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‘Stella Sata Was Right, She Shouldnt Have Apologised To The Jobless6′
HE WHO LIVES IN A GLASS HOUSE SHOULD NOT THROW STONES
Dear editor,
I would like to thank you for allowing my piece of writing in your publication. Before this issue of the Jobless6 and Stella Sata goes in to the archives, may I also say a few words. Some people of course may be injured by it, but in all intent it just a reminder and advice to the learned colleagues.
Stella Sata
And Stella in her fashionable turnaround is said to have apologised for wrongly telling and advising the protesting jobless6 unza/cbu graduates to start selling the lovely vegetable fruit on a stall at Chisokone, Makululu or Soweto markets.
Her statement was received with mixed feelings from across the globe. I don’t share the stance she has taken of apologizing because I feel she is right in what she is alleged to have told the jobless6. She probably apologised because she is only trying to live by the old adage HE WHO LIVES IN A GLASS HOUSE SHOULD NOT THROW STONES.
She is protecting herself from attacks by frustrated jobless6 and their sympathisers. More than fifty years of education system in Zambia, but its citizens still believe that only educated people become rich, live comfortably and are the drivers of the economy. This is not true. If anything, for argument’s sake, education is just a tool that helps us understand things better and in a variety of context. You can be educated but lazy, educated but lunatic, educated but not employable.
The Jobless6 and their sympathisers have got a misconception here. They just think that only educated people are the “muscle men” in the economy. I want also to highlight a point that education in Zambia has been mistaken for working in an office. And rightly so that is what is happening. When the jobless6 and their parents embarked on the course of investing in education, they had a picture of controlling a corporation that was started by others or maybe started by the government.
The jobless6 thought they’ll be playing around in the offices on swivel chairs, calling for a cup of coffee at will, chaffing other people’s daughters on phones. They invested heavily thinking they’ll be driving those Porsche cars and sleeping in executive hotels, alas the dream has dawned on them. It surprises me when I see a man with degrees in marketing wanting to be employed when they can use their expertise to generate their own income outside the employment of others.
Mind you, it’s not always that when you invest you have to reap handsomely, though that is everyone’s ultimate goal. The worst should also be expected, ie, no harvest at all. Use your expertise to sell a product produced by others irrespective of the value. Tomato was chosen by Stella because it is the common and well demanded good in Zambia. Do the branding, blending, price discrimination, you learnt at the varsity on a tomato.
But the problem is that you want someone who ended up in grade three or seven to do those things. And you are standing from afar shouting at them “try to package your tomatoes in plastics”, Shame! Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba aka GBM has demonstrated that one can live comfortably even without being schooled! It just calls for self discipline and hardwork, and knowing what you want to achieve in life.
Some people may be saying, where do we get start up capital? Simple, the same source of the resources that took you to the university, shall be the resources you’ll use to start your own business.
Except this time you are not paying for your school but nurturing it to grow. Wealth, whether earned from cleaning a toilet or from working from the executive office is still wealth as long as it is making you live comfortably. What Stella Sata may have lacked in her statement was to advise the jobless6 on how, where, when to sell the tomatoes.
And probably the tomato could metaphorically mean any inferior but very important economic goods. In other words she just means do something outside formal employment.
Like Robert Kiyosaki said, by advising your kids to go to school, get good grades so that you can be employed by the well paying employer. He says we are living by an old outdated set of rules. They are dangerous to live by them in this time and age. Lets be creative, innovative and productive.
Agripa Mwanza
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Hello Haters
March 30, 2015 at 9:46 pm
This topic is for the dustbin, fact we have all concluded that she is just spoiled bloody bastard, with no idea about what she said, probably just crying for attention. Ba mwanza spare us from this.
