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03/09/2020

COPPER HITS $6800 BUT THE KWACHA STILL DEPRECIATES.
SO WHERE DOES THAT PUT OUR HOPES OF A COPPER- BASED RECOVERY

It appears that for the last 5 months the Currency and the Commodity seem to be moving in opposite directions, temporarily breaking with the view that rising copper prices give support to the appreciation of the Kwacha. This now brings into question, where does that put our hopes of a copper-based economic recovery and with that hope seeming to switch on us what is our best option now?

28/08/2020

THE KWACHA TURNS 19 - OPINION PIECE BY MUNYUMBA MUTWALE
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The Zambian Kwacha has officially passed and sustained a position beyond the 19 mark and is heading for the Psychological barrier of 20 against the United States Dollar. As we look at this, the economy, overall, is also showing signs of returning to the most dreaded period in Zambian Economic history, The 80s.

The article presents a 20-year economic history of the policies that brought us to this point and how we found ourselves in this unfortunate ECONOMIC DE JA VU.

The Kwacha is unfortunately only 1 of many apocalyptic horsemen symbols showing a potential depression on the horizon as we have somehow found our selves in a set of similar circumstances reviving 1981's commencement of the Economic collapse that took Zambia almost 20 years to finally come out of.

REGULATION IS NOTHING BUT INSTITUTIONALIZED RESTRICTION WHICH IS THE BEDROCK OF OPPRESSION - 5 STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL OPPRE...
15/08/2020

REGULATION IS NOTHING BUT INSTITUTIONALIZED RESTRICTION WHICH IS THE BEDROCK OF OPPRESSION -
5 STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL OPPRESSION
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One of the most important tools in any oppressive regime including Regimes of Racism is the Act of RESTRICTION. What is REGULATION if not the INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF RESTRICTION.

The most important statistic to remember in Zambia that no one addresses is that in Zambia we have on 1 Employer for every 400 adults. 1 IN 400 KEEP That in mind because the Global average is 1 employer for every 35 adults. That is the number that needs to be fixed more than any other statistic.

Oppression has taken the form of Institutional Restriction today because it sounds less harmful but it's pretty much as destructive. The biggest mistake black people around the world made in the 1960s is that we thought racism ended when it actually just transitioned to its most sustainable form of ECONOMIC EXCLUSION.

Racism / Oppression worked in a very simple 5 step process.

Step 1 - PASS A SERIES OF LAWS restricting a group of People from Doing engaging in setting up of enterprises. Dilute the importance of that key factor by introducing restrictions on many other unimportant factors so that that they cannot see which is the source of their oppression. Introduce a voting system that they never had and exclude them from it and make them want it. Introduce an education system that they never had and make them want it. Creating So many variables it becomes too dynamic to see the important variable. E.G BLACKS CANNOT START RESTAURANT.

Step 2 - PRETEND TO LIFT the restrictions by replacing them with codes and rules which seem fair and UNIVERSAL but Aim the restrictions at the weaknesses of the mentioned specific groups you want to exclude after studying them. Deploy this code of exclusion through seemingly independent industrial regulatory authorities who are wired to act as the white blood cells of the body and eradicate all new entrants protecting the status quo. E.G Set starting requirements that are too expensive and time consuming for them to afford and shut down anyone who abrogates them. Set up a city inspection board to make it impossible for poor people to start and grow restaurants.

Step 3 - given them a plethora of social and political rights and access to aid and capital and have them chasing those while keeping economic rights unattainable through a rigid regulatory environment. Get Black people to believe that education, access to capital, and political success will guarantee them economic success and keep adding new ones to keep them running. Secretly the key simply starting a business from scratch and growing them.

Step 4 - Given them the Illusion of Freedom and Create a political class to take over the enforcement of restriction. To make this system of ECONOMIC EXCLUSION is sustainable, introduce a political class of black politicians and enrich them through politics the status quo political system, thus incentivizing them to sustain the economic exclusionary practice of regulation while serving as both a perpetual distraction and Effective Illusion of freedom without Economic Freedom. This system creates such a mess that Black people will never be able to figure out what to do and will always keep their eyes on the political system and never the business regulatory framework. The problems blacks face is we are focused on politics and political systems while maintaining and importing regulatory authorities which are the key tool of our poverty.

