By Michael B Munyimba There’s always been great philosophical ingenuity in ancient Nigerian proverbs. So, when one said, ‘’a stubborn fly follows the coffin to the grave’’, there was irrefutable truth and sense in it all. This write-up begins with this legendary proverb because in the final analysis, it shall be pegged upon someone’s shirt-front…
PF HAS TURNED ZAMBIA INTO ONE OF THE WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES – IMENDA United Party for National Development Secretary General Batuke Imenda has accused the Patriotic Front of transforming Zambia into one the poorest countries in the world, arguing that a change of government is needed to rescue Zambia’s economy. “From the MMD government which…
By Veronica Mwale cic private reporter. Copper belt~Kalulushi. ANTONIO MWANZA IS A STUPID MENACE TO THIS COUNTRY~ Banda Sakanya. PF media director Antonio Mwanza’s allegations that UPND is training 60,000 youths as militias is nonsensical and typical of idiocy meant to hood wink Zambians in believing that PF is still a people’s choice. Antonio Mwanza…
PF CAMPAIGN MESSAGES AGAINST HH AND UPND IN THE LAST 30 DAYS. HH should pay the 48,000 KCM workers their dues on the Copperbelt. They are not getting their salaries because HH the owner of the biggest mine in Zambia is refusing to pay them on time, PF Secretary Davis Mwila has charged. FACTS:Meanwhile, the…
EDGAR Lungu is suffering from inferiority complex politically, says Copperbelt Province National Democratic Congress chairman George Sichula. In a statement titled ‘4 truths about the PF sponsored opinion polls’, Sichula said it seemed President Lungu was in denial and might not be willing to concede defeat. “We advise the PF to tame their sponsored opinion…
[By Edwin Mbulo in Mongu] THE ECZ is hiding President Edgar Lungu’s worthiness and assets because they know that it can be a rude shock to Zambians, says NDC interim president Josephs Akafumba. In an interview with The Mast after featuring on Oblate Liseli radio in Mongu on Tuesday evening, Akafumba who is in the…
Just days before the general elections, the Patriotic Front government has suddenly got a brilliant idea. They will stop the Public Service Management Division that administers payroll for most civil servants from deducting loan payments that government employees owe to various small-scale tuntemba lending and microfinance companies. According to the geniuses who came up with…
The Debt Relief to Public Workers Will Impact Financial Institutions “Adapt or Die” By Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba Despite the announcement by Government that it had released K255.3million to commercial banks and micro-finance institutions as the first step to effect the debt swap and debt relief to public workers, the Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) has…
By Chamuka Shalubala, …….HAKAINDE Hichilema’s running mate Mutale Nalumango says as long as the polls are free and fair, there will be no drama witnessed once election results are announced. In an interview, Wednesday, Nalumango said if the elections were fairly held, the PF would go into hiding once the elections results were announced. “As…
Lusaka Province Vice PF campaign coordinator Hon. Mumbi Phiri has predicted a 70% win for President Lungu in the forthcoming General elections slated for August 12th, 2021. Speaking on the PF Interactive Forum, a premium dialogue platform of the Patriotic Front that hosts PF functionaries to discussions of national Importance, in Lusaka this evening, Hon….
