel visas. In the UK, these visas will eventually be converted to permanent residence. Cities like Sheffield are full decent, hard working, highly visible and very legal Zambian families. I am not denying that there are some illegal immigrants as well. But they are in the minority and are probably going to be unemployed even in Zambia anyway.
Chapi(66),
Why spam the blog with what you have already appealed for in # 66? Now i understand why you are dead scared about your future. You spend too much time online doing your best rubbish and yapping for Sata a man in his late evening instead of making money. The day you will realize the widening economic gap between those you insult and impersonate,that is the day you twist your neck hunting for your bottom to bite in rage.
#88 Pragmatist
Did SATA elope your wife?
Nuff bla, bla! Mek Dread tell unnu dis: big up me bredrin dem, weh de a foreign land. Dem fit fe di struggle! I an I know dat in the end, the west shall perish and man a fe run to Africa. My arms are open to welcome me bredren and sistren dem.
Chapi(89),
I can deduce that this Pragmatist did what you have asked in # 89 to your mother. I cannot believe you call me Pragmatist.All you do is Pragmatists, Pragmatist, Pragmatist. I think you are a mixed blood born out of multiple actions.I think you have his blood in you. That love is not ordinary love for names.
i think levy’s govt has done a great job..i aint an MMD fan but credit should be given were due… 2011?i hope as zedians we realise that some pipo r just big mouths…u should vote for anyone but big mouths(sata)
i think levy’s govt has done a great job..i aint an MMD fan but credit should be given were due… 2011?i hope as zedians we realise that some pipo r just big mouths…u should vote for anyone but big mouths(sata)
i think levy’s govt has done a great job..i aint an MMD fan but credit should be given were due… 2011?i hope as zedians we realise that some pipo r just big mouths…we should vote for anyone but big mouths(sata)
#90 BUN DEM DREAD whats that language you using?If you think this Jamaica you are wrong coz we can hardly understand what you writing.It doesn’t hurt to write proper English cause you lose nothing,just be who you are for real.Please if you can’t don’t kno how to write in proper English i suggest you save some blogging space for other bloggers with Positive contributions.
#19 Sarah, you are too ignorant about employment and living conditions of Zambians abroad. If I may tell you not all Zambians abroad do menial jobs. Even those doing menial jobs are financially better off than you Sarah. My sister is senior nurse and makes tons of money. I am an Engineer with one of the world’s largest manufacturer of plastic and foam products making the kind of money you can scarcely dream of. Sarah, for your information, even Cab drivers in New York make no less than US$8,000 per month when business is slow. Salaries and wages in Zambia cannot compare to what the lowest position earns. Every Zambian abroad remits no less than US$500 monthly. Sarah, spare us your ignorance.
US$1 billion seems to be alot of money by Zambian financial and economic standard. That amount is paltry, it’s not surprising that the last Government sold the mines and other good industry for a couple of millions of dollars. They did that coz they thought $10 million was alot money. Zambia did not pay off the US$7 billion debt as Magande wants people to believe. The debt was merely written off by virtue of goodwill from sympathetic Western Governments and Japan. As a nation we need to nurture a culture of hardwork and do away with nepotism and corruption if we are to develop. Much of the boom talked about in Zambia is at personal level of politicians who are to siphon public funds.
The majority of Zambians in Zambia have no kind words for Zambians living abroad. I do agree with #28 (Brrrrr)who says that Sarah has a limited thinking capacity and is bitter. It’s painful to be in Zambia and only be able to sing politicians rhetoric and unable to share the results of the so-called economic boom. Some Zambians in Zambia are using Zambians abroad as whipping boys for their failure to emigrate due primarily to tight visa controls in the West. C’mon guys lets be realistic, we all can’t emigrate, someone has to stay in Zambia. At the end of the day it all comes down to “Zambia is for all Zambians” regardless, period.
Sarah had some good points.Chitapankwa, Jafypacu, chitanti, Kulibonesha and some others have some good pintstoo.
Let us take all the good points and come to a balanced conclusion. We need some Zambians in Zed and some overseas.But we all should wake up and have a slice of cake in our nation’s development.
