Comments on: Illegal Copper Cartels, Lawlessness And Politics Of Appeasement And Vindictiveness https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/11/20/illegal-copper-cartels-lawlessness-and-politics-of-appeasement-and-vindictiveness/ Keeping you Informed Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:27:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Gunner in Zambia https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/11/20/illegal-copper-cartels-lawlessness-and-politics-of-appeasement-and-vindictiveness/#comment-3554757 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:27:57 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=466647#comment-3554757 How can Dingiswayo Banda have been a patriot? He was a notorious poacher whose first name’s short form remains slang for game meat to this day. Kaunda dismissed him from his government unceremoniously.

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]]> By: Bajona https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/11/20/illegal-copper-cartels-lawlessness-and-politics-of-appeasement-and-vindictiveness/#comment-3554733 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 04:21:39 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=466647#comment-3554733 The Writer has rightly mentioned the patriotism of the founding fathers and the criminality in the previous government but deliberately failed to mention the current regimes failures to collect meaningful taxes, accountability and transparency, conflicts of interest in the running of mines

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]]> By: Jackson https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/11/20/illegal-copper-cartels-lawlessness-and-politics-of-appeasement-and-vindictiveness/#comment-3554693 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:35:24 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=466647#comment-3554693 In reply to Mayo Mpapa.

Systems to deal with that need to be put in place

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]]> By: Jata Bulenge https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/11/20/illegal-copper-cartels-lawlessness-and-politics-of-appeasement-and-vindictiveness/#comment-3554692 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:33:42 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=466647#comment-3554692 In reply to Ayatollah.

Call them out by name. Why are we being cowards. What is wrong and deplorable among us needs to be spelt out in the strongest terms. We spoke up in the calendar gate. We spoke up in the later scandal that led to his resignation. When leader behave in a manner that brings disgrace lets speak up.
Right now Mundubile and his friends want to call out and petiton the speaker for a man and MP who ran away while in custody. Was that not a crime in itself?
The man was apprehended for a criminal offence, when that offence comes up he should be prosecuted unless he is aquitted.

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]]> By: lupupa francis musonda https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/11/20/illegal-copper-cartels-lawlessness-and-politics-of-appeasement-and-vindictiveness/#comment-3554682 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:55:40 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=466647#comment-3554682 Well said sir,,Bravo!!

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]]> By: Swahili for the Unity of Africa https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/11/20/illegal-copper-cartels-lawlessness-and-politics-of-appeasement-and-vindictiveness/#comment-3554681 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:42:15 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=466647#comment-3554681 Politicians + Chinese +Lebanese = illegal mining

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]]> By: tikki https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/11/20/illegal-copper-cartels-lawlessness-and-politics-of-appeasement-and-vindictiveness/#comment-3554670 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 06:53:17 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=466647#comment-3554670 Correct me if I am wrong
But aren’t they now called “Mining pioneers”

]]> By: Deja Vu https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/11/20/illegal-copper-cartels-lawlessness-and-politics-of-appeasement-and-vindictiveness/#comment-3554665 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 05:23:49 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=466647#comment-3554665 Yes KK and Co. had a vision, they didn’t allow the opening of mines such as Lumwana, Kalumbila and others because:
1) KK called mining a wasting asset and wanted the people to concentrate on agriculture.
2) He didn’t want us to consume all our natural resources minerals included and leave for the future generations
The current situation involves high profile people like what happened at the Black Mountain….those unruly boys were just used by certain people.

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]]> By: Mayo Mpapa https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/11/20/illegal-copper-cartels-lawlessness-and-politics-of-appeasement-and-vindictiveness/#comment-3554656 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 03:46:52 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=466647#comment-3554656 Wonder why Western governments don’t run mines and only African or Third World governments want to be involved in day to day running of the mines? Governments the world over are too incompetent/corrupt to run mines.

Therefore, Zambia needs to start pivoting towards water-tight mine taxation systems – on the Scandinavian model. This is the best win-win model.

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]]> By: Ayatollah https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/11/20/illegal-copper-cartels-lawlessness-and-politics-of-appeasement-and-vindictiveness/#comment-3554652 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 02:20:33 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=466647#comment-3554652 It’s abated by politicians who are also beneficiaries of the same activities. Those jerabos are well connected. Some even dine with the Presidents both past and current. Politicians have destroyed this country

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