Step 5 - Introduce Aid and welfare to remove aspiration and replace it with comfort and confinement. Simultaneously there has been the introduction of aide and welfare that systematically incentivise black people to stay away from business by offering them aide and support that they will lose if they get any form of economic independence.

Did it never occur to anyone that Institutional Economics that is the bedrock of regulation, became mainstream right around the time of the Black Freedom movements around the world [1930s - 1970s].

The thing about restriction is that if you restrict a person a group of people long enough using force there will come a time where they will restrict themselves without any force necessary because they will view those restrictions as a part of life without questioning their impact on society. Just like in Pavlov's Dog experiment.

The first mistake black people make when looking at systems of oppression is that we tend to think white people all went to some secret white person meeting and did this. The architects of these systems as with most systems are a select group of elites who train even the white masses to follow the system.

THERE IS A VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION ... BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DAY LEST I BE ACCUSED OF BEING LONG WINDED 😂

I am sorry couldn't let this one slide. 🤣🤣
12/08/2020

I am sorry couldn't let this one slide. 🤣🤣

These entanglements are now getting personal 🤣🤣🤣🤣

These entanglements are now getting personal 🤣🤣🤣🤣
12/08/2020

These entanglements are now getting personal 🤣🤣🤣🤣

We are convinced that the Corona has a Grade 12 certificate 👨‍🎓👨‍🎓👨‍🎓... How else can it tell the difference between a P...
10/08/2020

We are convinced that the Corona has a Grade 12 certificate 👨‍🎓👨‍🎓👨‍🎓...

How else can it tell the difference between a PF Rally, A UPND Rally, A church Service, and a Bridge Opening?

If that's not the case then you explain how this thing is so smart. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

So ... 1 + 1 equals 🤔🤔 .... 11❓
05/08/2020

So ... 1 + 1 equals 🤔🤔 .... 11❓

Don't hate the Playa... Hate the Game 😎
03/08/2020

Don't hate the Playa... Hate the Game 😎

Are we tribal or are there some people who need a Job every 5 years who put in us and bring out of us for their benefit ...
01/08/2020

Are we tribal or are there some people who need a Job every 5 years who put in us and bring out of us for their benefit ❓❓🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ ... 🤫🤫

What needs to actually change for people to see real life change. Think while its still free and while its still legal.....
31/07/2020

What needs to actually change for people to see real life change.

Think while its still free and while its still legal... 🤫🤫🤫

Whether you like them or not one must let them have their victory lap. 😂
31/07/2020

Whether you like them or not one must let them have their victory lap. 😂

** QUICK ANALYSIS OF YESTERDAY'S ELECTION RESULTS ** [GRAVE WARNING SIGNS TO THE UPND]The UPND and its support base woul...
31/07/2020

** QUICK ANALYSIS OF YESTERDAY'S ELECTION RESULTS **
[GRAVE WARNING SIGNS TO THE UPND]

The UPND and its support base would only dismiss yesterday's election results as election malpractice or anomalies and at their own risk because the numbers do show signs of a turning tide especially in Western and North Western Province, which are Key UPND voting blocks.

Though it maybe true that By-election voter turnout numbers are usually lower than general election numbers, However these by-elections did not exhibit the usual 20% voter turnout numbers we are accustomed to. In fact these by-elections actually had higher turnout numbers than usual and were actually close to general election numbers with a 45 percent voter turnout against 55 percent these two provinces had in the 2016 general election.

The first point of concern for the UPND is the violent swinging of votes in Western Province which reflected a 30 point shift in votes to the PF, practically eradicating the UPND's potential hold of the Province. One can no longer confidently say that Western Province is indeed a UPND stronghold because such changes are more reflective of a potential change in voter sentiment than just leadership changes. It would be dismissive and honestly disrespectful to the voters in those provinces to assume such.

In North-West the disintegration of the FDD voter base had left their 20%- 30% of votes in the 7 north western by-election wards up for grabs and these swing more to the the PF than to the UPND, Thus allowing the PF to overturn the 3 seats where the UPND only had a plurality and not an outright majority or a super majority. Signs are also showing a decline in UPND support in the North West as they showed a 16% decline and 30% rise in PF votes.

It would be a mistake to assume that these Elections are not a sign of impeding danger for the UPND who seems to now be relying more on potential but yet to be realised voter based growth in Urban Zambia especially Lusaka City and Copperbelt Cities.

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** Voting data obtained from the electoral commission of Zambian and Analysis independently conducting by the Political Sphere. **

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