WILL UPND WIN THESE ELECTIONS? The Candidates’ Comment Morning With each day that passes by, it is becoming more and more clear that this election is still very much in the hands of the Patriotic Front (PF). We are not fans of the ruling party because we believe there are many things that this administration…
*TURN UP IN LARGE NUMBERS TO CAST A PROGRESSIVE VOTE ON HH, UPND YOUTHS URGE VUBWI RESIDENTS* With barely 20 days before the Thursday 12th August 2021 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government poll day, United Party for National Development (UPND) Youth Wing is prodding the electorates in Vubwi Constituency to turn up in large numbers…
THE HIDDEN POLITICAL TRUTH IN OPPOSITION =================== Greetings comrades As we near the August 12 general elections .I would like to walk you through the hidden truth of politics in the opposition . I have been actively involved in the UPND for the past 15 years from my secondary school days till now. I have…
By Peter Sinkamba WITH 20 DAYS TO GO, THE AMENDED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITIONS RULES ARE OUT, AND APPEAR FAIR =======÷÷÷===== ==== It is now 20 days to go before the 12 August General Elections. Meantime, the Statutory Instrument (SI) No. 29 of 2021 is out. It amends by revocation and replacement of Order XIV of…
By Maiko Zulu PERSONAL DIARY – #ELECTION 2021 CHECKLIST Here are some of the questions I will be asking myself before ticking ‘X’ on any box this 12th August 1. ECONOMY: I will be looking for a leader and a team with the vision, potential and experience in building a sustainable economic environment. A team…
DESPERATE PF ENDORSES ANOTHER BOGUS POLL The Patriotic Front has endorsed another highly suspicious poll purporting to give the government a 60% share of the vote at August’s general elections. The research was allegedly conducted by the Consortium of Zambian Thought Leaders, though Open Zambia can find no record of this organisation existing. It comes…
WHY THE WORLD SHOULD CARE ABOUT ZAMBIA’S AUGUST ELECTION By Charlotte Scott Zambia goes to the polls on 12 August, with the two main candidates offering very different visions for the southern African state. Edgar Lungu, the populist incumbent, has presided over a ballooning debt, escalating inflation, frequent allegations of large-scale corruption, and a rapidly…
By Sakwiba Sikota THE LIVINGSTONE 2006 EFFECT Last week the Electoral Commission of Zambia put out the following statement, “GUIDANCE ON INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES The Electoral Commission of Zambia wishes to remind all independent candidates for the forthcoming General Election that independent candidates should not be affiliated to any political party. In line with the legal…
Patriotic Front Member who is former United Party for NAtional Development(UPND) Vice President, Dr. Canisius Banda has described as preposterous the assertions by the UPND that he joined the PF because of hunger. Speaking at a PF round table talk hosted by Nakiwe Simpungwe, Dr. Banda said he is a qualified medical doctor, a product…
CHISHIMBA Kambwili says he decided to go back to PF after I discovering that most of the things they talk about in UPND are not real. Speaking when he featured on Breeze FM, Kambwili said the UPND was created for nothing but just serving one individual who has ended up misleading the entire Southern Province…
ELIAS Munshya has discredited the PF campaign strategy of luring civil servants with a debt swap. Munshya, a Canada-based lawyer, says with the debt swap trick President Edgar Lungu is playing not only with civil servants but also with the fiscal integrity of all Zambians. On Friday, information permanent secretary Amos Malupenga and Public Service…
NDC national chairperson Richard Luonde says the PF do not deserve to rule the country again. Fr Luonde who has been quiet for some time after losing both his mother-in-law and wife within four days, said he had come out of mourning to continue speaking against evils committed by the current government. “I’m coming out…
UNITED Church of Zambia Copperbelt acting Presbytery bishop Albert Bowa says the PF is just on a break. And former Lusaka Province minister Bowman Lusambo says President Edgar Lungu has passed through many challenges in his leadership like drought, floods, “but he remains steadfast to work for the people of Zambia. We pulled through climate…
Dear Editor please publish this for me. LETTER TO MR. PRESIDENT (H.E Dr.Hakainde Hichilema.) Mr. President sir, do not disappoint the Zambians. All Zambians needs you as a rescue. Whatever you promise them, please fulfill. We are here to tip you whatever is happening in our wards and branches, the grassroots. Therefore, Mr. President sir,…
DONT ALLOW PF TO STEAL YOUR VOTES-LISWANISO United Party for National Development(UPND) Youth Chairman Gilbert Liswaniso has urged the electorates in Lundazi of Eastern Province not to allow the Patriotic Front to steal their votes. And Mr Liswaniso said failure to protect their votes is another five years of economic misery. “With only few days…
