At the centre of his commitments is the introduction of a sector-specific minimum wage for the mining industry, a policy he said would eliminate wage disparities and protect employees working directly for mining companies as well as those employed by contractors and subcontractors.
On education, President Mundubile is not proposing the abolition of free education. He is exposing the difference between free education and quality education. A child does not receive a proper education simply because no tuition fee is charged.
…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....
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.
A country does not become prosperous by optimising how it collects a small share of someone else’s wealth. It becomes prosperous by owning the asset that generates the wealth in the first place.
Zambians recently woke up to news that President Hakainde Hichilema has been rated as one of the world’s top leaders. At first, I just laughed. Before commenting on the story, I decided to go and read the article in the right wing British newspaper that rated him to understand the criteria used. I found none.
PF presidential hopeful Honourable Zulu used his appearance on MAFKEN Radio in Mufulira to deliver one of the clearest policy critiques yet of the UPND administration’s handling of mining, agriculture and electricity supply.
As the Patriotic Front prepares for its elective general conference this November, Zulu’s vision for the energy sector has emerged as a defining theme of his campaign. His message combines the PF’s infrastructure legacy with a forward-looking plan to harness new technologies, restore stability, and put Zambia’s power back in the hands of its people.
His verdict on the 2026 plan was blunt. It is an election budget designed to look energetic, he said, but it does not resolve the power crisis, does not rebalance the tax burden, and does not create jobs
“Zambia is in intensive care.” Hon. Robert Kenneth Sichinga did not flinch when he said it. Loadshedding affecting homes and industries, no medicines in the hospitals, no infrastructure development while heavy trucks destroy the little road network we have,