President Levy Mwanawasa says government has no plans to keep an additional 25,000 refugees in the country.
President Mwanawasa said the Zambian government was not consulted on the issue of receiving refugees saying even if Zambia was to be requested to keep refugees, the country has no room and resources to contain 25,000 refugees.
The President was responding to questions from Zambians resident in Japan last night during a reception organised by the Zambian Embassy in that country.
The question came in view of the reported 25,000 Zimbabweans reportedly headed for Zambia from South Africa where they were running away from xenophobic attacks by the local people.
Dr. Mwanawasa said the country has no enough food, accommodation, health facilities and resources, and therefore can not take an additional number of refugees in the country.
Dr Mwanawasa said government was repatriating Angolan refugees back to their country and hoped that the facilities they were using could be used by Zambians.
He however said those refugees who have lived in Zambia for a long time may apply for citizenship if they so wish.
And President Mwanawasa has revealed that government was about to engage a private Japanese company to start manufacturing fertilizer in the country.
The President said raw materials for fertilizer production have been discovered in Petauke and Monze districts, adding that a fertilizer plant may be set up in Eastern province.
He said government was determined to grow enough food to feed every Zambian hence the current Fertilizer Support Programme to subsidise fertilizer as away of encouraging people to grow enough food and cushion the high food prices.
Dr Mwanawasa further said if Zambia opens up a plant to manufacture fertilizer in the country, it would help reduce the prices of food.
‘’ We can not control the price of fertilizer now because we are importing the commodity and there are expenses to that.
Dr. Mwanawasa expressed happiness that once the fertilizer company was established in Zambia, it would provide market for the commodity to neighboring countries and the SADC region.
On the Constitution making process, President Mwanawasa told Zambians resident in Japan that the process was problematic and that government could have been done it in a simpler way had not been for the fact that it wanted to ensure that it was all inclusive and transparent.
The President hoped that the whole process would be over by the time the country goes to
the polls in 2011 so that people could concentrate on matters of development.
On how to invest money back in the country, Dr. Mwanawasa told Zambians in the diaspora that government sells bonds and those with money could invest in bonds and get their money with interest after wards.
And Finance Minister, Ng’andu Magande said government was trying to work on a mechanism of giving a different security rate or formulating a security mechanism that would protect those investing money in the country.
And President Mwanawasa has called on women to apply for land saying government wants to empower a minimum of 30 per cent women with land.
He said government considered women as partners in development and would want them to benefit from land also.
And Zambia’s ambassador to Japan, Godfrey Simasiku thanked the President for his commitment to attend the TICAD 1V.
Ambassador Simasiku urged Zambians to appreciate the work that Dr. Mwanawasa was doing, saying the country has benefited a lot because of his personal commitment and hard work.
And in a vote of thanks, A Zambian doctor working in Japan thanked the President for finding time to interact with Zambians resident in Japan and share information about Zambia.
A Dr Mwansa appealed to the Zambian government to introduce exhibition in foreign countries so as to entice those in diaspora to go back home.
Don’t you just love how LPM makes sense sometimes? I openly admit the best thing I ever did for my country before I left was not to vote for LPM but he continues to make sense. Much bless Levy.
Congratulations to G. Simasiku! He is the Ambassador to Japan now. Well, that is an illustrious career, Mr Ambassador. Make a good job out of that. Previous Ambassadors have performed badly in Japan despite being exposed to so much resources and potential investors.
To be honest, Fukuda’s main focus is to provide loans to Africa and lure them back in the “choke hold” of the “undertaker”. They will bleed to death with soft loans. Japan is envying the growth of africa by trading with China so they want to hook africans back in the chains. BECAREFUL africa!! BEWARE of Japan! The Japanes will never ever set up manufacturing ventures in Africa. Never!! Never!!!!!!! The arguement advanced is that the risk is too high and so Fukuda wants ti set up a trade insurance pact for Japanese businessmen. Have u heard of the same pact for Malay ppl? For Chinese? Ever heard of a business investment capital of $2.5million (equal to 50 Cents’ house). So stupid!