#100 I agree that Sarah did have some good points, but there was a kind of bitterness in her blog. The point I wanted to make was that majority of Zambians living abroad, particularly the UK, are legally settled and NOT on minimum wage. Even some students who have graduated in highly sought-after areas, such as Engineering and Science, have been allowed to convert their visas to permanent residence and are in good jobs. I have very little knowledge of Zambians living illegally abroad, but I am sure there are many. Our economy is at the mercy of foreign donors and also of who occupies Plot 1. All the gains can be reversed overnight. Look at Zimbabwe.
We as Zambians need to get serious and be sober. Getting carried away on the back of a boom fueled by high copper prices is what we did in the late 60s and early 70s. When the copper prices dropped, the champagne went flat and the party was over. Politicians like to take credit when things are going well, so we need to put Magande’s pronouncements in context. Zambian businesses tend to depend purely on the domestic economy – they are not export centric. This means that when the local economy folds, the businesses will also fold. On the other hand, South African businesses now have a global reach.
#100, 98, 97
I think Sarah said what she said because it has to take a politician to BEG Zambians to come back to invest. Why, Because Kaunda SPOILED Zambians. As you can see from #96-97 post, he still thinks its govt’s job to create jobs which (looking at Zambia’s economic system today which is capitalism) is unrealistic. He thinks Zambians are supposed to be spoon fed. It’s not the govt’s job to create jobs, it’s there job through proper fiscal and monetary policy to create the environment for job creation. The rest is up to Zambians to come up with that business plan, go to the bank, get that loan and start the business.
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I think Sarah is just acting up because most Zambians living abroad have at most disowned there country because the economy is in slumps but after the locals and invited foreign investors ahev built the economy, they’ll be quick to claim “thats my country, im from this country”. Basically they’ll be claiming some else’s hard work. Sarah thinks its not fair that they have to Beg Zambians abroad to be investors. Thats what i think she though. I could be wrong 😕
Ba #100
I just have to speak out on this. Do you think when Mwanawasa goes for trips to DRC, ANGOLA, BOTSWANA, MALAWI, he goes on HOLIDAY. I am not a Mwanawasa fan but i can see what he is doing. FYI, Mwanawasa has his own Law Firm so he knows what Business is all about. Do you think the railway from Chipata to Malawi to Mozambique is a decoration. Or the railway which will be there from Zambia to Angola is also a decoration. Do you also think the dry port being constructed in Namibia is also a decoration. Mwanawasa is trying to create trade routes for Zambia. He is doing this through political relationships and adequate transport.
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Govt is not going to start a bicycle assembly or battery company for you. They’ll probably just help you with taxes and interest rates. The system is not socialism anymore, its now capitalism. Its up to you to start that company that’ll export its inventory not the govt. In South Africa, people start there own companies and a lot of them started in the manufacturing business which is why they export a lot. The govt did not start nor does it own the companies. It just creates the environment for those companies to exist which is what GRZ is trying to do through various tax cuts and stuff. The govt did not start MUVI TV which brings good programming, it was a Zambian who had…
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of starting it up. The govt does not control Zambia’s business environment. It is now controlled by Zambians and foreign investors. If you want to start companies that’ll contribute to the export market, you’re welcome but dont expect govt will start it for you. Kaunda is no longer in power, its now LPM. Socialism is gone, we are now in CAPITALISM. The govt is doing its best through Business Entrepreneur something (BEE) and various Youth Empowerment Programs which will be giving out money to youths who want to start various small and medium sized businesses. The govt is not going to start the businesses for the youths, its just going to give the funds.
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All Magande is trying to do is to tell you to come and start companies, he is not twisting your arms and telling you to come home. If you want to invest then invest. If you dont want, its ok and we are fine with it. We’ll just get the same Boers and Chinese to invest and we should not hear any hate from you guys who have refused to invest after you have heard the call.
FOOD $ THOUGHT:
I fail to comprehend why the leaders are saying Zambia has gone for the better when :
1. They go for treatment & seek medical care at Hospitals/clinics abroad and not UTH…the same hospitals we are privileged to attend by virtue of us living outside the country.
