Comments on: Time for International Action on Zambia

By: GG

GG — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:56:44 +0000

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By: joe

joe — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:25:16 +0000

Chris Timonde we know you are a minister in dictator micheal sata’s government. just wasting money on bye elections, bribing opposition mps when people are dieing in hospital because there is no medicine. have mercy for the poor you claim to stand for. don’t fool people because time is catching up with you thieves who misled the Zambian people. God bless the poor people of zambia

By: Lemekani Unelo

Lemekani Unelo — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:56:14 +0000

The way to root out corruption is creating and strengthening institutions like the ACC. It is not the job of the president to be hounding former regime members. It is the accuser who has the burden of proof because of the presumption of innocence principle. Claiming that Zambians saw how corrupt the RB regime was in neither here nor there. What matters is what can be proved in court based on specific charges and not some silly speculation from interested parties like politicians in the sitting govt.

In case you havent realised, Banda was booted out for other bigger reasons like the Barotseland issue and his poor handling of dissent within MMD.

By: Lemekani Unelo

Lemekani Unelo — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:43:37 +0000

Have you ever heard the saying that if you want to hide something from a black man, put it in a book? If you had only spent 5 minutes Googling the phrase “useful idiots” you would not be peddling the crap you are throwing around here.

By: Truth

Truth — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:58:04 +0000

Lots of PF-paid trolls lurking around here – don’t feed them!

By: Chris Timonde

Chris Timonde — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:42:14 +0000

Well, keep your opinion to yourself, you have that right; but so also do the people of Zambia (or those who choose so) have the right to know the full truth behind these alleged financial escapades and, if necessary, have the (alleged) crooks penalised in any possible way! Running from the law is an offence, counter-productive, and I find it almost comical that a foreigner like Mr Amsterdam can claim to have any first-hand knowledge of the political machinations and goings-on in a sometimes very corrupt country like Zambia, feeble as our governmental structures still are. Power is indeed sweet, easily abusable and ultimately corrupts (those in power, especially in a weak “democracy” like ours) , ask the late Dr. Chiluba. Goodbye!

By: Banda4Live

Banda4Live — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:08:55 +0000

There is blatant manipulation in Zambia’s media by the ruling party, which day by day is losing its legitimacy and turning into their ideological father, ZANU-PF.

Why do they only tell us lies when the kwacha is crashing, mealie meal prices shooting through the roof, violent, thieving cadres taking over our streets?

Shame on the PF, shame.

By: the sinks

the sinks — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:23:50 +0000

Ironically, if you don’t understand the situation in our country the best is not to comment. Am a patriotic Zambian who is born and bred in this country. Being called a useful idiot by a foreigner is an absolute insult. How such a foolish lawyer should call an entire sovereign state an nation of idiots amazes me. Where does he get his courage to say such things. Am beginning to believe we a dealing with a racist who has no place in the modern global village. We can and will tolerate such nonsense but only to a certain extent. The purported political crisis is neither there no here. Honestly we have a set of misguided politicians trying to create a situation out of true reality. The truth of the matter is the opposition is disjointed and that Government has a right to protect our sovereign state from both external and internal enemies. Amsterdam I know the promise of a healthy perk is there, but don’t start a battle you will fail to quench. It is not yet your call and we as Zambians know how Rupiah behaved when he was in power. If this is the way you think you will gain the sympathy of the media, it is a storm in a tea cup. In Bemba we say ‘ mwikala patalala mwine apatalalika’. He who stays in a peaceful place makes it peaceful by himself. Mr Amstedam the new world does not need slave minded rhetoric deep rooted racists like you. We are not interested as a country. Go to your called lonely home and start teaching the about your stupid ideas on human rights better animal rights.

By: Prof. W

Prof. W — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:22:29 +0000

If you want to know how ZAMBIANS view the matter, you would not quote the PF media!! Yes, this is definitely about dictatorship. Why the public order act? Why arrest Nevers and HH so many times? Why let Kabimba run away from the ACC? Why let Nchito and M’membe steal millions from DBZ?

You don’t have any answers to these questions, you don’t have any serious specific allegation against RB, and you cannot be taken seriously. I also seriously doubt that you live in Zambia, judging by your complete detachment from reality.

By: Chris Timonde

Chris Timonde — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:54:05 +0000

I am posting this to let you see how other ZAMBIANS view this matter. Your opinion of RB (or (Amsterdam’s) is certainly not the majority’s. We are discussing alleged corruption committed by RB and the MMD, we are not talking about whether Sata/PF is a dictator/dictatorship or not. This case is about corruption, not dictatorship. Don’t mix up the two.