Zambia has enough resources to look after every Zambian and anybody else.our problem in zambia is mismanagement and lack of planning vision.Let some of leaders learn of a bit of Diplomtic language,of late our Leaders have been careless in their speeches ,they have to really be careful because its only the ordinary citizens that suffer.Not every information is good for public consumption
Zambia can gain by having refugees,we need man power
#5,6 It depends on how the refugees are brought in for the last three decades, a number of refugees from DRC, Burundi and Rwanda are now proud owners of zambian identities without following the proper proceedures. Most of Kanyama is a Congolese stronghold and GRZ seems to have turned a blind eye to the problem. Ask yourself what happenned to the hundreds of Congolese refugees in Makeni? LPM should also conduct cleanups for prohibited immigrants through the law enforcements agencies to enhance our homeland security.
#5,6 It depends on how the refugees are brought inand where they are settled. Between 1980 and 2000, a number of refugees from DRC, Burundi and Rwanda came to Zed and are now proud owners of zambian identities without following the proper proceedures. Have you asked yourself what happenned to the hundreds of Congolese refugees at the Makeni skills center? Most of Kanyama is a Congolese stronghold and GRZ seems to have turned a blind eye to the problem. This is because our selfish politicians used these people to aquire votes during the 1991 elections. History has a way of repeating itself and the new influx could just be another recipe for manipulating 2011 elections.
Refer to #4,5
#8 our problem is lack of vision and planning and mismanagement.If Zambia will become productive it will definitely lack human resource
We need economic planners. Zambia can surely accommodate those who are in need. Let us not be divisive, our counrty is big enough and that is why I am reading about woemn being invited to aplly for land ownership.
Let us make use of all resources, including human, available to bring sanity to every Zambia’s life.
On the other note, what happened to Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ) – in Kafue?
I am confused by the president’s statements especially on the refugees, who should have consulted him on hosting the refugees, I thought refugees are usually spontanoues they are never planned so who should have consulted him? the Xenophobic attackers? Secondly, whoever is thinking of fertiliser production should start from NCZ and move fowards from there instead of opening a new plan altogether. What is wrong with our Government, quick to open new plants when some already exist. Comeon LPM tell us something new not putting us in Fukuda’s undertaker choke hold as somebody already put.
#8 our problem is lack of vision and planning and mismanagement.If Zambia will become productive it will definitely lack human resource.lets be aware of international relations,we could fall trap to SA
I commend LPM as he has already shown that we can not have more refugees if the issue hasnt been planned yet.zambia has already sacrificed a lot for other countries and none of them appreciate all that we have done for them.Its time we now look at providing for our own people.Its high time zambians started enjoying their own country.
Couldnt there have been a better deal? Especially that it was the whole lot of the president having gone out there to secure one. Say, a tractor manufacturing plant or else computer manufacturing?
As #10 has already voiced, it would have been cheaper to revive NCZ. And this idea of the whole lot of the president negotiating for backyard investments boggles my mind. What do ambassadors do if not to who investors? Drinking tea with presidents, prime ministers, queens/kings at every opportunity isn’t supposed to be the embassadorials main responsibility in the foreign mission, please.
#14. “Couldn’t there have been a better deal? Especially that it was the whole lot of the president having gone out there to secure one. Say, a tractor manufacturing plant or else computer manufacturing?” – I wish I could laugh at this but I can’t.
As of reviving NCZ, I go with that too coz it’s the first thing that came into my mind when I heard of fertilizer. Maybe they “demolished” NCZ. And this disease of wanting investors to do everything might hung our throats someday.
Dr. Levy Mwanawasa should tell the people of Zambia where exactly he intends to put the Angolan Refugees that he is offering Citizenship because there are at least 500,000 Angolan refugees in Zambia most of them not registered as Refugees. Is he intending to offer all these people Citizenship and were are they going to be located? What is wrong with Angola because as we blog right now, Angola is making millions of foreign currency because of the high oil prices. Angola has the space and capacity to look after ALL the Angolans in and out of the country. Why can’t we instead encourage them to go back and develop their wealthy (not rich) country?
#7 I agree with your analysis, this scheme of offering citizenship to 500,000 Angolan refugees could be an election ‘fix’ to manipulate the 2011 elections in favor of MMD just like the did in the 2006 elections. The president should not just dream up policies that are counter productive to the local people of Zambia. He should also not take the hospitable culture of Zambians for granted by offering citizenship to foreigners anyhow. When are we going to start having leaders that look after the interest of the local people first? When are we going to stop having politicians that think of nothing but themselves (winning elections through tricks by using refugees)?