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New Educated Zambia©
March 30, 2015 at 9:57 pm
oh shutup with that drivel you silly muppet stella. You have had your 15 minutes of fame and I will not waste my time to afford you the benefit of getting a well reasoned comment from me. If this is your way of getting attention you have barked the wrong tree. This is not facebook. You seem to have gotten bored of all the attention you get from your few followers who see you as some goddess. well newsflash mune, the water that splashes my munyelo when my faeces hit the toilet water is more worth than you. It is not like me to swear but apa you have pushed my buttons
pillar
March 31, 2015 at 7:26 am
Maureen Mwanawasa carrying a Baby Girl, Plans to get an abortion currently underway.
Former first lady Maureen Mwanawasa is carrying a baby girl ,a check by Tumfweko News at CFB Hospital yesterday were Maureen Mwanawasa checked in for check ups so that the baby she is carrying is a girl.
After been exposed greatly by this site Maureen and Hichilema have decided to serve themselves this great embarrassment and have decided to go for an abortion in the UK.
Hichilema will go to the UK to give a few speeches and will also carry along his Girlfriend whom he has arranged for a special abortion appointment.
Ifintu kulwala.
March 31, 2015 at 2:15 pm
How does it feel as a Christian to accuse someone falsely even when you know there is no truth whatsoever in what you are saying? leave Maureen alone please and focus on the realities of life today: The economy is on its knees, a serious drought is looming, etc.
Zimaningi
March 31, 2015 at 9:29 am
Like this NEZ (Jane Mulenga) she is a pilot of plane conductor (Ngw’angw’azi) always against PF. See how she will comment to non PF issues, these are the people who think degree holders should always be rich
tupac
March 30, 2015 at 9:59 pm
kuti wacilya chi stella first ukuci licking’a ukutomba noku cipowela mukanwa.
ukucenjela Kumbi Kutumpa
March 31, 2015 at 12:40 am
Tumfweko delete such stupid posts
mujuku
March 30, 2015 at 10:25 pm
Foolish! Chi Stella ata!!
jobreaker
March 30, 2015 at 11:15 pm
wow wow
jobreaker
March 30, 2015 at 11:19 pm
and Stella pointed out exactly what we luck,and of course they crucified her next to Jesus,I’m an certified accountant technician but I have never limited myself to a desk and a pen,I needed a growing ground,so far so beautiful. stella is right,give fish to a man he will come for more,teach him how to fish,he will fish his own,I say let their brains now think
jobreaker
March 30, 2015 at 11:23 pm
and she points out,ati those same people who started sponsering u should sponsor u into busines,I mean u are an electrician u wait for zesco to call u for work,Mm u have the brains,now work
pillar
March 31, 2015 at 7:28 am
Confirmed Maureen Mwanawasa is pregnant for UPND President Hakainde Hichilema.
The Widow of Late President Levy Mwanawasa has decided to throw away the zambian culture and get pregnant, she has been having a serious and deep sexual relationship with Hichilema who is a married man and claims to be a church elder.
lies
March 31, 2015 at 8:02 am
You have no progressive issues to talk about apart from just gossips.
beee
March 31, 2015 at 8:07 am
i think those that were offended have issues. they are kiving in denial. continue waiting for the gvt and will see who is going to go hungry and without cloths, you or th gvt. thumbs up stella
Sibongile Mulenga
March 31, 2015 at 8:30 am
why do you people like mixing things. We are talking of Stella Sata.Not HH and Maureen. That is how people fail their exams. How do you start talking about somethhing out of topic.
Eee if Maureen is pregnant, so what, nimwana wako?
Judge Joe Bidden
March 31, 2015 at 8:47 am
It simply shows you how pinheads run away from the truth and now from Ni Lungu cabe its Maureen pregnancy and HH regardless the topic at hand.
HARD BODY MUBAUBAU
March 31, 2015 at 8:39 am
abena Zed mwalikalipisha! pali iyi story
Judge Joe Bidden
March 31, 2015 at 8:44 am
Thanks Mr. Agripa Mwanza. Yes “Lets be creative, innovative and productive”. Indeed. As for Stella keep it up I hate phucking lazy chaps.
