Friday, April 19, 2024

President Lungu Commissions the new $323 million Mine Shaft at Mopani

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President Lungu  with mopani Chief  Executive officer Mr Johan jansen tour Synclinorium Shaft at Mopani  operation room operates the Shaft gear in the Control Room - Picture  by Eddie Mwanaleza 05th May 2016.
President Lungu with mopani Chief Executive officer Mr Johan jansen tour Synclinorium Shaft at Mopani operation room operates the Shaft gear in the Control Room – Picture by Eddie Mwanaleza 05th May 2016.

President Edgar has yesterday commissioned the US$323 million synclinorium shaft at Mopani Nkana Mine in Kitwe.

And President Lungu congratulated Mopani mines for completing the new shaft saying that government will support the mining giant to complete other major projects as well as help the company achieve its vision.

ZANIS reports that the Head of State stated that the synclinorium shaft renews hopes not only to the mining industry, but to the nation as a whole.

He added that the expansion of mopani’s mining activities clearly indicates the confidence investors have in Zambia’s political and economic environment.

President Lungu stressed that the development was also a mark of confidence in government’s resolve to turn around the economy of the coperbelt province.

He said the launch of the plant is not only important to mopani copper mines but to all stakeholders, including government, the industry and the nation as a whole.

President Lungu reiterated government’s support to the mining sector as evidenced by the recent changes to the mining regime, stressing that the adjustments were effected in an effort to enable the sector remain viable during the period of low metal prices on the international scene.

He said he was happy that Glencore has also set aside a further US $1.1billion for a number of other projects aimed at transforming mopani into a modern mining operation.

President Lungu also urged Mopani and investors in the country to create job opportunities for the people in view of the mines new investments in order to alleviate the effects of job losses that occurred as a result of scaling down of mining operations.
And Mpani Copper Mines Chief Executive Officer Johan Jansen has assured that the minning industry in Zambia is still viable and productive despite the low prices of copper on the world market.

Mr Jansen stated that with the official launch of the synclinorium shaft at mopani, the life span of the mine has been prolonged from 25 to 50 years, adding that this will also secure jobs for miners.

The Mopani Chief also assured government that the mining giant will continue to contribute to the treasury for many years to come.

Mr Jansen stressed that Mopani will further continue to play its corporate responsibilities by supporting communities in several areas of sports, health, infrastructure development among others.

The synclinorium shaft is among the projects that Mopani has planned in its upgrade programme aimed at prolonging the life span of its mine.
The project commenced in 2011, and has been completed at a cost of US $323million.

President Lungu  with mopani Chief  Executive officer Mr Johan jansen tour Synclinorium Shaft at Mopani  operation room operates the Shaft gear in the Control Room - Picture  by Eddie Mwanaleza 05th May 2016.
President Lungu with mopani Chief Executive officer Mr Johan jansen tour Synclinorium Shaft at Mopani operation room operates the Shaft gear in the Control Room – Picture by Eddie Mwanaleza 05th May 2016.

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  1. THIS IS FOR KUDOS AND 2020 VISION. LOOK HERE YOUNG MAN. BE CIVILIZED IN YOUR LANGUAGE. THE ONLY THING YOU THRIVE ON IS INSULTS – I CHALLENGE YOU TO A CIVILIZED ONLINE DEBATE THAT LT CAN FACILITATE IF POSSIBLE – NO INSULTS PURE INTELLECTUAL ARGUMENTS FOR A TOPICS OF YOUR CHOICE.2 ON 1 TO SHOW YOU THAT ZAMBIA DERSEVE BETTER THAN LUNGU. IT ONLY SHOWS THAT YOU CANNOT DEFEND LUNGU’S RECORD IN A CIVILIZED MANNER TO SHOW THAT HE DESERVES A SECOND TERM. JUST FOR THE RECORD I AM SUPPORTING HH ON THE BASIS OF COMPETENCY AND INTELLECTUAL CAPABILITY OTHERWISE I AM AN FDD SUPPORTER. THE FACT IS THERE IS NOTHING GOOD LUNGU HAS DONE TO SHOW HE IS A CAPABLE LEADER. THESE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE NOT LUNGU’S PROJECTS – HE DOES NOT PAY FOR THEM, THE ZAMBIANS DO. EVERY PART OF ZAMBIA IS ENTITLED TO…

    • HH is sweating like a pig on market day! He is a prophet of doom, he doesn’t like progress!

