Brace for impact, as we land on IMF deal

MINISTER of Finance Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the youths in the country should be happy with the government’s decision to remove fuel subsidies because this will benefit them. The minister argues that the young people who don’t drive are the winners in this situation because the money that has been taken from subsidies will be allocated towards educating their siblings under the free education policy. This is an unnecessary statement in our view because it sounds insensitive and quite frankly at variance with the state of affairs in this country. To say those who don’t drive should be happy with the increase of fuel prices is not a statement that people expect to come from the UPND government, let alone…...