Open Society Foundation Executive Director Sunday Chanda has survived punches from angry University of Zambia-UNZA- students after he supported government’s decision to remove subsidy on mealie meal and other commodities.
Chanda is said to have made the remarks on UNZA Radio where he featured on a live programme.
It took police in riot gear to save him from the wrath of angry students
G.STRING
May 16, 2013 at 8:50 am
he needs to be clobered becoz he is silly
One Piston
May 16, 2013 at 10:33 am
Serves him right.
chibs
May 16, 2013 at 8:55 am
you guys are liers. the man was not even touched but they just wanted to beat the hell out of him
Zambia Citizen
May 16, 2013 at 9:52 am
@Chibs, read the article again…….’survives punches’
AWAITING
May 16, 2013 at 12:04 pm
You are fogiven………. chizungu ba mudala
man
May 16, 2013 at 10:27 am
Kula ba ponona fye bafikala.
Behavioural Analyst
May 16, 2013 at 10:46 am
Chanda is supporting PF on grounds of boot-licking not basing on micro-economics on Zambian conditions. Subsidy is there in both rich and poor countries. The only problem in our case the removal of subsidy coincidental to Euro-bond as one of the condition attached to it. Its not true that the Euro-bond money will solve our economic crisis. All politician,CEOs,India traders and expatriates [UPPER CLASS]
Managers,Lectures[mid-UPPER CLASS]
The rest [UNGRADED CLASS that is 50% lower than the ]
me
May 16, 2013 at 11:02 am
lets hammer this guy my fellow students..
Nachimbusa
May 16, 2013 at 11:14 am
KUTI MWANAKA NOKUFUNDA…
Popopo
May 16, 2013 at 11:56 am
Vote 4 me Popopo 2016 first thing in office is to re-locate the University of Zambia to some bush in Chongwe l hate thier violence. I can turn the buildings into a hospital.
Wanyafye FC 1 Sonyeko 2
May 16, 2013 at 2:46 pm
I have 50ha in Mulakupikilwa that you can use. I am with you Popopo. Relocate that filthy Uni to somewhere else. Then we shall make the the whole place into UTH2.
Shi Mafunde
May 16, 2013 at 6:27 pm
you are lacking isukulu. uneducated are haters of education. ubukopo mukanwa
Wanyafye FC 1 Sonyeko 2
May 17, 2013 at 11:18 am
We are not against education but violent behavior. Mind you, dialogue is a more civilized method of solving than throwing bricks at each other.
Shameless
May 17, 2013 at 1:14 pm
I have a UK degree and agree with Popopo, relocate them to Chongwe. That’s prime land there, they can build more offices there. Let’s have an Up-town. Cairo rd and Lumumba rd is filthy. Just keep the Vendors away from Uptown.
Ndaje Kahks
May 16, 2013 at 12:06 pm
Some of things its better for the government to explain and defend such decisions. What does Chanda know about the whole issue. Let government explain to us why they plan to remove the subside. Maybe the reasons could genuine – we shall tell.
changwe
May 16, 2013 at 12:14 pm
ndeloleshafye
MALI
May 16, 2013 at 12:32 pm
voting ignorantly this is the result, you were warned that you are voting rats in the house, see now no stability, Ama students nimwebo aba samwa. face the reality.
Chaleshi
May 16, 2013 at 1:00 pm
At first we Lifwekelo speaking for the ‘citizens’, then came Thabo Kawana speaking for the ‘youth’ now we have Sunday Chanda speaking for ‘the society’. One wonders why the registrar of societies allow such individuals to abuse the acts. Let these be taught a lesson so that we put an to this nonsense. Chanda should learn from what has become of the individuals I have mentioned.
Tonga Bull
May 16, 2013 at 1:02 pm
@ mali you are right, indeed people voted for rats into government. i am glad that the UNZA students are now tired of all the nonsense from this useless government. as for that PF vuvuzela Sunday Chanda i hope he has learned his lesson. But i wish he had been clobbered
Stop writing "ndeloleshafye"
May 16, 2013 at 1:08 pm
Stop posting “Ndeloleshyafye” – Your passiveness is unproductive – and you are making the blog BORING! That’s why you are taken advantage of. It’s not clever to just write “Ndeloleshafye”. You are mentally lazy and relying on other bloggers to discuss issues for you.
YOU THINK UKULOLESHAFYE WILL CHANGE ANYTHING?????
Stop it! You are mental parasites.
TOUCHED
May 16, 2013 at 1:16 pm
nkhani ya unga niikulu and needs to be handled cautiously.The importance of nshima particularly in Zed can not be over emphasized.
Ndaje Kahks
May 16, 2013 at 1:41 pm
Mali- Only God will save the human race, believe it or not, some of our fathers used to miss the colonial days a few years after independence. Some food for thought.
concerned citizen
May 16, 2013 at 2:28 pm
I cant make an objective comment because i didnt hear him on the radio and know as to why he is supporting government on this.It is good he wasnt assorted for speaking his mind.Even the mighty american economy has huge subsidies which people think are for the poor.Bring them back please
Dimma
May 17, 2013 at 7:17 am
Current Government and MMD are no different; exposing a mere student who does not have a parliamentary seat is evil in itself. and for a bottle of wine he also goes to parade himself on media and speaking for who? The ones you are speaking receive free mealiemeal each month, stupd!
You play with someone’s tummy you ‘re in for a rude shock!
President Sata once said on Radio that “when someone hates you, that person will hate you even if you cook him chicken” but I’m saying: “structure or no structure people can still vote what they want.
Mind you… God is still in control!
ck
May 17, 2013 at 11:37 am
They are all the same “they go into government to eat” and close their ears to the cry of the poor what a country pa zed.
1010
May 17, 2013 at 12:36 pm
ba Pf bafikala nga tamwachje ifwe fwe ma youths abatontonkanya bwino tatwakamivotele mwembwa imwe ubunga kuti bwamifunya mupawa imwe mutontonkanyepo namukula you are nolonga new one year eight ikalamba sana ala
pule Ten 10
May 17, 2013 at 4:53 pm
you do not need to be an expert economist to understand that even if the government comes up with a transport system that will carter for the poor they are saying it might be cheaper yes but if you can reason like a normal individual you will require to incur costs to run any organization the so called UBZ come back will require great set costs two they will require administrative costs such us maintaining Clive Chirwa which if you reason will nerver come cheap strationery office equipment buildins and land Sandry expenses salaries for employees purchasing of the core center of the business which in this case are the buses they are talking about ETC there are so many we can even write a book tough i can not end here but pointing things like maintaining the Buses country wide under the same they will have to purchase spare parts which will have to be imported time is also important now is the they are saying there will be no subsidy on fuel which means the diesel and the petrol basically all petroleum products will be expensive in trying to provide for the so called poor in the society they will have to bring down the bus fairs lets say by 45% from the current bus fairs and the fuel prices will 25% more than hence there will be no profit for the organization to carter for the expenses Basically the cost of doing business hence in the long run such a business will not continue in existence i believe any business should be self sufficient that is just one point out of the many
Now we look at the agricultural sector which the say they are trying to grow it will be directly affected because it uses mostly petroleum products
i will end here expect more