    • Hmm. Nubian Princess you meant to say Lungu. Again, this election is not about HH but Zambia. Zambia under Lungu is going nowhere a lot of people can attest to this fact. HH just happens to be a suitable person. Leave him alone. The fight is between the Zambian people and poverty which a result of choosing incompetent people like Lungu to run a country

    • He has only being around for one year.Anyway from his start you targeted him and used terms like chakolwa,whatever.This is a country not an auditing firm.It takes more than auditing to put together wining policies.It is team work and not a one man show like a stand up Trevor Noah comedy show at some hotel.Key performance indicator of the economy is the poverty reduction.Ask yourself how has Zambia fared from the first republic,through to MMD and PF.Has access to clean drinking water,better healthy facilities,food,electricity improved for the majority people?In summary,each individual president has always being unique in their approach to governance.So judge intellectually and sale your product based on what they will change and not their supposed auditing competency

    • @Former man. When you have a president that is always blaming the global economy instead of taking responsibility and saying I will fix this. How do you expect him to address the challenges? When you have a president that embraces corruption? And does not displine those around him, what do you expect? Or even worse, when you have a president that does not ahere to laws, what do you expect? Even his own carders do not respect his words in terms of stoping violence. All this shows a level of competency. Intellectually, his choices have left those that understand the issues puzzled. Tell exactly, how a sane person can continue to entrust a country to such a person???

    • Whilst Load Shedding is a normalcy under PF. Where is the MP & Minister of development to deal with such issues? Even the PS can officiate not Mr Lungu who is already campaigning. Toothless ECZ.
      The people want Lungu to deal with the economy crisis & load shedding which Hon Siliya says that “18 hours is a normal routine of load shedding”, uko!
      PF, in 5 days Parley is dissolved, now the POA should be lifted off & let the campaigning games begin. Printing of ballots in Dubai is none starter kit, South African way is fine, cost saving analysis.
      94 days left to get PF out, they have always been visionless.
      On 11~8 vote HH & UPND as the only normal way Forward.
      The Skeleton Key
      ~206~

    • @Nostradamus: Does it or, should it, really matter? The fact that this project started in 2011 and PF has seen it through is good enough reason to celebrate. I don’t think miners who will now have a job due to this expansion give sh!t whose idea it was (which undoubtedly was Mopani’s own initiative,) but it has be done under the watchful eye of the PF Govt. In the end, that is all that matters in the eyes of most Zambians. And if you UNGRATEFUL SONS OF GUNS in UPND can’t appreciate this simple fact, it will take eternity for you to win the Presidency—because you seem so ignorant of how a common Zambian sych operates.

      Grow up, Sata made his observations of your UNDER 5 politics several years ago, you should be at least getting into ADOLESCENCE by now. GOSH!

    • #Wise Commentator i think you can make a better president than this visionless,useless,hopeless,dullness,brainless,clueless,a drunkard and a hardcore swindler who swindled his clients of their hard earned cash Edgar chakolwa kaloba Wrungu. Congratulation on you positive and mature analysis on topics unlike these jobless fool Kudot who thinks using his backside.

    • #Wise Commentator i think you can make a better president than this visionless,useless,hopeless,dullness,brainless,clueless,a drunkard and a hardcore swindler who swindled his clients of their hard earned cash Edgar chakolwa kaloba Wrungu. Congratulation on your positive and mature analysis on topics unlike these jobless fool Kudot who thinks using his backside.

    • Glencore is only investing now because they have finished everything from an old ZCCM mine they bought for a song and ripped billions and billions of dollars without paying any tax to us over the years and have no option now but to go deeper for more.
      Then we have this idio.t Lungu ignorantly stating that its confidence in the govt and he will help it achieve its vision.We will never know how many tax parachutes and developmental agreements these empty tins have signed with Glencore for them to invest this money.

    • Mr Commentator let’s do a recap of comments from you! You are on record of calling a sitting Republican President “useless”, you have insulted a respected Statesman and what type of response to you honestly expect?
      Let’s debate issues as they are without insults which I doubt you ZWD/ UPND chaps are capable of:
      1)On the economy- I have mentioned several times to you guys to point a finger at any of Zambia’s neighbour that are also not facing economic hardships-you have failed..

