Weekend in Pictures -Part II- updated

1. What about South Africa, what was happening?

2. Nice pictures awe it is very exciting seeing the the excitement among zambians across the globe

3. Oslo Norway, Bassop Tyola Kaoslo!!!!!

4. Yaba ..Ba LT namuboba.. Nice Pictures i like them… Do these guys know what we are facing back at HOME…???? i like it boss .. keep it up LT

5. moscow mwela onse )))

6. Pipo come to oslo next year ala chilalila

7. Watch out for independence celebrations from Saint Petersburg,Russia on saturday,the 31st of october 2009.

8. This just shows us how we are all so proud of our nation, the only thing that brings us down is the greed amoung our leaders. You can see the patriotism in the eyes of these Zambians and the hope for a better Zambia that they have. Time for Rupiah his sons and his government at large to go!

9. fantastic pictures,chalilila pa zed!ZAMBIA the REAL Africa!!!!!!!!!

10. Were non-Bembas also allowed to celebrate in Kasama?

11. I say thumbs up to all you fellow Zambians who have kept the spirit of patriotism and see the need to celebrate this national day wherever you.Those who waste their time advocating that we all join them in writing off this day like their hateful spirit is doing, must be ashamed.Sata opposed the liberation of our country and cannot be expected to see the need for this day.This is why only patriots should be condoned to ascend to the office of the Presidency because they have national interest at best.Viva mama Zambia! Keep the spirit of our Zambianess together.

12. I ask PF cadres here like Kufwenamwine to print these Globally celebration parties photos and deliver them to Sata to shame his unpatriotism and hatred for our country.

13. Yaba…i miss home enshita tu gelo tupwalala pa-zed.kutulyafye for free, iyeeee kuba ngamuka LOTI…..

14. No pictures or celebration whatsoever in Tokyo from the Zambian community I can beleive this !!!. I will not comment. The fact is: UKWI TEMWA KWATI TAFYAKA CHINJE. They think Bakala bapofwye forever..,
    I miss the celebration home. To all Zambian home ” MWADILENI CHI CAKE ” cha ba RB. PEACE mwe Bantu.

15. Moscow mwela onse chalilila

16. # 13 ba lukombwe awe namushupa lelo from wishing ukufyompa umilomo shakwa dora to ukulya tugelo utwapwala awe ulichaume sana mune

17. Best ever pics ba Lt mulinshimbi. too baad ifwe mu zambia tulechula, tulyafye Nkoko pa xmas na iyaku kongola…. BAAAD

18. Senior Citizen did you attend the celebrations in Washington?

19. #13,are you really ok today?there is nothing for free ,man be very careful AIDS is real,control yoself!!!!!!!!!

20. What exactly are all these people celebrating? This was just another excuse for Zambians to get flipping drunk. In the meantime after 45 years the country is a disgrace. Our leaders have failed us in every possible way, Infrastructure is horrible, the economy? That is another story, street kids everywhere, cases of HIV/AIDS are still on the increase, not enough jobs to go around, not enough Learning Institutes, accomodation being built but only for the rich and considering that 70% of the population lives on $1 a day, that’s not alot of rich peole. Our president is never in the country becoz he is out scouting for more funds for him and his ministers to plunder. Its quite sad that after 45 years we still depend on the western world to take care of us. Awe sure ni mwachuleni kwena!!!!!

21. Ambassador at a Zambian Independence Day celebration in Baltimore cutting a ckae with young Jermima UdosenIMG_0956
    .wHATS A CKAE.

22. Chali diba ku Oslo, Norway… good pics L.T and welldone.

23. Nanga pa BJ. Chalisalila bad kuno guys. We will send pix, hope its not too late

    Zed mwela bonse

24. Watchout for independence day celebrations in Vienna, Austria on friday 30th Oct. from 21hrs till you crawl and surrender!!! Wapya munzi mu Vienna.

25. Independence matuvi bati njala yeka yeka pa Zambia.

26. pa zed chilalila

27. ba LT and germany please!

28. Nice photos LT. We represented in ATLANTA big time!!!!!

29. That Zambian white guy in Oslo can kwasa..lol

30. Its good that some you aleast you had an opportunity to cut a cake but where I am tabalanda mukwai kuti bakumona mo bufiiii, ati there was a circular saying at your own expense not zambian expense you can celebrate! Nomba it is said one zambia two people. Those celebrating and those not to celebrate. Can u imagine? EEE pa z baeba!