2. They send their kids to schools and varsities(not UNZA or CBU) abroad..they same schools and varsities we send our kids to by virtue of living abroad..
3..The list goes on..
At the end of the day, it all boils down to quality of life…I guess most people emigrate just to improve their quality of life and not for any other reason..The Zambian socio-economic infrastructure needs to improve (how, I don’t know??).
I like to equate the life on the average Zambian living in EU or US (note ‘average’) to the life of a Zambian who leaves his home town of Mporokoso or Kabompo in search of a better life in Lusaka. Usually such a trip is based on hearsay stories of all economic opportunities available in Lusaka; “mwana, you can make K500, 000 a month for just being a security guard or selling vitumbuwa at the roadside” (note that K500, 000 can buy you a small house and a wife in Kabompo). The information that fails to trickle down to this poor Zambian before he embarks on the ill-fated trip in search of easy money of Lusaka is that (1) unlike in Kabompo where you can grow your own food, fetch water and catch
free relish from the river and reside in your mother in-law’s house for free, in Lusaka you have to pay for water, food, accommodation, transport etc; hence K500,000 does not have the same purchasing power in Lusaka; (2) the job and business opportunities are not as widely available as is assumed. So the poor rural dweller (bless his soul) ends up making his maiden trip to metropolitan life of Lusaka with very incomplete information on what to expect. He ends up squatting with some distant relative in Misisi compound and gets a job as a guard (if he is lucky) and discovers that city life is not as rosy as he expected. He struggles to meet his daily basic needs, let alone remit money to his l
let alone remit money to his lovely wife and parents back in Kabompo. Before he knows it, 2 years have passed and he still hasn’t struck gold; he misses his life in Kabompo where he was treated with respect (to his dismay, his master’s daughter calls him by his first name!), and he didn’t have to cook his own food. But he keeps postponing going back, hopeful that one day he will save enough money to start buy merchandise to go and open a shop in Kabompo. Sadly that never happens and he resigns himself to a subsistence life, a life whose quality is worse than the one he left in Kabompo. All because of that K500, 000. A K500, 000 he now has. But which doesn’t add any value to his life. And he
And he will never be able to open that shop in Kabompo. Or make any other investment for that matter. But well, he sees a lot of cars in Lusaka. And his master has a big TV which he catches a glimpse of as he patrols the mansion he guards. This really is a land of opportunities. One day….
#110..your analogy is quite spot on to some extent but think of this: I made my maiden trip to the USA as I was a primary school teacher taking home K560,000 (US$140)…I flip burgers in Chicago and make about US$6000 in a good month..I pay about $4000 in expenses…I have an extra $2000 to spare..DONT you think am better financially than i was in Zambia, let alone lead a much fulfilling lifesytle?
Sarah’s sister, you have released a lot of nice data. I hope most of us on here will reflect upon it carefully so that we don’t make presumptously moves.
Your posts made me laugh. Interesting indeed.
AM ZED’IAN STUDENT JUST ABOUT GRADUATE AS COMPUTER ENGINEERING, IN THE MIDDLE EAST.. LIFE IN THIS “ABROAD” HAS NOT BEING EASY. MY DREAMS HAVE BEEN SETTING UP MY OWN SOFTWARE FIRM IN ZED AFTER SCHOOL.. HOWEVER I WONT (GOT) THE “GREEN CARD” FOR THE USA,OF WHICH I MUST LEAVE WITH IN THE NEXT 5MOTNTHS…
SHOULD I PROCEDE TO ZAMBIA AND BE FOR HELP MY NATION, OR JUST SET UP NEW LIFE IN THE USA?
Whereas most of the contributions make sense, i would like to point out that pipo emigrate for various reasons. Some make it were they go and others dont.One thing for sure is there is nothing wrong in trying to better your life. Another point is once you ve stayed abroad you will never be the same again. At one point alot of Zambians in South Africa were struggling but i can see most are beginning to make it. They have property, good jobs, expensive cars and are looking good.It has been a long ride but i think its paying off.I hope they can start investing back home.For those still hassling dont give up it will come right 1 day
#115..just head to the USA…There is no company in Zambia that will make use of your skill..The software/computer Engineering field is non existent..Most if not all companies just rely on COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) Software. I live is SA and it was rough in the beginning but just persevere and it will eventually pay -off but hey don’t forget about home (whether its family or a little pad)..