    • Ctn..it doesn’t take an economist who often contradicts the global economy like your HH-blamed the drop in the Kwacha on PF, when the kwacha gained said it was the global economy.
      The funds that are being used by PF are being used on infrastructural and paying a huge civil service that are the back bone of our economy, without teachers, nurses, police, defense forces, council workers, agriculture extension officers that have been recruited en masse under PF where do you think the economy would be? No money has been stolen by PF as you often erroneously, blindly state…

    • Ctn…on other areas of the economy such as agriculture it is a fact under PF there has been no emergency importation of relief food because of the Farmer Input Support Programme that has greatly assisted farmers in providing them inputs thus seeing to increased yield even when our neighbour are suffering from food shortages. Why are so many trucks coming to Zambia for maize?? It is because we have become the bread basket of Southern Africa under PF…ctn

    • 2) On hate speech-in the book of logic and common sense anyone that supports hate speech and funds those that incite tensions is as good as the one committing the offence-by this I allude to Zambian WatchDog which is quite and simply speaking an evil, evil site dedicated to fear mongering and incitement. UPND is a supporter of that site, a site that often censors opposing views-now what does that tell or imply of the general attitude of UPND should they ever enter office? They will be completely a non democratic govt that won’t tolerate opposing views…

    • At least you talked a bit more civilized 2020Vision. This is what we expect. However, I disagree with you on all your points. Reasons for disagreement will be provided later but what I want to stress is the key word “sustainable”. What Zambia is today is mainly because of KK. That is sustainable. He out of all the presidents did his job despite his mistakes etc. The results of his work and his team can still be seen 20,30 years after. This is what we need – “sustainable development”. How do you know ZWD is supported by UPND? Just because it’s never talking ill of him. If HH did the wrong things ZWD would also go after him. Also, you insulting HH does not make things equal or better. If you think Lungu has more rights than wrong just defend the right or they are lies then tell us the…

    • Ctn..Just look at the recent UPND Party adoptions what a fracas and a lot of violence surrounding the whole event.

      3) How democratic is UPND? Honestly even the accendency of HH to become President was not right, there was intidimidation and threats towards other candidates. PF has had several democratic convention to elect or relect the party’s leaders how many has UPND since HH took over? Under Mazoka UPND was a differnt Party but with HH I’m sorry you chaps have lost the plot.

      All said without insults..
      #HungryHyena(HH)MustFallForThe5thTime

    • Very stupid UPND cadres. You will never rule Zambia. We are happy with Lungu and PF. Your HH will lose again. After August 11 your Party will be deserted. All these defectors will run away to join other parties. None of them is royal to your party. They have just joined becuase of the hatred the carry against Lungu just like most of u and the under 5 HH. Just admit that u have lost again.

    • UPND is losing these elections. I hav move arround Zambia for work. People are extremly happy with PF. Even in western province and N western Lunguis going to get good votes

    • @Commentator, my comrade 2020vision has articulated professionally and with good points on the matter at hand. LT is not going to block people anyhow like your Zambian Witch Doctor, they are democratic like Mwebantu. Though their journalism comes with poorly written articles, they have over the years proven to be civil and democratic, with balanced copy-paste news. Why does everyone flock here, including Wanzelu (Loyd Himambo) of ZWD?

    • @Commentator, though I have never met 2020vision, we seem to be united in purpose. He is very well-versed commentator on all fronts and what irks you UPND sycophants is the fact that we bloggers of the free world are truly untraceable, far better than your Zambian Witch Doctor. LT is the go to site for confirmed, accurate news. They are balanced, fair, accurate and not bitter or disrespectful. They don’t gamble with sensational headlines like Loyd Himambo (Wanzelu). So, mr Commentator, we can debate on the economy any given day and I’ll beat you hands down. For starters you give credit to KK, a man who depleted the colonial reserves unsustainably for decades. He’s the reason we’re in this mess, much as I respect him. I dont agree that Lungu should be working with Chikwanda. And you…

    • You should be most ashamed for claiming to support Nawakwi when in fact you sympathize with the Supreme Southern small god. Lungu has had the worst calamities fall on him over the last 1 year unfortunately. But he has had many successes along the way and every time we triumph, you and your followers fail to celebrate with us. I can see you have been heavily affected by the loadshedding. It’s here to stay, even if another player were to rise to plot 1. We need to support the PF government which has clear economic policies that are working for the first time compared to MMD’s 20 years of destruction. We are here to defend the most progressive leadership this nation has ever seen. Zambia is for all of us, we all want to prosper. Join us.