Kapyamo-Sarajevo-Bosnia
March 31, 2015 at 9:12 am
we mbwa we
New Educated Zambia©
March 31, 2015 at 9:35 am
All graduates and students you now know which party to vote for in 2016. Forward
Surely
March 31, 2015 at 10:41 am
Facts will remain facts. Truth is truth and it pains to be on the wrong side. The young lady is spot on and Mr Agrippa Mwanza, thanks for elaborating more.
FMULE
March 31, 2015 at 10:49 am
Find something to do. thats why you went to school. you should think outside the box.their are people who are doing fine yet they are not educated. shame on you for parading yourself.muletusebanya, their so many things you can do than waiting to be imployed and become an employer.
warriours
March 31, 2015 at 11:22 am
This article is exercellent and Iam agreeable to it . I salute the author.Sata should withdraw the apology
MK the original
March 31, 2015 at 11:45 am
What a fact statment full of good analysis about Zambian Education. I totally agree with you Mbuya wanga. Most people fell you get any further cerficate be it a degree apart from a G-12 certificate, then life must be smooth all around them. Let me confess before my fellow blogers that am one of those who was thinking in that line when i got my higher Educatation qualification. But alas! life took me somewhere i never even expected, reduced to cleaning and sweeping a puplic place and i became a laughing stock to most if not all of my friends. However, i thank God that am one of the head of department in Eastern province holding a high respectable public office and all those who used to laugh at me are coming for help in different angles. Life and my higher Education reduced me to nothing until i started thinking i should start from the scratch using the skill i learnt from school. What a hard lesson i learn but here i am, all the past is forgotten. Stella you were very right and you hold no applogy to anyone.
Analyst
March 31, 2015 at 12:03 pm
lADIES AND GENTLEMENT LETS US BE CREATIVE. I DID NATECH AND COMPLETED WHILE SELLING NEWSPAPERS. TODAY I AM BETTER THAN THOSE WHO USED TO BE CUSTOMERS. I AM NO DOING MASTERS IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND HAVE RISEN IN RANKS OF CAREER BY BEING CREATIVE. I DRIVE SOME OF THE EXPENSIVE CARS. BUT IF I HAD JUST FOLDED MY ARMS AND SAID THERE ARE NO JOBS TODAY I WOULD HAVE BEEN SUFFERING BEYOND COMPREHENSION. PLEASE AS FAR AS WE ARE POLITICAL LET US ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER TO BE INNOVATIVE AND MOVE AHEAD. NO POLITICIAN WE BUY U FOOD. THEY WILL ONLY GIVE YOU BEER TO KILL YOURSELVES.
King Solomon $
March 31, 2015 at 1:30 pm
Ask not what the Govt can do for you but what YOU can do for the Govt..
toi tomato
March 31, 2015 at 1:39 pm
kushitishafye bane.. too much pride ba graduate besu
Frank talker
March 31, 2015 at 1:46 pm
If GBM had the mindset of the lazy graduates lelo he could have been a “Mwamba”
major chileshe
March 31, 2015 at 4:17 pm
Where is pathako pinu kanshi? He is the 1 who knoz hw to deal wit upnd cadres
Nancy
March 31, 2015 at 4:31 pm
I feel Stella was right cause having too much pride will not take anyone any where. Cause if you asked any of those who are successful they will tell you that they started from somewhere. Alas! It pays to be humble as well as hardworking.
macha muhango
March 31, 2015 at 4:35 pm
Graduates on papers they can’t even do anything.
Wisdom
March 31, 2015 at 5:33 pm
Now I have seen that Zambia is not a Christian Nation. Fyabufi. Zambia is a devil’s nation. Let any one prove that it is a Christian nation. I think it is an abomination to associate Christ with the insults that go on every day on social media.
Zambia is a Devei’s Nation.Try to check this site and see how many insults have been mentioned.