The president statement is open to interpretations and could be seen as a Zedian version of xenophobic support!! Imagine what is going through the minds of innocent victims of xenophobic attacks in SA when they seen such a headline? Apprecaited the President said the truth and must be commended for this; may be a more diplomatic response would have been ideal.
The problem is some of these refugees become criminals are others behave well.Congolese are so criminal minded such that they even kill the hosting people.
#14. what i learn from your second paragraph is that you are a very literate person who knows very little about the duties of an Ambassador. Similarly, i learn from your sentiments that you have attended conferences but not at the multi-lateral level. If you did, you would squarely appreciate the duties of an Ambassador. What i would like to point out to you is that, the deal that was announced by our President in Japan could have been dealt with by the Ambassador there before H.E. made the pronouncement. Secondly, I would like you to realise that in every multi-lateral summit, there are always parallel meetings between leaders and stake holders. Meaning, our President could have had such
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meetings with Japanese investors who indicated their willingness to build another fertiliser company in Zambia in addition to the NCZ, which was after all built by the same Japanese.
I really painfully disagree with LPM when he says the Japanese investor would come and manufacture fertilizer in Zambia. Honestry, cant we do that ourselves???? The problem with LPM is that he thinks other countries can develop zed. zambia can ONLY be developed by zambians, PERIOD. Sometimes when i sit down, i wonder if this government has a program or plan for zambia. Every time it has to be investors to do things for us, e.g. mining, agriculture,roads, education,…. literally everything. i think while we say that LPM is doing well, it is only so when we compare him with chiluba, otherwise if compare to what other countries are doing, aaah, he seem to be behind. The man wants china, india,
22, CNT. and now japan to develop zambia, NOOOOO. This is being unfair to our country especially for the young. While other countries are striving to improve their living standards, us we want investors to do it for us. This really puzzles me. Anyway when vising zed this coming December, i will have to talk to one of the ministers about the dangers of putting everything in the hands of the so called investers. Am really upset because i know what these investers say about how sleepy Africa is.
No one will argue that we need FDI, but our investment regulatory framework leaves us exposed to all sorts of briefcase investors. FDI is supposed to be a win-win scenario for both the investor & the local stakeholders but surprisingly in Zed we act like these chaps are messiah’s doing us a favour. Chaps pronounce big figures in their MOU’s and we jump around like little monkeys! But in reality…we give them cheap land, tax incentives, they renovate our old infrastructure instead of building new, and walk away when their tax holidays expire
on the refugee front, Levy & his friends in SADC have miserably failed us! Atleast Levy has tried to put pressure on Bob Mugabe but *****s like Mbeki continue to claim there is no crisis in Zim! To blame the mess in Zim on some ‘muzungu’ conspiracy is just plain stupid…whether we like it or not, Zim problems are our problems too and when the flood of refugees cross the borders, we’ll have a catastophe on our hands. Levy, stop exciting Zambians in japan with your rhetoric, be pragmatic and realistic for once!
Iwe#16.. Please reason – There have been Angolan Refugees in Western Prov.(Manyukwanyukwa ? something like that) and North West Prov. at Maheba near Solwezi since the 1970’s… that is almost 40 yrs. Some of these chaps their Grand Fathers grew up or were born in Zed….surely LPM has said the first option is for these guys to go back. Second, here is a guy who says i cant go to Angola because all i know is Zed….his father was born in Zed, schooled in zed maybe even has children with Zed women….most of these chaps are farmers and work the soil. Surely allow the chap to stay. WE DONT NEED THE CONGOLESE type of refugees who can ONLY stay in Towns….crime, prostitution etc is all they know
On the Constitution making process, LPM gets a 2 out of 10 i mean really why dodge a question with a response that the delay(until 2011) is all bcoz they want to make it ‘inclusive’. How convienient.
Otherwise, the man is doing a wonderful job in other sectors.
We are becoming abit XENOPHOBIC now ourselves ?????
Its amazing that ALL one can think about when some, not all, refugees want to stay is ELECTION RIGGING. I have done research in Maheba in Northwestern. Some refugees came to Zed as early as 1964. That is way before most of you were born. There children who are also classified as refugees have lived in Zed since 1965 (birth). After more than 40years they are BY GOD’S WISH NOT REFUGEES ANY MORE. THEY ARE FELLOW ZAMBIANS who have no DREAM or IDEA of Angola. LET THEM STAY. No one will rig, those who rig dont use refugees you fools. Ask how Mugabe will do it. LET THEM CHOOSE, TO GO OR NOT TO GO, VIVA LEVY, ABASH SELFISHNESS AND SHORTSIGHTEDNESS, ABASH MIOPIC FOOLS! CALAMITIES CAN BEFALL ANYONE.