    • @Wise Commentator, let not our peaceful country be set ablaze by Loyd Himambo (Wanzelu) of ZWD Zambian Witch Doctor. When you have an opposition leader in the name of Hichilema sponsoring a malicious publisher with seditious intent, how do you expect most Zambians to support him? ZWD is gutter journalism and Hichilema and your kind suppport it. When you feel the heat here on LT why is “blocking and banning” opposing views your first response? Can you people support a free media if given the chance? We Zambians know better. It would be a grave mistake to take Hakainde to State House. That’s the reason many people don’t like him. He has some traits of bitterness in him. He can’t win but you can’t face the truth. August 11, seeing will be believing.

    • As for the project at Synclinorium Shaft, these are successes coming to fruit under the watch of President Lungu. He has every right and duty to commission them. You see bitterness can never get you anywhere. President Lungu is mobilizing the PF ahead of elections. but it just so happens that many projects are bearing fruit everyday. Every time he goes somewhere, a new road or business opens its gates. Why not take advantage and commission them if he happens to be in the area? Why are you having diarrhoea over these successes instead of celebrating with us? You would rather celebrate in Nega-Nega when a PF Head of State passes away as it was in 2014. There was massive jubilation when the Nega-Nega people heard of late Sata’s passing. (HH) thought his time had come.

    • Abena Yambayamba eh sorry, abena Fikambafikamba, yes indeed PamaFi has seen through the Project BY MASSIVELY CUTTING OFF THE POWER SUPPLY!!!! Yes Sons of Guns in UPND know very WELL THAT IT IS A NO BRAINER TO HAVE A SHIP OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA GENERATING POWER FOR A LANDLOCKED COUNTRY THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY!! It is Certainly a GIMMICK TO EXTORT MONEY FROM THE COUNTRY – THE ENERGY LOSSES OVER THE TRANSMISSION DISTANCE is what makes the WHOLE IDEA SO STU.>PID Only brainless chakolwa’s & siliti girls can REALLY BELIEVE & BUY INTO THIS S..I.LLY IDEA IN THE FALSE HOPE THAT Zambians will buy into this INCOMPETENCE!!!

      Vote wisely 11/8/2016!! Vote ZAMBIA FORWARD!! Vote UPND!! ABANTU BAYA!!!

      #chagwamustfall!! #PamaFi kuyabebele!!

      I thank you!!

    • @2020Vision some of us have jobs and lives unlike you who is paid by PF to be blogging and making incompetent Lungu look competent. Like I said the debate can be another day and time. I have other important things to do. The reason I am blogging is not to show support for HH but to let Zambians know that we have an incompetent president. If today the BOZ governor for run for president. I would support him because I know is competency and intellectual capability. My fight on this site is for a better Zambia by having a better president not someone with lost priorities.

  2. Mining jobs such as working as miner are not sustainable jobs. Without power these Shaft will not be operational plus proper tax policies are need to ensure Zambians benefit from the resources taken from their country by external companies. What exactly have you done in this avenue? Additionally this is a private investment not government investment therefore these investors are looking for a stable economy to get their return on investments. What exactly have you done to bring about a stable economy?? The truth is nothing and what Zambia needs a stable economy and proper political will to foster jobs. You should have been working all year round instead of now when you are about to pack your bags and leave state house.

    • PF worked from the minute they assumed office they started on infrastructure development. Under a global commodity price collapse PF has kept the economy afloat and massive infrastructure projects have continued despite them being a costly venture.
      How can UPND cadres believe PF is just starting to work now?
      You chaps are unbelievable and I assure you that Edgar has done very well agaisnt all odds.
      I will not be trusting HH with state authority anytime soon because of cadres like you and the ZWD which has preached hatred and feed you over confidence fear mongers.

  3. commissioning a mopani mine shaf? Really? You have Nothing to do mr. President ?? Of have just run out of what to commission??