AM ZED’IAN STUDENT JUST ABOUT GRADUATE AS COMPUTER ENGINEERING, IN THE MIDDLE EAST.. LIFE IN THIS “ABROAD” HAS NOT BEING EASY. MY DREAMS HAVE BEEN SETTING UP MY OWN SOFTWARE FIRM IN ZED AFTER SCHOOL.. HOWEVER I WONT (GOT) THE “GREEN CARD” FOR THE USA,OF WHICH I MUST LEAVE WITH IN THE NEXT 5MOTNTHS…
SHOULD I PROCEDE TO ZAMBIA AND BE FOR HELP MY NATION, OR JUST SET UP NEW LIFE IN THE USA?
Reading thru all contributions , i can see the ones from South Africa are positive and are giving the impression Zambians dont wipe butts or drive taxis. Infact it looks like a successful story of our pipo down south.The struggle seems to come from Europe and USA. Abena SA now that you have stabilised start looking towards Z and see how you can invest. You are only 2 hours away so you can easily monitor your investments in Z.Ala bena Zuma aleisa so be wise
sarah’s sister thats a good analogy & conclusion.
# 109 – 112 Sarah’s sister, did you know that in life it is better to have tried to better your life than not to have. the difference is success and lack of it.Remember the mass exodus of Zambians was when making ends meet was almost imposible.So that time emigrating was the better option. In life you should always take a chance. So my beloved sister your story may have some substance but lacks relevance to progressive minds
#119, for your info , Zambians in USA are getting there. the opportunities are opening up and things are happening. # 118 your skills will be appreciated in the US, you will get value for your money.It will be hard at first but if your focus is to live in America you go for it. The American dream still lives. Ask Obama,celine dion,Arnorld Swarzenegger,Akon and my self
Sarah’s sister’s squarely hits the point but her analogy is too long. If I were LT Admin. I would forward it to a daily newspaper, where more people can read it. Most people don’t have much time to spend on the net, just quick browsers and they move on.
#50 Chapi is another excellent contribution, which I feel should peacifully conclude this highly emotional debate. He said: “My advice is that people based in Zambia and those abroad should not try to compete but complement each other.”
To the average Zambian, an investment is acquiring a plot and building a house and maybe running a taxi business..The Investment continuum has a lot of other instruments of which property is one, that can be used to generate wealth…stocks, bonds, derivatives, debentures etc that are not readily available in Zed …the local bourse’s market capitalisation is a fraction of the JSE..I see Celtel is offering an IPO soon…Am definitely buying..key here is to identify niche opportunities that have potential for huge ROI not accumulating a bunch of title deeds! Better keep your hard earned money where you think it will grow, after all the dollar is always green in Zed or the USA!
Truly Zambia is changing for the better! For those who travel to different countries in the region will see how Zambia has moved forward. In fact, the country should expect a lot more imigrants to come and look for opportunities. Appropriate regualtions and measures to safeguard the country from illegal immigrants and activities should be put in place. Accumulating $1 bn foreign reserves is something I never thought would happen in my lifetime! Lets us save more for our future generations! Mr Mwanawasa has performed, plz start grooming one of your team mates to continue this development! Magande looks to be a sober hard working patriotic Zambian. I think he could do the country good as well
Its amazing how the Zambians living abraod have responded to my pyshological tests. Now i m convinced that economic hardships are everywh you run to. Realistcally speaking we watch documentaries abt the USA and the rest of the world and we have seen that all what the say abt these nations is not always gravy. New orleans alone uncovered the USA when katrina hit through the town, Los vegas is one of the most expensive citys in the world and a Zambian wants to come out as if he owns it in the USA. I am not favoring Zedian living in Zambia neither am diregarding those abroad, my main focus is the development of our nation so that it can become as beautiful as most of the countries in the worl
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Zambia may deceive you when visit because of the influx of people from the villages who have suffered dearly by govt’s poor policies on mining and agriculture which are only favoring foreigners and the elite Zambians. Efforts are being made to ravamp the mining and agricutural sector but Zambia is lucking implementators who seem not to know and understand what the doing. The reason is simple, the level of education is low and the level of personal gain is high. This is where you guys abroad come in, Zambia sipmly needs advise and support from you guys since you are exposed. You dont have to come back to a place that dosent appreciate you no, but offer free advise at least.
