Cut Ties With Chabinga: Hichilema Must Face the Chabinga Scandal Head-On!
A leaked audio linking State House to cross-border corruption threatens to plunge Zambia into a diplomatic crisis with South Africa – unless Hichilema takes a swift, transparent action to restore public trust and regional credibility.
By Mpandashalo Mwewa.
Lusaka, July 21 – President Hakainde Hichilema now finds himself at the edge of a diplomatic precipice, with the leaked Chabinga audio exposing a cross-border corruption scandal that threatens to drag Zambia into an avoidable confrontation with South Africa. This is no longer conjecture or partisan conjecture – it is a credible and damning revelation that places State House at the epicentre of a brewing international disgrace.
When we first questioned the President’s ill-advised attempt to sue South Africa’s Minister of International Relations, it was dismissed as hatred. In truth, it was a warning – an alert to the erosion of Zambia’s diplomatic decorum and rule of law. Today, the Chabinga audio vindicates our warnings and lays bare a pattern of State House actions that reek of desperation and betrayal of constitutional integrity.
This scandal is not just a black eye for Hichilema’s administration – it is a national shame with the potential to redefine Zambia’s image across the SADC region. A country once revered for its principled foreign policy and moral clarity is now teetering toward becoming a case study in executive overreach and cross-border misconduct. The failure to act decisively could trigger lasting diplomatic fallout, economic ramifications, and regional isolation.
Zambians must speak – not with stones, but with moral clarity and civic courage. This moment calls for defenders of democracy, not defenders of power. For journalism to remain a cornerstone of our democracy, it must expose rot, not perfume it. The truth must not be buried under accusations of bitterness or tribal allegiance. A nation’s honour is not protected by silence, but by accountability.
Ultimately, President Hichilema must accept full responsibility. He cannot shield himself with spin doctors or scapegoat advisors. He is the custodian of Zambia’s national dignity. If he fails to address the Chabinga scandal with the urgency and transparency it demands, he will not only forfeit the trust of the people – but also Zambia’s standing in the eyes of the international community. The time to act is now.
About The Author: Mpandashalo Mwewa, currently the Chief Editor at Woodpecker’s Digest, formerly held the same role at Zambia Reports. Known for championing Pan-African education reforms with a focus on critical thinking, he employs journalism to instigate social transformation.
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The destiny of Dishonesty, Untruths, Insincerity, Deceit , Hypocrisy, and just pure EVIL is self destruction…it’s the person in a human Being on Trial.
Robert Chabinga is just an appendage, a tool in the Schemes of the Mingalatoon..He has no power..just some Thug from the streets.
The Architect is the Mingalatoon. It’s him on Trial. And he can’t run away from this.
It’s him who should be brought to Account.
Unhinged Imingalato always lead to destruction..The Chickens are now coming home to roost!
Kikikiki, your broiler chickens i guess have come back. Get a life and find something worth to do. Dont pressure your brain with non issues br. You create issues in your imagination and believe them, how naive….
Is is the type of news that should even take the center stage of the media? Citizens being made to wallow in the clouds of fake AI items. There’s nothing true. Everything is false and fake. Nature always turns the jealous, greedy, hypocrites and all those full of hatred against others into snoo buffoons. Very soon everyone will come to know the truth. Very soon everyone will come to know the cartel within, the self set group of buffoons, that is Hired to make AI and propaganda fake items to disgrace HH and his new dawn government. The buffoons , foolishly think that their lies, fake AI created and propaganda will make them politically strong and remove HH from power by 2026. Unfortunately, their evil plany easily twarted, and instead are just making HH more popular and almost unchallenged
Any seeming relationship between AI and the UPND party whether perceived or actual must be curtailed because it has shown that it is leading to nowhere or somewhere where it will not profit the party. Already this perceived relationship has resulted in AI becoming very big headed and as such causing harm to the party which he claims he is working with.
Creating storm in a breeze. So it explains the reason for creating that AI audio to bring a wedge between the President and your wayward boy Chabinga, and then hoping that somehow your PF disorderliness will vanish. Mwaloba lyauma. Keep on dreaming with bitterness as you get yourselves ready for total annihilation politically next year.
The propaganda being used is primitive and if left unchecked may just embarras us further.Dont celebrate and get excited with raw data.The one keeping the leaked audio must explain the source and tell us how he did the recording.You want people to dance to the tune they don’t know.Taking such audio to Pretoria court is irresponsible of the waste kind.I even Wonder if South Africa has our languages.If an interpreter is used, there is no guarantee that he will translate accordingly.The court may just throw that out.Is the recording South African or was the recording done in that country? People must learn to be shy.Why getting excited with something that people are seriously doubting.We know your target, the person you want to damage the integrity is above such.Zambians don’t accept such lies.
My question is, how can this AI generated audio be authentic when it comes from chief propagandist Emmanuel Mwamba. This is ECL and PF’s plan B in motion. They create a fake scenario to hoodwink the public into believing that that in fact is true and then turn around to blame HH and his dawn govt for everything. This is pure deceit and hypocrisy of the highest order. PF are bitter and are using any means necessary to wrestle power from the incumbent Pres. HH and to seek sympathy votes come 2026. I see Judges in SA throwing this one out like garbage. It is not credible. SA is advanced in technology too so they won’t be cowed down like PF idiots believe they would. Nonsense after nonsense. ECL might not even be dead after all. The truth will come out and bite them in the ass. Wait and see.