    • Yes. Mal at least you are a sensible Zambian. We need more like you because this president has lost priorities. He wants to look like his working so he can get votes. As president your job is looking into the macro factors affecting the economy not busy commissioning things that can be done by a PS

    • Yeah @Wise commentator, you want him (EL) to simply stay in Lusaka at State House so you can start your stup!d rumour mongering that he is sick and on the death bed. Now that he seems fit and active, CHAMUBABA BA FIMBWI IMWE—get a freaking life for once you LOSERS!

      Naiwe chi @Former…fimo fimo, so who do you propose is the right person to commision these capital projects being built? Do you want the one and only HH ‘KADANSA’, aka THE LITTLE UPND ‘god’, to be doing this? Hey, people always told that PRESIDENTIAL INCUMBENCY has some advantages, this is one of them. And you thought you had a hard time beating this guy (EL) last year, wait until you try beating an incumbent President and see how tough that gets. Just Reminder, HH ain’t M.C. Sata—so goodluck to you in August!

    • @ yambayamba, Yes this should have been commissioned by HH. Can’t you see that the mopani CEO is JJ, Johan Jensen?

  4. Any more out there like Mal. Please get your tickets ready to board Fight HH for better Zambia and a better president who knows his priorites

  5. Its really sad to hear this ignorant lazy Bum Edgar state that the govt will help these thieves Glencore achieve their vision which is to steal as much as possible…meanwhile he himself has no vision or manifesto to speak of…where have you seen a President who is travelling up and down the country commissioning everything.

    • I was beginning to wonder when the “lazy bum ” mantra was going to be polished and brought out again. Right on que, here it is all polished and neatly packaged in some conglomeration of words! Come on Jay Jay use your imagination you are much smatter than the dross you sometimes spew.

  6. @ Wise commentator I applaud you for silencing vision2020 and Kudos. Could it be that they have been blocked by Lusaka times just because of insults. What we want to hear from bloggers are issue based debates. If some presidents chickens out of debates, what do you expect from their followers? Insults to those bringing better ideas. HH is the solution if people want a better Zambia from the chaos we have been subjected into.

    • @chimbwe this is not Zambian Witchcraft Documents site which only allows HH’s relatives to post comments..Lusaka Times is a truelly democratic website that allows all sides to post their opinions. For this I salute ba LskTimes.

      #HungryHyena(HH)MustFallForThe5thTime

      2016 ECL nafuti

    • 2020Vision be civilized and leave Chimwe alone. No matter how much insults you level against HH. It will not make Lungu any competent. The fact is Lungu cannot be commissioning play parks, mining shafts etc when they are more pressing issues to deal with. It shows you he has lost priorites and not fit to be president. If I was president, from day one I would not sleep until the power and economic situations were stabilized or find tangible solutions.

    • @commentator are you not the ones who started the #must fall ??? But you really are cry babies that cannot take your own medicine.

      I’ve just listed you a few items above to debate on and you can’t reply to any?

      Further evidence that you are cowards bent only on hate speech and lies.

      It is a fact us PF bloggers only respond fire with fire, the first to use vulgar language and insults are always you chaps..calling a President Lutuku fimo fimo, chakolwa what nonsense is that? You are the chaps who started this..
      #HungryHyena(HH)MustFallForThe5thTime
      2016 ECL nafuti

    • @2020 you are being intimidated. To be honest 2020 Vision gets 100%, UPND pants down at 0%. The combination bullying antics by UPND bloggers is unacceptable. The most annoying thing is they think people can’t see through them. On this site they operate in groups and intimidate contributors that are making sense. They prevent voting buttons to make themselves appear relevant. It rankles with them because they want their propaganda against the gov’t to stand out. Childish, Criminal and Ignorant as it is.

  7. So, to this Lungu commissioning projects and opening malls is what this so called president is good at. These guys (Mopani) know how incompetent this government is and for them to invest that kind money, I’m very sure this incompetent government has given them big tax free concessions which citizens are not aware of. Watch the space.

    • Kaputo are you really “very sure” about your allegations, or you, like your one eyed fellow cadres on this blog, are just ranting from the pit of ignorance?

  8. Ba Wise Commentator, If HH ever gets into office will he be paying for the development of Zambia when he is currently failing to give his kachemas decent wages?

  9. Pf cadres can’t debate reasonably. All they know is arrogance, insults and their anthem, ” ifintu ni Lungu”! They are just as empty as their directionless drunken master.