It still does not make it right to just offer citizenship to 500,000 people even if they have been in Zambia since 1964. The vast majority of people who make up 500,000 refugees came around 2000 – 2001 at the height of the Angola war. Those can not be offered citizenship, they need to go back. Even the caps that have been in Zambia since 1964 simply had to choice but to stay in Zambia, however, things have changed, Angola is no longer at war, peace has returned to Angola. Therefroe, these refugees have no reason to stay in Zambia any more. Besides Angola is within walking distance and it is getting rich everyday, I see no justification for them to stay on.
#28 you seem to have a powerful point!
Are we trying to help arrest or aggravate the situation? In lieu of being xenophobic, it will be better to appreciate that Zimbos are our brothers and sisters. Equally, Angolans are our brethren too.
What makes or defines one to be a Citizen of some country? Is it birth in that country? Is it ancestors having occupied that country land? Or is it in the mind?
Do we honestly think we are more superior than those who need our help? Let us learn to live with proper thoughts on issues on the ground.
Angola right now has a problem of skilled labour because the majority of people are not educated so if we have people (Angolan Refugees in Zambia)that have been educated and brought up in Zambia for a long time, these people can be agents of change and development in Angola by filling the skills gap shortage. If anyone insists on staying in Zambia, then they should be made to apply for residency permit which recognises them as Angolan Citizens living in Zambia but this should be done on a case by case basis. Giving citizenship means that they will no longer be Angolan Citizens but will now be Zambian Citizens, which I think is not right as it doesn’t take into consideration the local people.
At this point, I would say the 25,000 Zimbabweans have more reason to seek protection in Zambia because there is a genuine need for them however the same can not be said for Angolan refugees since their are no more threats that would stop them from living a normal lifestyle in their native country Angola.
Angola’s economy is projected to grow at 24% this year due to high oil and diamond prices compared to Zambia which is barely reaching 6% economic growth. The growth of the Angolan economy is expected to even be higher than the current 24% for the next foreseeable future. In short, Angola is the place to be right now.
#14 Peter, #15 The critic: NCZ was designed to treat semi-processed raw materials. It was not designed to process raw phosphate rock. Not every such raw material whether from Petauke or Monze will work at NCZ. Thorough testworks would have to be done to determine the amenability/suitability of Monze/Petauke deposits to the NCZ plant and extra costs for redesign and construction catered for. Even if the material was suitable the cost of transporting bulky rock from Monze and Petauke to Kafue would make the project uneconomical. Fertilizer manufacture is like cement manufacture (bulky). That is why Chilanga Cement processes it limestone rock into cement next to the quarries right there in chil
(No long hauls). Also if you are an investor, would you go to buy an asset beset by debt, litigation, unpaid workers etc and inherit all these problems?
A similar problem is at INDENI. It refines semi-processed “cracked” blend. Cracking is a process in which complex organic molecules are broken down into simpler molecules that can be used as fuel. This Cracker is not there at INDENI. All that is at INDENI is a plant for fractional distillation which distils the already cracked blend into the various fuels: diesel petrol paraffin, HFO. It is therefore a sugar coated lie to say INDENI cannot process Angola Crude because INDENI has not and cannot process any raw crude oil.
Some unscrupulous Zambians teamed up with equally unscrupulous international salesmen, took advantage of UNIP’s industrialisation drive to sell “lame duck” technology to Zambia and made millions of USD for themselves. All the while the country was dribbled into contracting debt for white elephants (today’s burdens) while the salesmen and some Zambians got super rich. The pump price for petrol would probably be cheaper if it was imported as a finished product. But what do you do with INDENI?
Be it Angola or Zambia this refuges have a right to choose were they feel confortable to leave after such a long time,if they choose to go ,hands off do as they wish and vice versa.Stop been xone’s.I like this blog, alot of good BRAINS probably you lot should be in goverment and let those in power be in the auditorium.
#38. Nice one – “I like this blog, alot of good BRAINS probably you lot should be in goverment and let those in power be in the auditorium.”