Zambians are just too busy blogging
Zimre Holdings Acquires Insurance Firm in Zambia
Diversified Group Zimre Holdings Limited is set to consolidate its presence in Zambia after acquiring an insurance company in that country.It recently acquired Cavmont Insurance for US$1 million. The money was divided between the cash consideration of purchasing the company and funds for capitalising its operations.
The purchase was funded mainly through Zimre’s other regional operations. Zimre Holdings group chief executive Mr Albert Nduna said while Cavmont was currently the smallest insurance company in Zambia, plans were afoot to turn it into a major force in that country’s insurance sector. He said Zimre Holdings would seek to go the same route that they took NicozDiamond, which was transformed from a minow in the local insurance industry, to become the leading insurer in the country presently. Zimre Holdings first entered the Zambian market through its subsidiary, Zimre Zambia in 1996.
Zimre Zambia is primarily involved in reinsurance business and is the only resident reinsurance company in that country. The company was also established to oversee and manage selected regional investments. Zimre Holdings’ regional operations have continued to pay off for the Group, accounting for 80 percent of income.
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I think its best we leave the DRC alone in the name of NATIONAL SECURITY. These guys are experienced when it comes to war. They have been through 2 civil wars and are currently in unrest in the DRC. It would be a shame if Zambia had to be caught into it over a trunk of Emeralds. Zambians are peace loving people and we dont want a WAR with DRC. Let the man have his Emeralds but dont let him do business in Zambia again. If he does, be very cautious with him, you dont know what he can do. So yes, let him free and let him have his Emeralds in the name of National Security.
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20. Walter Muchinguri says: Apr 18th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Earnings from the group’s regional operations moved from 38 per
Zimre’s chief operating officer, Mr Solomon Tembo said the group had managed to capitalise on its regional operations to pay off additional acquisitions. Apart from Zambia, Zimre Holding is also present in South Africa through Southern Union Reinsurance and in Mozambique through Zimre Mozambique. It also has operations in Uganda, Angola and Malawi where it has a controlling stake through its subsidiary United General Insurance.
#95 trulyZambian Mosi, no one can tell I how to speak English, seen? Not even me own maddah, or de president! Seems you nuh know seh Jamaicans dem Africans too, eh? I an I speak de patois fi endorse the oneness of Rasta Livity and Black Redemption.
Betta keep sippin’ you Mosi an’ bloggin’ in your proper English brought to you by Queen Elisabeth while I burn me chalice an dash de lingua how me feel! Me gaan…
#133 BUN DEM BREAD Whatever as long as you got my point.
Do u know how much a taxi driver makes in the uk per week? Would this driver make the same kind of money as a taxi driver in zed?
Mwila landa landa fye,umunenu alepanga ko akanono and able to support a chain of relatives back home which he wouldn’t if he was still pa zed.
I knew it, that this is what you were going to talk about at that meeting so I really didn’t miss much. I am glad I went home and made good use of my time elsewhere. I am not sure that in Zambia I can be paid $65,000/annum as an Office Manager. How can I come back home really. Are you sure? But you know, I have been sending money back home to my relatives and in this way, I feel that I am contributing. I have also come back home each year. Zambia will always remain home. One day I will return not to work for anyone but perhaps establish my own business and then I will be able to contribute in one way or the other. Coming now, not sure my kids will make it educationwise. I will pass.
Je suis Médecin congolais et vivant au Congo à Kinshasa où je tavaille depuis plus 5 ans comme Médecin Traitant dans un centre hospitalier de l’ état , malgré le haut et le bas que nous vivons