  10. Wise commentator, these are Lungu’s projects whether or not you agree. He is currently the Head of State. They are a part of his legacy. We would say the same for HH if he were Head of State. Objectivity is a virtue please. By the way, stop being a two-timer. You are either HH’s supporter of FDD’s. You can’t be both!

    • Ba wisdom come on man. What projects? Tell me one good idea that you can verify that it’s Lungu’s idea and it’s good for the economy??? None. If we had to perform an employment performance of Lungu on his work. There is no question that a termination letter for the office of president would be given to him. Which president sleeps during important meeting? Which president takes a private plan costing 300,000 usd when his own country is in an economic crisis and is one of the poorest on earth? The list goes on.

  11. HE IS HUMBLE! IT IS GLOBAL! CIVIL SERVANTS SALARIES PAID LATE- ITS GLOBAL. NO PAYSLIPS FOR CIVIL SERVANTS- ITS GLOBAL. MINISTERS SMUGGLING MEALIE MEAL- ITS GLOBAL. NO MEDICINE IN HOSPITALS- ITS GLOBAL. PRESIDENT INCREASING HIS SALARY ALONE 4 TIMES WITHIN 14 MONTHS- ITS GLOBAL. PF CADRES MAIMING PEOPLE, PRESIDENT JUST QUIET- HE IS HUMBLE. KAMBWILI and F BWALYA for You!

  12. I don’t know why Zambians don’t learn lessons, do you really need the whole president commissioning back yard investments which are already in operation in the first place when just a DC can do the donkey work? My Cousins from one province claim to be wise but they are the only ones as Republican Presidents who commission toilets in wusakile and buchi and all the back yard shopping malls.

  13. @ Wise commentator whatever your name, Check your ass properly, if you can’t check your ass, ask your friend to check on you, something is wrong with your ass i suspect! could it be you had prolonged diarrhea from the past weeks? i see no sense in your Rantings, you are just another ******** following blindly. if u want your HH, don’t involve everyone, how do u know that Zambians want HH when you alone and your tribalism are the ones making noise on social media, let’s see how many Zambians uses social media, you will wake up to a rude shock. Zambians still loves God’s chosen President, he only stood once and there he he is , the chosen one. where will be HH after August 11 Massacre????????

  14. Koma this is being humble indeed. Just look at the folding of arms. One thing i do not like about our president is he has no commanding, encouraging and enthusiastic voice. He does not give hope because he is vision less. We need a leader that addresses us when things are bad and gives hope for a better tomorrow. What discredits him? he does not discipline his own. I challenge the voters that sympathize with him to name any arrests on PF thugs that ran straight in the Airport runway chasing after an Airplane at Simon K Airport in Ndola coz of Miles Sampa, thugs that undressed the lady at youth day, impounded smugglers of maize and mealie meal just to mention a few.

  15. Sounds like good news for better, improved output as copper price starts to rise on the Market. This clearly is a demonstration of forward planning and vision. We have the machinery in place….now we keep our fingers crossed….we actually get any tax from these people!

  16. That’s why PF must be very thankful to the majority illiterate voters. Yes you are right most people (voters) don’t use the social media and they end up voting minus knowledge of what they are voting for, and this does not mean that PF is the best party! No wonder PF is not willing to prioritize education because they want the majority of people to remain illiterate so as to perpetuate their stay in power and people’s poverty.

  17. Any evil incantations against HH , the hook of The Lord pulls you down and renders you impotent. Any witch, demon, principality, power and ruler of darkness who confederates to gainsay HH , by the blood and fire of the Holy Ghost, die!

    • @demonic prayer warrior for HH first step to being a christian is to stop worshipping lucifer, so please ask your fellow UPND supporters to stop using that Masonic hand symbol. Then as mentioned in a previous post ask your uncle HH to become a Camel (to enter the eye of a needle) so that he can enter the kingdom of heaven because someone like him who worships Mammon (money) and treats his workers worse than his cattle will never enter God’s Kingdom! So saith the good book of the Lord God! Amen!!!

      #HungryHyena(HH)MustFallForThe5thTime

      2016 ECL nafuti

    • No weapon fashioned against HH will prosper for he bears on his body the marks of the lamb.

