Sun, 19 Feb 2017 10:50:01 +0000 By Sycorax T. Ndhlovu Reports that Patriotic Front (PF) councilors are protesting against local government and housing minister, Vincent Mwale; and that they are threatening to resign if their monthly salary demands are not met (Daily Nation November 13, 2016; page 1) are a general political representatives’ testimony to what veteran politician, Daniel Munkhombwe said that, nowadays, we don’t have politics of patriotism; but politics of benefits. In Eastern province, we have a Chewa proverb which states: ‘Galu wa m’kota sakandira pachabe’ meaning an old and experienced dog in hunting wild animals doesn’t scratch a hole without suspecting a certain wild animal hiding in that hole as its prey. Mr Munkhombwe; especially that he served as a politicians in almost all governments Zambia has ever had analysed the political ambitions of many political representatives; and concluded that most such political leaders nowadays are in politics of benefits; and not […]