Beautiful Moma
March 31, 2015 at 9:46 pm
Iwe @Wisdom
Ala nga ulekonkelesha abena JJB, tutu, Chief, Kakolwe, walapena na relgion yobe. Shi uleyafye ku Lusaka times kanshi? Pantu pa ku belenga ama sele mu ma comments ninshi naiwe wine nu tukana. Kabiye fye uko naiwe atase. Leka tuleseka ifwe, Tumfweko provides good laughter after a long day. Lesa ni pamutima. Spoiler!
Now, let me fu.cking laugh and go to fuc.king sleep coz fu.ck I feel good.
tutu
March 31, 2015 at 7:58 pm
ala kwena aka kena kuti nakalasa,ukukachomeka mukanyo ukwingisha kumo namabolo,elopalyapenefye naya mukupowa elonabusokomona nokukachomeka mukanwa..obvious balinimbamasana,pantu kwena ts very hard 2 imagine de best kateka MichaelChilufya Sata(MHSRP) 2 produce such a beauty..kwali dilution of ugliness iyine yine..just thinking out loud
New Educated Zambia©
March 31, 2015 at 7:59 pm
kiki said lke a true pf cadre.
umublacks
March 31, 2015 at 9:01 pm
Bill Gates (Microsoft) Mark Zukerberg (Facebook) Jan Koum (whatsup ) all these guys became rich in their 20’s some whilst they were still university students. The problem with our so called graduates is that they think because they have a piece of paper then everything should be handed to them on a silver platter. Zambian youths should pick a leaf from the Indian Zambia (.ba mwenye) when was the last time u saw a mwenye moving around with his degree looking for a job? They graduate and start selling groceries in kamwala. But no this is too low a job for the mighty Zambian UNZA graduate
VAMPIRO WA MATAKO
March 31, 2015 at 9:25 pm
why boast about being a graduate when u cant get a job.
Stella insulted u graduates in an indirect way.
Bongobongo
April 1, 2015 at 8:12 am
Nomba uyu muntu Stella ifimolu fyakulisha, kwati nalimo muntu walwala chifimba! Nafwala nakalaya akapimpinya akepi kwati pali na beauty ili yonse pa body eyo alelangisha, awe sure fye…
ALINUWILA
April 1, 2015 at 8:55 am
If all those at our Universities and Colleges are targeting Government as their sole employer after graduation, then we have a very big problem as a country and the challenge of unemployment is far from being solved.
Leonardo Da Vinci ~
April 1, 2015 at 9:48 am
You are not Jobless you idiots..Your Job now is to find a Job… Osa sanka nchito.. Sebana wikute!!! Use your brain olo nkala naka paper waiting for Govt to find a Job for you..Life is a race. Nizako izo
Leonardo Da Vinci ~
April 1, 2015 at 9:50 am
Ndimwe mubweza Ziko kumbuyo… Busy crying Ba zako bali busy making money
Tontonkanya Bwino
April 1, 2015 at 2:18 pm
Gentle people,
you may be complaining but the young lady Stella has helped someone out there. Think critically. This is not about PF or UPND or FDD, this is about life or death.
Open your eyes and see what is happening around the globe to which Zambia is a part. I totally blame our education system for inculcating the wrong notion that graduates are meant for white collar jobs only.
You can blame governments, change govts the fact is no one will create jobs overnite, not at all.If you are considering jobs in the mines, this is not sustainable due the volatility of the copper market. ultimately we need to diversify into agric and tourism and how do you do that-provide incentives to the rural areas eg through infrastructure which i believe PF has embarked on and how long will this take while you wait for jobs.
Selling tomatoes, should not be taken literally. It means humble beginnings. even in selling tomatoes a graduate can add value by properly packaging the product and can penetrate markets which someone who is not educated may not, can be more creative and innovative and thus grow business. Guys we know of people in this country who left varsity in 3rd or 2rd yr voluntarily to go and pursue farming business and are doing very well. You might even want to change govts but this will not help in the short term, no one should cheat you that is just rhetoric my dear colleagues.