      Any wizard of the sun, moon and stars casting spells of lies, smear and wicked incantations The Lord God, mighty in battles, is continuously angry with and contends against you and breaks your bones and teeth and casts and curses your generations to shame and destitution for a thousand generations! Amen

  18. Some of the bloggers are so blinded by their hate of President Lungu, they will never acknowledge anything good done while he is is President. As someone said “if he found a cure for cancer, they would criticise him for putting Oncologists out of work…” A bit like the tea party and Obama!

  19. The President ought to be presiding over his cabinet and other officials – to assess where the country is going. Those ‘tuntemba’s’ he is going round the country ‘commissioning’ can be mentioned in passing during meetings which should have more to do with the broader socioeconomic picture.

    • This project has been on the books from the days of ZCCM and it is great that it has come to fruition and prolongs the life of the mine and the livelihood of many, including you and your relatives. Please do not display your ignorance by calling it ‘tuntemba.’ Everywhere in the world politicians take time to commission projects – it is all part of the package of being a leader and not just sitting in some air conditioned offices having talk-fests.

  20. The problem we made was to entrust a hardcore swindler who swindled his clients of thier hard earned cash and now you put him on the helm of national resources what do you expect,thieving taken to another level. Wrungu is a criminal records are their at LAZ. As UNPD WE ARGUE WITH FACT NOT this panga family them its always character assisgnation.

  21. This is for @Wise Commentator.

    Here is a snippet of the hard knock life of an internet troll;
    Long , unkempt hair – who has time to cut hair or shower when they are busy terrorising online forum members.
    Thick neck – the carotid artery walls in the neck thicken with the stress of being right all the time…
    Bad posture (arching back) – a natural effect of having to carry the weight of the ignorant internet world upon your shoulders.
    Big belly – fool of vitriol! (and probably jiggies)
    Pale indoor complexion – ‘going outside is for people who fail at the internet!’
    Worn-down caps lock button – due to excessive internet yelling! (check your first post)

    And please do not run away from 2020Vision and Mr. Kudos like a scared little girl by patronizing Mal. They have quit insults…

  22. This is for @Wise Commentataor.

    Here is a snippet of the hard knock life of an internet troll;
    Long , unkempt hair – who has time to cut hair or shower when they are busy terrorising online forum members.
    Thick neck – the carotid artery walls in the neck thicken with the stress of being right all the time…
    Bad posture (arching back) – a natural effect of having to carry the weight of the ignorant internet world upon your shoulders.
    Big belly – fool of vitriol! (and probably jiggies)
    Pale Indoor complexion – going outside is for people who fail at the internet.
    Worn-down caps lock button – due to excessive internet yelling! (check your first post)

    And please do not run away from Mr Kudos and 2020Vision like a scared little girl by patronizing Mal. You threw down the gauntlet…

  23. For @Wise Commentator with love.

    Here is a snippet of the hard knock life of an internet troll;
    Long , unkempt hair – who has time to cut hair or shower when they are busy terrorising online forum members.
    Thick neck – the carotid artery walls in the neck thicken with the stress of being right all the time…
    Bad posture (arching back) – a natural effect of having to carry the weight of the ignorant internet world upon your shoulders.
    Big belly – fool of vitriol! (and probably jiggies)
    Pale Indoor complexion – going outside is for people who fail at the internet.
    Worn-down caps lock button – due to excessive internet yelling! (check your first post)

    And please do not run away from Mr Kudos and 2020Vision like a scared little girl by patronizing Mal. You threw down the…

  24. @wise commentator you asked for the debate but after being challenged by intelligent PF bloggers you have failed to respond to then intelligently so dont start things that you cant finish. mulifikopo ba UPND thats why even GBM chickened out of that debate with CK.

  25. To @Wise Commentataor with love.

    Here is a snippet of the hard knock life of an internet troll;
    Long , unkempt hair – who has time to cut hair or shower when they are busy terrorising online forum members.
    Thick neck – the carotid artery walls in the neck thicken with the stress of being right all the time…
    Bad posture (arching back) – a natural effect of having to carry the weight of the ignorant internet world upon your shoulders.
    Big belly – fool of vitriol! (and probably jiggies)
    Pale Indoor complexion – going outside is for people who fail at the internet.
    Worn-down caps lock button – due to excessive internet yelling! (check your first post)

    And please do not run away from Mr Kudos and 2020Vision like a scared little girl by patronizing Mal. You threw down the…

    • This is for @Wise Commentataor.

