Cairo to Cape, Lobito Bay Bwengela Railway, same interests, same goals, Africa’s raw materials are at stake.
They will never support industries to process Africa’s raw materials. They will never set up value addition and beneficiation industries.But they will set up a road and rail to ship raw materials out Africa. They will set up dams and hydro-power stations to power the mines.
But they won’t invest in the agriculture sector to make africa sustainable. But they will donate food.
When they invest in the agricultural sector, it’s to promote cash crops like cocoa, tobacco, tea, coffee, flowers and grapes to support european and western lifestyles and tastes and not to feed Africa.
The Lobito Corridor is being promoted to extract critical minerals of lithium, copper, cobalt, manganese and nickel required for the energy transition from fossil fuels to electric vehicles and batteries.
Sadly African leaders fall in the same trap again and again.
By Emmanual Mwamba
Ba Mwamba, don’t expect the West to think for you. Such waving of a victim’s card is not expected of our political leaders. It’s all in our hands to set the tone of our future business dealings and if we fail should only have ourselves to blame, not the West.
I have never been a fan of Emmanuel Mwamba but on this fact, i am with him all the way, the man has hit the nail on the head.
@Galileo He is just rabble-rousing. What project carries no risk? Even the railway line from Durban to Zambia’s Copperbelt came with the same double-edged sword. But apart from ferrying copper to London, Zambians do use it for internal commerce and trade dont they? Africans expect aid but without strings. Thats not the way capitalism operates. The investor has to first see that he can get his returns.
He can’t even spell “Benguela” . Can’t spell his Jewish name “Emmanuel” but he wants to be in our government. Such indifference to detail forebodes a weak govt if PF wins
Very cheap politics ba Mwamba. Ama politics yakulishe chingelengele pa corner. Ati I should be seen to make noise whenever wherever Awe mwe!
It’s Funny how some wake up after the fact
Africa undoubtably has the largest and most diverse mineral deposits in the world,
Yet we are amongst the poorest and constantly holding out the begging bowl and crying foul
we should be asking ourselves why is this ?
it’s very unfortunate that we can even seat and celebrate such investments.
They will continue milking you until your breasts become shriveled and hang down like rotten pawpaw fruit.
YOU ??? :))
LOL
Thanks Emmanuel, despite me being UPND, in the spirit of objectivity you are very right here, just as it was in the past, a through way to transport our cherished raw materials has been created, and the same railway line will be used to import finished products from our raw materials, and strangely we are clapping. Who bewitched us please
If you accept this chap changing his tune why not ECL doing the same
Just asking bushe is cash for work job creation? I ask this because I had an argument with a ward official who insisted that this is the Job Creation his party had promised…. I asked him what the municipal council labourers were doing he still insisted the same….by the way the council employs casuals to clear drains etc every year…so what has changed.
Very correct Mr. Mwamba but we need to blame ourselves not the West because they are not responsible for our development
The only sensible comment is the one by @Mayo Mpapa.
LT, why do you keep on printing these rubbish articles by Emmanual Mwamba.
Boza. Your comment is hollow
Blackman,I also agree with Mayo.Political freedom has been won for us It is now our duty to fight for economic freedom.But our serious drawback are people will still tolerate like EmmanuelMwamba with stone-age mentalities.We badly need, courageous progressives like Dangote,Kagame,Strive Masiyiwa and even our own Dambisa moyo to inspire new visions for Zambians.Not these washed-out hogs!
Emmanual or Emanuel?
“……They will set up dams and hydro-power stations to power the mines.
But they won’t invest in the agriculture sector to make africa sustainable. But they will donate food……”
Like from a child…….
It’s indeed gutless from Mwamba. The same mwamba who was a high ranking official in the past governments for years…….
The west pays you for what ever they are extracting……..
It is up to you how you use your money………
Like spending on an air port to cater for 56 planes EVERYDAY of the week when you know you only get less than 30 per week, not per day ,……….
Than you have yourself to blame……..
Stop the blame game.
Forwadee 2031
For me 2026 is too far
Tikki
Many of you will resort to smoking weed to num the depression after the elections, like Dejavu after 2021…….
Fo…..Fo……forwadee 2031
Right now, Zambian trunks are busy here in Durban loading on raw materials Mwamba is mentioning to China. so, what will be the difference when materials will be shipped to the west. This is cheap politics. The same west you are busy attacking have developed Africa. For example, South Africa most companies are owned by the west. France alone has 100 companies in South Africa. Everyone is flocking to SA to do business or to leave. Why didn’t you advise Lungu to stop sending materials to China during his term?
Meanwhile what are our elected African leaders doing? We have been independent for over fifty years for heaven’s sake!
60 years. I keep mentioning China whose revolution (independence) occurred ten or so years before ours. In 70 years they are about to become the World’s biggest economy. They have a station on the moon. They are pacesetters in all forms of technology. From electric to flying cars. Everything is now made in China. They make Western capitalists like Trump shiver at their prospects of global domination. Yet Africa with more resources than China is busy fighting tribal battles. Africa is busy pleading for railway corridors without plans.
Singapore and UAE got independence after Zambia but look at the huge technological and economic differences with our Zambia now.
And fyi , Liberia and Haiti got independence over 100yrs ago yet look how poor and underdeveloped they are. There’s a common denominator here that i won’t mention ,its depressing .
Why are we still talking about our raw materials? Have you heard of value added?
So when in power did he chase all exploiters, or just join them in eating?
The title and content lack alignment. An article should have a clear thesis that reflects the promise of its title, and this falls short of that. “Lobito Corridor A Lifeline for Global Industry,” what is that? Lol…! The attempted arguments don`t make sense at all. He fails to demonstrate understanding of what he was trying to communicate.
You couldn’t run Zambian mines,couldn’t manage Zambia Airways or Zesco ,can’t prevent recurring cholera and even supermarkets here are Shoprite of South Africa.
Zambia let’s do soul search of ourselves 1st before blaming external “enemies’ coz the real problem is us.
I want to see Emmanuel Mwamba set up industry to process our minerals, invest in the agriculture to make Zambia food secure, end our load shedding and increase our GDP ten times.
Walk the talk Bwana Mwamba, not empty lectures without practical solutions or exemplary personal achievements.
If we can’t do it ourselves what other options are left?