Lusakatimes is pleased to report that Cardson Kabwe the Zambian


medical student studying in Russia, who was in urgent need of a life saving heart operation was discharged from hospital on May 12th.A successful heart operation was done on the 22nd April.

Cardson Kabwe was denied assistance by the Zambian Embassy in Russia who advised Cardson to fly back to Zambia.An air ticket through Bursaries Committee was arranged for him to fly back to Zambia.

Cardson as well as other students knew this would be a death sentence on the young bright medical student.So an urgent appeal was sent to raise funds for the operation. Zambian students in Russia, Lusakatimes readers as well as other Zambians around the world contributed money to help save Cardson ’s life.Indeed Cardson’s life has been saved and on behalf the 25 year old orphaned medical student we wish to thank you for your support.

It doesn’t matter which country you discuss, whether small or great, the key to economic prosperity is the same and it is just common sense: have a friendly business environment. All the politicians of course claim that they also believe that, but when you break it down to what it actually means in practice, you find that very few of them are willing to do it.

A friendly business environment means you should have as low or as little of these as possible: taxes, regulations, red tape (in setting up business and in operations) and all other forms of government intrusion into the business environment. Instead, government must focus on protecting the same businesses so that they have no fears of having their property stolen from them, especially from government itself. That’s called property rights. 

This is the simple key to prosperity. Whichever country breaks these rules begins to lose its wealth; whichever country follows these rules begins to gain more wealth among its people. This is not just ideological, it is common sense. A businessman wants to invest in a place where he can keep his gains and ensure that he loses none of his property. High taxes make this impossible. Even though a government may have other things in place, ie, a good legal system to protect his proper... Read more »

It is now six months since Rupiah Banda was supposedly

elected the President of the Republic of Zambia. Having
undertaken such a huge responsibility on behalf of the Zambian people, it is only fair to give our president a review on his performance in the last six months.

The first mistake the president made was appointing people to his cabinet who either did not qualify for those positions or had a questionable history. Just last week one of Rupiah’s cousins was sworn in as the new High Commissioner of Zambia to Mozambique. This explains the problems the government has experienced in the last six months. There is indeed a leadership crisis in this government. What the president has failed to do is surround himself with credible individuals who shall help him run the affairs of this country. Instead, he has opted to date men and women with low morals–without the slighted foresight as to where this country needs to go.

There have been numerous cases of corruption and abuse of office that have been reported in the last six months of Rupiah’s presidency. Those that have criticized the president have been thrown to the curb while those that have been found wanting have been relentlessly defended by ... Read more »