      Here is a snippet of the hard knock life of an internet troll;
      Long , unkempt hair – who has time to cut hair or shower when they are busy terrorising online forum members.
      Thick neck – the carotid artery walls in the neck thicken with the stress of being right all the time…
      Bad posture (arching back) – a natural effect of having to carry the weight of the ignorant internet world upon your shoulders.
      Big belly – fool of vitriol! (and probably jiggies)
      Pale Indoor complexion – going outside is for people who fail at the internet.
      Worn-down caps lock button – due to excessive internet yelling! (check your first post)

      And please do not run away from Mr Kudos and 2020Vision like a scared little girl by patronizing Mal. You threw down the gauntlet…

    • This is for brother @Wise Commentataor.

      Here is a snippet of the hard knock life of an internet troll;
      Long , unkempt hair – who has time to cut hair or shower when they are busy terrorising online forum members.
      Thick neck – the carotid artery walls in the neck thicken with the stress of being right all the time…
      Bad posture (arching back) – a natural effect of having to carry the weight of the ignorant internet world upon your shoulders.
      Big belly – fool of vitriol! (and probably jiggies)
      Pale Indoor complexion – going outside is for people who fail at the internet.
      Worn-down caps lock button – due to excessive internet yelling! (check your first post)

      And please do not run away from Mr Kudos and 2020Vision like a scared little girl by patronizing Mal. You threw down the…

  26. @ ‘Just Saying’ – My reference is not just to this latest ‘commissioning. It refers to all and sundry so-called commissioning that he has embarked on all year round. Some of which have involved very minor projects that do not require an ‘entire’ head of state to pose in front of. In fact YOU are expressing your ignorance by not readily identifying the context of my ‘tuntemba’ reference which is in quotation marks. Presidents don’t go around ALL the time doing this. We looking at the extent/degree here. For Lungu, he uses it as a campaign gimmick – to score political points even where the projects were not started in his reign.

    • Just as your kaponya HH gets excited to score political points at chainama hotel when ever a political fly or mosquito joins his party.

    • @ Harold Muna. Welcome to the 21st Century. Tell me something that is not a campaign gimmick. Politics is the art of persuading the masses to your cause and sometimes this involves appearances of working or in other cases the public spectacle of certain individuals being publicly displayed as having resigned from one mob and joined yours. It doesn’t matter whether in some people’s sight it is “tuntemba” – the narrative is that development is happening and continuing – at the end of the day that is what people want to see – you dont have to start everything!

  27. God bless Zambia. God bless HH. God bless Nawakwi. God bless nevers Mumba. God give Lungu another chance to rule. God bless bless and protect Lungu. People of Zambia Oye. Long live Zambia ichalo caba temwa Lesa. Heaven is watching and heaven has endorsed a leader for this country. Some will say iyo naba rigging’a but just accept. Ifintu ni Jesus with Lungu as the steward of the country.

  28. @ Just saying – It is questionable whether some of that is development. Infrastructure development that has a direct positive impact on the livelihood of people (Human development index) should be that involving manufacturing industries using local resources, sustainable energy, (electricity) clean water, sanitation and proper sewerage systems, transport and communication (not just roads, but modern railway systems with rolling stock) and a planned enabling agricultural system that makes food basic, not a luxury.
    Not opening mall after mall of imported goods – if you are not developing industries that will create jobs, soon peoples’ buying power will whittle even more and those malls will be white elephants.

    • Development is in the eye of the beholder. If a project comes to fulfilment which adds to the quality of life or alleviates people’s suffering or anxiety – that is development. Lets not cut off the nose to spite the face. This seems to be a pass time of people on this blog.
      The things you have listed are good and aspirational, there is a process to get there and it will not happen overnight and not even in one generation – it is a continuing quest. For goodness’ sake do not piss on the steps being taken to improve people’s lives.

  29. There is no place called Mopani on the copperbelt. You reporters should say Mopani opens a shaft in Kitwe. The company Mopani has a mine in Kitwe in Mufulira in North west so don’t mislead us with poor headlines

  30. @ Just saying – You should critically assess weather the current type of infrastructure priorities are actually improving peoples’ livelihoods. This is about human beings, not cosmetics. Its about things that improve the quality of life – directly or through an enabling environment for the many. The benefiting minority always look at things from their own narrow minded selfish corrupt view of life.

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