Lets stop being xenophobic, please. We are not an island as Zambia. We may just need our neighbours one day.
It is always good to look future-wise in doing rational anaysis and commentary.
Be blessed you all this day and in future.
Maybe its high time we considered a “USA senate”-kind of system for our great Zambia which can work hand-in-hand with our parliament to effect sensible and necessary strategies to e carried out by our government. As alluded to already by #38, this could a place where serious people with exposure and sound education, ie ceratin bloggers on here, can monitor the current parliaments issues and advise the GRZ on the way regarding important matters.
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I just wanted to comment on the fertilizer issue, if you feel these Japanese business men have another agenda, again, no one is stopping you guyz from starting your own fertilizer plant or chemical processing plant or whatever. We are in a free market economy, you can start your own fertilizer plant, no one is stopping you. If you think it’s govts job to start companies for you or to have shares in private companies, i wanted to welcome you into the 21st century and let you know that Zambia is now a capitalist free market economy and such is not the case.
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In fact, a fertilizer plant can do us a good job in the cases of trade surpluses. Zambia is neighbor to some countries whoz GDP relies heavily on agriculture (Mozambique, Malawi) and also Zambia is part of COMESA which also has countries which are in the agric business (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda i think) so fertilizer exports to these countries can do us some good dont you think.
On the Zim refugees, i say, let them come, lets give them a place to stay and lets accommodate them and also lets not stop criticizing the Mugabe regime.
ON the Angolan issue, i say, lets give them citizenship. If all they have known is Zambia, let them stay. It simply means they have a certain love for Zambia and so they should be allowed to stay. Some of you guys are abroad, how would you feel if the countries you’re in told you guys to go back home. We where all angry when South Africans where xenophobic towards us which brings me to the question, WHY ARE WE TRYING TO DO THE SAME?????
#35 – 37 good analysis as a matter of fact I am aware that NCZ produces fertiliser as a by product of Sulphuric Acid, the plant will need redesigning indeed. The question is what prompted Government to set up a plant where they new the raw materials were not there for processing of what the industry was designed. Tell me gentlemen of the forum is it true that Zambia has no enough brain power to set the country straight. If these Japanese are really serious I would look at an already going concern and see how best to make it viable. What next when they discover that the current raw materials will just cover 6 years, they will move the plant to Kasama where some more raw materials for 9 more..
… years will be found, after 9 years they move it to Chama where materials for 3 more years will be discovered. Comeon we all know raw materials deplete a more sustainable soultion can be found instead of moving plants to where raw materials are, this is not copper mining!
#7,#19 you are xenophobic as a congolese born in zed i completely do not agree with u
We have enough room for even 2,500,000 people and we can have enough resources as well if we can put the OIL in Solwezi to use.
Governnment is just quiet! Only accusing Zamtel for loses and you think when you separate CellZ from Zamtel you will solve somtehing !NO
Just go and dig the OIL out.We havent 4gotten about the OIL.
#44-45 Mwiinga Thanks for the compliments.The xample I cited is cement/chilanga not copper. By the way the volume/price ratio or weight/price ratio of copper ore is much higher than that of phosphate or sulphur (ie copper fetches high prices). Bottom line is the NPV (Net profit value) of a project. No matter how technically sound if the NPV is -ve. Then the project is a non starter. If you using borrowed money Use IRR (Internal rate of return) If the interest rate is higher than the IRR then you are done for. I just advise LPM or his speech writers to avoid getting the president to make such premature pronouncements. When the Japs get here the will do all the technical and financial studys.
The two “SIEVES” NPV and IRR (among other factors) will be the final judge on whether these project materialise or not. And if it does not materialise it becomes like KK’S oil from grass embarrassment. When the colonialist set up chilanga primarily to build Kariba Dam. The did studies which confirm huge limestone reserves to last several decades maybe centuries (big +ve NPV). If the limestone was inadequate they would have some place else. Now the crooks who brokered the NCZ deal probably out of ignorance or greed (or both) decided to contract debt in building a plant that is unsustainable resourcewise and operationally
Lets welcome everyone in God’s name. That is how we get blessings. One day it will be us. Remember Zimbos used to laugh at us. In bemba they say”Musalu wali pesamba……”
In short if these deposits are found to have short life spans of say 6-9 years it is very unlikely that the will have a +ve NPV. Unless they occur as numerous clusters with massive combined tonnage with short haul distance to a central location were the manufacturing plant can be situated. The other attribute would be the grade of the material. However if the grade is high and the tonnage is small however, entreprenuers would rather transport high grade material to their existing factories abroad (as long as it covers transport costs & can bring a return on the investment) than build a new one. Again NPV and IRR come into play.