31. picture # 2. is this guy playing soccer in golf shoes? my goodness.

32. Umuntumutwe i hear you, and those are our leaders. No sense

33. I think if all these guys dancing can take that dance back home, Zambia can develop. All these left Zambia thru Zamtrop. Mubweshe ulupiya.. bana bama ministers aba bonse. Kuti bala shana shani elyo abanthu balechula. Twachula pafula

34. St. Petersburg twabwela! Watch out LT!

35. You can only afford to kwasa like that in the diaspora. Back in zed we were busy chasing fuel and food stuffs. There was nothing to celebrate accept for those who chew taxpayers money day in day out.

36. Show us the pictures from Malawi also.

37. people in the diaspora pretending to be independent.

38. It appears these pipo living abraod are more Zambians than those of us who are at home.Or its coz of having some disposable income. They celebrated 45 yrs of independence in style. I have not seen any phot from Lubumbashi or Pretoria.

39. I didn’t hear of the feast in France!! what happened guys? it is now two years that nothing happens

40. Oslo mwashaina! Wait for sweden next year.We are going to start planing now.

41. Fantastic pictures and nice to celebrate 45th Independence in style. Thats how much important this day is to patriotic Zambians. We celebrated ours in style too at Munde Village in Kalabo district were had gone for work.

42. Good pictures. We must be proud of being Zambians.

43. moscow here we go tulesangwa munchende thanks LT respect!!!!

44. It would have been nice to see how the street kids, orphans and asset stripped widows in Zambia’n cities “celebrated” 45 years of independence. For the rest, we know that this was just one excuse for indulgence. As they say, ‘Any excuse for a party, hey…’

45. Na ifwe fwe bena Mongolia twaliposapo ama pics, ba LT balepaula!

46. Oslo, Oslo, Oslo, Oslo wonderful bane, good job.

47. Zambians all over the diaspora what are you celebrating in a foreign land? being IMMIGRANTS?

48. what about us in SA ba Chirwa.

49. finally Atlanta we are represented,that was cool

50. All these celebrations, what for? Just last week I received a form to register a company in Zambia and guess what, the form asked me to sign that I abide by the “1892 british law” What does it take for someone at the Registrar to see that forms they are sending out are so outdated, and here we are celebrating what for!

51. Well done mother Zed, thanks to all that sent pix that is nice

52. This is a real problem for Zambia…we need to start celebrating economical freedom… but as usual in Zambia, this is a perfect oppotunity to drink. What is there to celebrate if 90% of the pipo live in poverty???. That’s why political parties just buy beer to win elections. The more beer a political party can buy, the more votes are expected. We need to make GRZ work by boucoting these celebrations…though i doubt give the huge appepite for beer and braai..

53. I sent a box of goods worth $1600, customs at the airport charged me $3000 to clear the goods. What is the difference now and the colonial days when our own so called government charges 170% on goods. Something that I buy for $2 by the time it lands in Zambia it costs $30. And then the government talks about high prices and eradicating poverty. Our own Government with these high taxes is the root cause for all our problems.

54. to all the guys here saying that we shouldn’t celebrate coz most of the pipo in zed are in poverty that is failure to reason!!!! why do i say so? coz poverty has been there and it will be there not only in Zambia but also in European countries!!!! i feel its better to have freedom than having food without freedom!!! that’s my opinion!!!!!

55. This is really nice to see people celebrating. Wish they could have shown ma zedians ba pa jozi. In Oslo it looks like the muzungus were feeling the track “Ona Mamy” by JK. In pic number one, thats why balaichena ba fitusha, riding a bike with no proper shoes on or fall gear! Bati lokombwe niwa n.y.e.l.e.

56. People posting negative comments about Independence Day celebrations have forgotten the meaning of being independent and the whole essence of celebrating. Yes we are poor country but if we dont drink and just sit at home will that change our poverty status??? Or will the registrar of companies suddenly realise he has outdated forms??? Let people celebrate, relax and come togther even for a day, we deal with problems every other day so please……..

