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MUNDUBILE PLEDGES DEBT SWAP TO RESCUE TEACHERS, CIVIL SERVANTS FROM LOAN CRISIS

MUNDUBILE PLEDGES DEBT SWAP TO RESCUE TEACHERS, CIVIL SERVANTS FROM LOAN CRISIS

…Says Kabwe teacher’s reported suicide over debts is a painful wake-up call for government action By NATION REPORTER in Mporokoso NRPUP presidential candidate Brian Mundubile has pledged to introduce a strong debt swap programme for teachers and other civil servants, saying public workers trapped in loans, salary deductions and mounting financial pressure deserve immediate relief. Addressing a campaign rally in...

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ECZ WITHHOLDS CAMPAIGN CALENDAR AS TONSE-PAMODZI MOMENTUM SURGES

ECZ WITHHOLDS CAMPAIGN CALENDAR AS TONSE-PAMODZI MOMENTUM SURGES

The sequence of rallies gave Tonse-Pamodzi something every opposition campaign seeks but cannot manufacture through press statements: visible national momentum. The crowds crossed provincial boundaries and demonstrated growing public interest in the NRPUP ticket. Kitwe provided the Copperbelt signal, Kabwe confirmed Central Province mobilisation, and Petauke demonstrated that the alliance could draw a major audience in Eastern Province.

MAKEBI ZULU EXPOSES MUSOKOTWANE’S CONTRADICTIONS

MAKEBI ZULU EXPOSES MUSOKOTWANE’S CONTRADICTIONS

Musokotwane claims that no Chinese loan existed for the earlier project. That is factually incorrect. The Auditor-General records that a US$187 million credit facility was agreed with Jiangxi Bank in May 2019 to finance 15 per cent of the contract. From that facility, US$30,000,000.70 was disbursed in October 2019. Hon. Makebi Zulu was, therefore substantially correct that Chinese financing existed. It was a Jiangxi Bank credit facility, not imaginary money created by the learned counsel.