#48,49 and 51 I was just looking at the the issue of the usual white elephants. Indeed IRR and NPV are critical factors in a business decision. do you know if at some point NCZ made any profit? What was their financial status as of end of 1989? I mean some of these questions are things which we can use, yes the japs will do their own analysis I can guarantee you but what shall we as Zambia put together as a counter offer?
#52 Mwiinga No mate I have data on NCZ historical profits. Lets encourage and support our fellow Zambians that come up with business plans. I was shocked at the hostility directed at Jacob Sikazwe’s Legacy Hotels Project in Livingstone. But thank God he persevered and got a modified approval. Again some Zambians formed Zambezi consortium to buy a controlling stake in ZANACO. What did they get? A slap in the face and Zanaco was give to a Dutch outfit. Recently Kavindele’s idea has been hijacked and maybe we shall see another white elephant take off the ground. As long as the mines esp Lumwana & Kansanshi do not commit to use the line the project will be white elephant even if govt takes it up
What Kavindele requires is govt support to get the mines to commit to use the railway. If they (govt) are not happy that he is acting alone they could ask him to bring more zambian partners (form a consortium) or a condition to do an IPO at LUSE at some stage;as condition of securing govt support. Support ,solidarity, encouragement, openness. If people in govt want to partake let them come out in the open and let it be done in a transparent money. It is not a sin to strive to be rich. It is a sin to PHD (PULL HIM DOWN)
correction: transparent manner (not money)
# 55,
Could you cite one privately owned RAILROAD system in the SADC region or in the Developed world that you know of as serving strategic routes? Even over the embattled Jewish rail system, we blundered big time a fact too impossible to deny.RAILROADS like our major Telecommunication and Energy-ZESCO infrastructures largely needs to remain state dominated at this phase of our national development. Careful missing theories with the real world.
Asking people to go to their native country after living peacefully for at least 40 yrs for some is not Xenophobia, its just been realistic. We have a lot of security problems caused by mainly Angolan refugees who have brought with them an influx of guns in the country. High gun crime has been increasing particularly in refugee hosting communities, due to amongst others, unemployment. When they needed protection it was given to them and they have lived in Zambia in peace. But the time has come for them to leave because they no longer need the protection since peace has returned to their native country. I don’t think that is Xenophobia.
#56 Pragmatist :LT 02/06/08:Chingola Solwezi railway still alive. QUOTE: “The government is ready to start the construction of the railway line from Chingola to Solwezi to link Zambia to Angola.
Communications Minister, Dora Syliya said the government will start the project when a viable private company comes on bound”.
THIS TO ME IMPLIES THAT YOUR GOVT WANTS TO AWARD THE PERMIT TO YET ANOTHER PRIVATE COMPANY GUESSWHAT, IT MUST BE INDIAN OR CHINESE. SO THERE IS YOUR ANSWER PRPOSED CHINESE/INDIAN OWNED ZAMBIA-ANGOLA RAILWAY PRIVATELY OWNED
Theoretician # 58,
Our blunders aside,I have asked you a very simple and straight forward question. I repeat it, Could you cite one privately owned RAILROAD system in the SADC region or in the Developed world that you know of as serving strategic routes?
Theoretician # 58,
I repeat, RAILROADS like our major Telecommunication and Energy-ZESCO infrastructures largely needs to remain state dominated at this phase of our national development. Careful mixing theories with the real world development.
The other thing you need to educate yourself on is that despite our divergence in views, GRZ is not just my Government but yours and any Zambian too who carry the country’s citizenship by passport or NRC. GRZ is not an exclusionary Government like political parties based on ideological and social interests. Show some maturity on that.The fact that you blog on the subject “Zambia” is evidence enough that you carry the interest of our country.Otherwise, it would be illegal to do so.