Think outside the box, all you need is to push for access to affordable or cheaper capital, conducive environment for SMEs etc.
The weakening of the Kwacha is supposed to be a blessings to an exporting nation, but because you are consumption based you keep complaining. By importing cars from japan you are exporting jobs. if you can start selling tomatoes you create jobs period.
IF this comment came from a pastor or any other, you could have easily believed but because she is daughter to former president you want to mix issues and thus miss the point.
Jobless6
April 1, 2015 at 2:51 pm
True… Stellas words were mind openers! Its time we become innovative people
Nancy
April 1, 2015 at 5:15 pm
Tontokanya Bwino i conquer with you. Nice one!
simbwindibwi
April 1, 2015 at 5:16 pm
To use education is not only dependant on skills and good business but liquid cash to buy that equipment needed to turn guavas to jam, the cups or plastics for packing. We should promote environment for borrowing for start ups if we are to get rid of unemployment. then the other thing is why cant people who have worked before step out their jobs to start their own businesses or atleast be compelled to retire early? They need money so do fresh graduates. Let us be objective
swine
April 2, 2015 at 2:06 pm
Wrong thinking, mwai wamunzako zaugonela panja! Iwe just because I was lucky to have gotten a job should not call for my resignation to pave way for your MIGHTY UNZA graduates who want to start work from CEO level! Let the id!ots use thier brains to make money, that’s the essence of getting an education iwe che color!
jyuuuu
April 1, 2015 at 9:36 pm
Lelo ni lelo
mutinta
April 1, 2015 at 9:58 pm
tonga bull amitisa maureen
umujapaniya
April 1, 2015 at 10:58 pm
This is an interesting story from Mr Agripa Mwanza. Adding salt to the wound Stella Sata has caused.
As regards education and the educated, and their failure to find a suitable job for themselves, I think the so called Jobless6 are missing a point here. As rightly articulated by the author, education should not be taken like a weapon to amass wealth upon self. It must be a vehicle to help create wealth for our communities and ourselves.
In my understanding of a graduate, I think is someone who has been prepared to provide economic solutions to a society in which they are located. Take for example, a carpenter graduate. Should such a potential employee cry the loudest for not being employed by the government? Colleagues, we must be serious with what we demand. Lets not be used by politicians.
DREDZ21
April 2, 2015 at 10:12 am
She is cute! number ati haw?
New Educated Zambia©
April 2, 2015 at 10:28 am
ama rasta u better vvote in 2016. Upnd needs your vote
id!ot!
April 2, 2015 at 2:09 pm
Vote is spelt with one V you retard of a cadre!
Mutombela Ku Chulu
April 2, 2015 at 10:12 pm
But bafikala muli ba nsele yaaaaah! But ninshi epo mwafumine palilowa, especially iwewine chi Id!ot!
concerned
April 2, 2015 at 12:38 pm
F MULE
it’s there.. not their. Go for Zamspelit
pink toe
April 2, 2015 at 4:21 pm
Stella, you are correct to advise the graduates to find something else to do to earn themselves the Kwacha. They ought to know better that Nature isn’t perfect. Some may take medication and get well while others die. Even the most educated might be beyond what most companies want and end up jobless. And to crown it up, sponsored demos are sign of NO confidence in one self. Instead the sponsor should have mentored the chaps on how they can organize them selves to access the youth empowerment funds which end up just sustaining the banks, where the monies are kept.
Jimmy
April 2, 2015 at 9:42 pm
She is right just start selling tomatoes for a start you lazy graduates. Is it a sin for a so called Graduates to sell tomatoes? Ala imwe…..no wonder you can’t raise your standards from zero you are too proud for nothing….please close this chapter.
lcdata
April 2, 2015 at 11:13 pm
Chinkonko mwite alile.
shelazane
April 3, 2015 at 6:21 am
the moment you are educated you should use the education to create employment for yourself, she is right if it means selling on the market to build your empire do that