The Electoral Commission of Zambia(ECZ) has lifted the partial suspension of the Patriotic Front and United Party for National Development to conduct physical campaigns in Lusaka district. ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Nshindano said after suspending PF and UPND in four districts, Lusaka was partially lifted as some restrictions were still enforced with regard to…
Asking for forgiveness if sounding like trying to discourage morale in the camps of other candidates. Though 16 presidential candidates are contesting the upcoming election in Zambia, the real battle is between the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) and the Ruling Patriotic Front (PF). It is the third time UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema…
By Staff Reporter Ruling PF central committee member Paul Moonga says by nature Bembas do not vote like Tongas, but that they have now learnt a lesson in terms of how the People of Southern Province vote. And Moonga said President Edgar Lungu went to Mtendere to sensitise people about the pandemic, despite attracting a…
By Patson Chilemba Former finance minister Ng’andu Magande has questioned the rational behind the debt swap, when most civil servants that have been employed are not even on the payroll. Speaking with Daily Revelation over the Debt Swap introduced by the government where they will not deduct money from civil servants salaries for the loans…
By Staff Reporter LUSAKA lawyer Michael Mutwena has petitioned the Constitutional Court over Electoral Commission of Zambia’s decision to cancel elections and call for fresh nominations under general elections in circumstances where a vacancy has not been caused by death or disqualification. Mutwena, who has cited the Attorney General in the matter, argues that the…
By Mwango GOING by the meaningless and disgraceful Patriotic Front virtual rally, Edgar Lungu and his team have nothing new to offer the people of Zambia from August 12, 2021. It is rumoured that when the PF learnt of the planned UPND virtual rally for 18 July 2021, its Media Director, Antonio Mwanza assembled a…
A MUST READ: WHY UPND WILL NOT WIN THIS ELECTION A Viewpoint of the CANDIDATES Editor We have persistently stated that, the fact that majority Zambians are hungry and angry does not automatically mean that every person who detests the corrupt Patriotic Front (PF) administration supports the United Party for National Development (UPND). Of course,…
By Natasha Sakala, CONTROLLER, Internal Audit, at the Ministry of Finance Chibwe Mulonda has been dragged to court by his girlfriend, Stella Namwila who is trying to block the repossession of property given to her during their cohabitation. Namwila has alleged that Mulonda revoked an irrevocable deed of gift and evicted her from the house…
CONSTITUTION BARS LUNGU TO RECONTEST- CONCOURT…106(3) makes him ineligible to run for office in Aug By Mwaka Ndawa CONSTITUTIONAL Court judge Professor Margaret Munalula says President Edgar Lungu is barred by Article 106(3) to contest in the August 12, 2021 general elections as a presidential candidate because he has twice held office. In her dissenting…
BY SIKAILE SIKAILE WHEN THE INTELLIGENCE BEGINS TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE AND NOT FOR MR LUNGU Our call all along was to the joint operations committee to ensure they serve public interest and not the interest of Mr. Lungu as a participant in this year’s elections. Public interest in this case is that of…
.Says people are defecting because of lack of leadership in these other parties led by “Inkoko shabula inondo” Kanchibiya, Patriotic Front Kanchibiya Parliamentary candidate Sunday Chilufya Chanda has charged that the PF has not bought or attempted to buy any person from the opposition. He says people have continued to defect to the PF on…
THE UPND says Zambians must take the August general elections seriously by voting in a credible leadership to avert a disaster in an event that the PF rules beyond 2021. Mweetwa says the PF have operationalised a political craft to make President Edgar Lungu “wamuyayaya” (lifetime president). Briefing the media in Choma on Thursday, UPND…
Headmen in Chipangali District Mugubudu area of Eastern Province have resolved to ensure that the United Party for National Development (UPND) Alliance presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema is elected as Zambia’s Seventh (7th) Head of State and Government. During a meeting with UPND Eastern Province leadership and UPND advanced party from Lusaka for the National Youth…
By Simfukwe Adriel CIC Private reporter. CIVIL SERVANTS DEPT SWAP A BAD JOKE – CHINTENDE Dear Country men and women, As the countdown continues lets talk about the new joke in town. This so called “Debt swap” for civil servants. Will the Civil servants buy this cheap lie? No they won’t. They are tired of…
PATRIOTS for Economic Progress says the proposed loan-deduction holiday by government is more of a curse than a blessing on civil servants. PeP president Sean Tembo is of the view that the proposed debt-swap by the PF government is not only financially unsustainable, but would actually make civil servants worse off in the longer term…