57. Ba speechless, that is what happens when you want to undervalue the goods.

58. Don’t be negative bane. We were celebrating our independence away from home. While I understand ati insala pa Zed, but that’s not even a good enough reason to be posting negative comments for those of us who went out and supported the parties. Yes, I drunk more than 16 beers and had a good time. Does that make me less sensitive to the problems in my country? Come on people, don’t just complain becuuse you couldn’t/didn’t get to do anything. #53 Speechless, I feel your frustration my friend. I’ve been in that position myself. You’re so right about our government…this is a major issue. That’s why I am very critical of RB’s recent statement to Zambians abroad to return home and invest. Just to get through Zed customs is a freaking nightmare plus akubosha bosha here and there?…

59. # 57 purebreed, that’s not correct my friend. When you under value something, you still end up paying for it anyway. The issue is, the taxes imposed by our Zambian Government is just ridiculous. Simple math here: you send a carto Zambia worth say…5000USD by the time you get through, you end up paying almost between 1800-3000USD on top of what you’ve already spent. So, if this is a car you’ll be selling then where is the logic here? It’s things like these that make it so hard for many who would like to go home and start something money generating ventures. Try to go and register to get a business license in Zambia today and see how much crap you’ll put up with (if you even get it) These are REAL issues my friend and not fairy tales. Have you ever dealt with Zed customs…

60. MOSCOW, RUSSIA
    It used to be like that during our days (1982-1988) with Ruskaya Vodka and Dyevshki. The only difference is that we needed NO invitation b’coz we were the organizers ourselves.
    Now back home, the life’s tune uttered its fame and everything went dry. Anyway it’s okey since some animals are more equal than others, so they think.

61. Purebreed do not make assumptions if you have never been in this situation. My good were sent directly from the manufacturer to Zambia. The fact that the manufacturer had a better air freight rate to send the goods I agreed that they send them directly. Being in the USA were it is illegal to change a invoice they sent it as. The Zambian customs people told me the prices on the invoice were way too low, without even considering the fact that I have a business in the US I was able to get discounts on the goods at wholesale. In fact they even said our policy is to assume every invoice that comes through in Zambia has been changed. How can we have government workers promoting lies or wanting people to make up invoices.

62. Nice photos congratulations  LT Oslo number one.

63. Crates, I agree with your point on Zambians returning home. The next time RB or another president asks Zambians abroad to come home. We really need to not just listen to the speech but to interject and ask these so called leaders what items have been put in place, especially when it comes to this customs duty etc. It makes you wonder how the Indians and Chinese get through this nonsense. If anyone has any idea let me know, because I find it hard to know that I have to go through such headache as a Zambian. Unfortunately these Customs officers do not realize that at the end of the day it is not the business owner that suffers. The business owner passes the customs cost on the local Zambians their relatives that end up paying so much money for stuff that is not worth that much.

64. What about us in Germany? Where are we bana ba Mama Zambia. Please Zambians leaving in Germany we need to create a net work and keep in touch. May be it´s only I who don´t know where others are. Ok if you are in Germany you love Zambia please help me to know how I can find Zambians living in Germany Here is my number and mail address 01520 5238 104 or e-mail: [email protected]

65. ZAMBIAN HIGH COMMISSION IN LONDON! I love this place! No independence party, (how wants to clean up?), no phones ringing the whole weekend!- who want to answer calls over the weekend when the people don’t call as they are celebrating!) No celebrations (Go and visit them in their places (No spending), no visible big boss (take you family for a sumptuous dinner!), simply no independence celebrations! Final word is: Enjoy your Independence at home (you are safer!

66. iye independence day past. what happened in South Africa? Any one? mama!

67. Whats there to celebrate?independence from what?for what?89% of our population leave below the acceptable level for human survival and all you talk about is who is eating cake!!!!!!!!!! shame on us!!!!

68. #63 Speechless,try offloading stuff in SA then get a local transporter to ferry them to Z,these ZRA thugs think anything from US is gold,or rather buy items which if want to resale will get you bang for your buck.don’t listen to politicians,they are full of BS! Water will find a way to go thru a wall..

69. It seems our brethren abroad are more pround than us here in Zambia. I love the pictures especially the 3 ladies in Atlanta. They are truelly patriotic and very proud to be Zambian!

70. Those 3 proud Zambian girls you see are my younger sisters!!! Beautiful celebrations world wide. Zambians and ostentatious!!!

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