Lesson 1

@Litmagogo 😁

Mentions Zambia Railways, by then the very heart of transportation in Zambia and says he didn't do anything for Zambia. So it was Zimbabwe Railways he was working for?

@thedukeofkitwe I know some who walk away with 1 pin

How can you pay a security guard K1300?? Lets be serious

@SMankumba Rage bait

What if Manchester United wins the League?

@briansimasiku Beautiful piece because I can relate.

Chipulukusu: What a Small Abattoir Revealed About Markets and Movement One of the more instructive case studies I worked on during my studies was based in Chipulukusu, centred around an abattoir located near the railway line linking Livingstone to Ndola and onward to Kitwe. At the time, it didn’t present itself as anything particularly significant. It was simply part of the everyday economic landscape. But the more closely I examined it, the clearer it became that it sat at the centre of a very specific relationship between infrastructure, markets, and people. Cattle farmers and traders from Southern Province were able to move livestock into the Copperbelt using that rail corridor, accessing a market where demand for beef was both stronger and more consistent. The abattoir effectively anchored that movement, providing a point where livestock could be received, processed, and distributed within reach of urban consumers. But what made the system work was not just infrastructure, it was the presence of a dependable buyer. A popular chain of butcheries, Ellisams Butcheries, run by a Zimbabwean family, provided that reliability. For many farmers and traders, Ellisams offered more than just a place to sell meat. With cold storage, basic processing capacity, and the ability to absorb supply, it helped stabilise a trade that might otherwise have been unpredictable. From a public finance perspective, this is where the system becomes clearer. Infrastructure lowers transaction costs, but it is the presence of functioning private enterprise that turns access into actual economic activity. In Chipulukusu, the railway line, the abattoir and a dependable off taker like Ellisams together formed a small but coherent market system. What stood out even more, however, was not just the movement of cattle, but the movement of people. Over time, some of those who came through Chipulukusu in the course of trade began to settle there. What started as periodic engagement with a market gradually became something more permanent. In that context, the noticeable presence of Tonga speaking residents in parts of the township becomes easier to understand; not as coincidence, but as the outcome of a sustained economic pathway shaped by both access and opportunity. The Ndola City Council since closed the abattoir, now a decade or so ago, and with it a key part of that local system disappeared. In the period that followed, the effects rippled outward. Businesses that depended on that flow, including operators like Ellisams, could no longer sustain the same level of activity. Some scaled down, others shut their doors altogether, and the informal network around them like handlers, loaders, traders and casual workers; was disrupted. For many, that disruption translated into lost livelihoods. Looking back, what made Chipulukusu particularly instructive was not the scale of the activity, but its clarity. It offered a contained example of how infrastructure, private enterprise, and market demand can align, however briefly, to organise economic behaviour. And just as importantly, it showed how the weakening of one part of that system can unravel the rest, leaving lasting effects not just on trade, but on people.

@MtongaAndrew5 We know exactly which people are full of hatred, we won't be gaslighted

This hatred 🙆 Godfrey Chitalu was a renowned footballer of all time and played for Kabwe Warriors FC. But you go ahead and give us the founder of your party who did nothing for Kabwe and Zambia at large besides you have named him on one of your secretariats is that not enough?

@ngomabest196 Zangena ku Saube

Makebi Zulu 💚, MZ8 MAKE ZAMBIA GREAT AGAIN 💚✊✊✊

@briansimasiku Bena Malik and company will still find stuff to praise😁

There was only one outcome from the moment that video went out.

This!

@Inebriated_Eng Except this time around, the writing on the wall is clear .

I see people are back to the days of emotion and picking sides…🤔 This is going to be a loooong 4 months.

@FaraiMazhindu Just focus on Zimbos.

Zambia failed to engage on a new health aid agreement worth over $1 billion in U.S. funding. Repeated outreach from Washington went ignored until the April 30 deadline passed without a deal. The Zambian government needs to have a viable alternative before walking away from negotiations, rather than doing it just for show. Politicians need to be honest with the people, they opposed the bilateral deal because they don't want to let go of old aid practices with zero strings attached, which solely take advantage of American taxpayers. The worst part is that you will hear politicians claiming Donald Trump refused to give us healthcare funding because he wants our minerals. In reality, they are the ones who refused to negotiate. t.co/p4ZBSM20Ve

@EscobarChim 😊

The Hilux I’ve seen and want is at ZMW 800k 😂😂 Guys, anybody with a loose ZMW 799k?? 🤷🏽‍♂️🙆🏽😂😂

@SeverinoTheWolf People are bitter pano

Even if it’s objecting, Brighton being used as a measure of freedom of speech? In Zambia? 🤣 you guys let’s be foreal, you even know yourself he performed you saw people, even lawyers if I’m correct advise him to avoid saying certain things.

@NicklausWinter1 😅

They probably did him" how call you back" 😭

@DiggersOfNews Is this mingalato or what?

HH is facing 25 challengers who have so far paid nomination fees to ECZ.

@DoctorSmeago Who died because THEY HAD NO ACCESS( they were not taking drugs because Zambia doesn't have them) to drugs,Read that again before you answer.

Donxt tell me you are serious Please Don't Cause do you have any idea what Advanced HIV Disease does to the body Like even a clue!!

@ElButch 😅😅

Buti 😂😂😂 the country is on DND

The United States has criticised Zambia for failing to engage on a new health aid agreement governing more than $1 billion in U.S. funding, saying repeated outreach from Washington had been ignored as an April 30 deadline passed without a deal. reuters.com/world/africa/u…

@SRuzindaza @ReutersAfrica Wish you knew how foolish Zambians are insulting their own president over this

@ReutersAfrica Congratulations Zambia💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

@MatonzmMichael But ifipuba worse are those that can't see beyond his shenanigans

Gonzalez chipuba saana

@Lueendal07 @FMwenge People here think Gonzalez really is about our health and anticorruption,even picking his lines😁

@Chiyanda1 @FMwenge This is the reason behind this bitterness. He has to be innovative on how to face his American first boss in the midst of failure to negotiate.

“… I depart with a heavy heart wondering if realization of the Zambian dream will be deferred for yet another 64 years while even more Zambians fall into poverty instead of being able to rise into the brilliant future that is possible” ..Ngonzalez We must reflect as a nation 🤨