Pragmatist : Not to dwell on the obvious. Here are some insightsNamibian Economist 13 Jan 2006
A group of South African and international coal mining companies have formed a consortium with a Namibian outfit to construct a multi-billion electrified railway line between Botswana and Namibia. Costs are estimated between N$5 billion and N$8 billion, said Mihe Gaomab I, who is the chief executive officer of Falcon Resources Holdings, the Namibian company in the consortium. The railway line will start in a coal mining town called Morupule, in north-east Botswana, and ends 30 km south of Lüderitz, at a place called Shearwater Bay, on the Atlantic coast in Namibia. Partners in the consortium are S
South African black empowerment company called Sekunjalo Investment Holdings, and an unnamed Canadian-listed company. The railway line, called the Electrified Trans-Kalahari Railway Line, will mainly transport coal and other commodities from the coalmines in Botswana, and most likely the copper mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.
TAKE NOTE OF BLACK EMPOWERMENT
International Herald Tribune. Global Edition of The New York Times
The Federal Court in Canberra ruled in December 2006 that BHP Billiton’s privately owned rail line linking its iron ore mines in the Pilbara region of Western Australia to its port facilities on the coast do not form part of the company’s production process.
That could mean that the company and its global rival Rio Tinto, which operates a similar private rail system, would be forced under competition law to allow rival companies with mining assets in Pilbara to build spurs that feed into their networks.
Brazil is the only other significant global competitor in the market for iron ore. Between them Australia and Brazil acco
Between them Australia and Brazil account for two-thirds of global exports, and CVRD, which dominates the iron ore business in Brazil, has already put substantial investment into its 900-kilometer, or 560-mile, railway from the mines to the coast.
THIS MAY MAKE MEDIUM SIZE MINING COMPANIES EG FQM & LUMWANA TO BE SKEPTICAL ABOUT INVESTING IN RAILWAYS AS COURTS OPEN UP THESE FACILITIES TO COMPETITORS. HOWEVER, COMMITMENT ALONE WILL SUFFICE FOR KAVINDELE
I am a Zambian born in Zambia of Zambian parents. My use of “Your govt” is just a figure of speech to emphasise and dissociates myself as an individual from this marginalisation of the Zambian entreprenuer. When GRZ does well on some other thing I will go beyond calling it our govt and instead call it “my govt” to emphasise my indivisdual support for such action.Support ,solidarity, encouragement, openness, EMPOWERMENT,ENTREPRENUERSHIP. ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION
pragmatist wachilamo. why do you make multiple postings. i wonder if you even know how to propose a lady. with your theories am sure it takes weeks just to win a woman’s love. try being simple my man. we are all enlightened mind you. you have been warned……..
same for this chi theoretician. but i forgive him because like his name suggests, he is just one.
Muzungu # 67,
Rumor has it that Prag is your true father who screwed your mother from their teens days way until last year.Your mother may feel insulted with your ignorance.
no. 69. why do you insult. you want me to hit back no man i will no sink to your level . am too smart for you. hard luck man.
Justice No.69. what kind of family background do u come from. do u have children. are u the same man blogging under the names of Pragmatist or theoretician. answer these questions. because honestly a person coming from a christian background or a well mannered family can not just wake up and unleash the insult you just made on this forum. shame on you and your family. do not use this forum as a stage of venting your frustration. its not me who gave you that job in that internet cafe but probably your failure in school.
I am the real Justice. Someone is using my name again. I think bloggers must register so that this type of thing doesnt happen. Please stop using my name whoever you are. There is supposed to be some form of ‘blogging etiquette’ and this behavior is unnacceptable. I would never use such language. This guy has used my name in another topic. Edito please get to the bottom of this.
The real Justice.
thanks real justice. it wouldnt take a psychologist to speculate the fella (s) involved. they know themselves and the theoretical trash they unleash on this site in the name of detailed analysis when it its all pragialised material.
New Passports next month
The Issuance of new passports is expected to start next month.
Home Affairs Permanent Secretary, Susan Sikaneta said the government has already put into place necessary logistics such as equipment for the entire process which kick start’s in July.
She told ZNBC news that training and recruitment of staff who will mann the new office is expected to start this month end.
The Home Affairs Permanent Secretary noted that Zambia decided to join the international community by bringing in a new passport with sophisticated features that cannot be forged.
NICE COMMENTS PEOPLE. KEEP ON WRITING.
Zed is for Zedians. We helped our neighbours and they don’t appreciate. Let them keep thier country and we will keep ours just like Britain is for the British
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when are you ever goin grow up?
grow up