Chasefu Independent Member of Parliament Misheck Nyambose says the country will not experience a wind of change in the forthcoming August elections.
Speaking on Diamond TV’s Diamond Live show, Mr. Nyambose says the UPND government has performed well, particularly in rural constituencies where unprecedented development has taken place through enhanced Constituency Development Funds.
The lawmaker has dismissed suggestions that the Chawama parliamentary by-election loss signals dissatisfaction with the ruling party, stating that Zambia is bigger than Chawama.
Mr. Nyambose, however, acknowledges that farmers are facing challenges following delays in payments for their produce which remain ongoing.
EMMANUEL MWAMBA REMOVE BRIAN MUNDUBILE FROM YOUR MOUTH NO
Emmanuel Mwamba you lost direction of your platform the moment you made your team which broke away from what I started to promote your candidate.
I started the Diaspora whats app group Zambian Voices Tiktok and from there I built an executive team, I would make daily morning calls little did I know you guys had other plans.
You st0le my group members on whats app, I was left with a shell. I started from zero, formed another pact with serious people and started promoting Brian Mundubile after my Endorsement. Today we are the most followed, most shared, the most consistent, and very relevant. That’s how God works, you thought you were smart!
I was warned about you being cun•ning , I saw it with my two eyes…You will not come from the bush to de•stroy our hard work with our President. You want to call the meeting of Tonse Alliance!illegal, as who???? Maybe in your house not Zambia mate! All we know is you are in America in Ex!Le so who are you to discredit a legal Tonse Process??…You thought you were smart but see your life, your platform lost visibility. I never came to Facebook to E×pose what transpired but since you are atta•king Brian Mundubile I have come for you…Stay in your lane!!! Pali Mundubile Tabesha!
Brian Mundubile was treated like a n0body by some of you PF Officials, they even fired MCCs who endorsed him. So now that you have seen the acceptance of his candidature across PF and Zambians you now want to breed Confusion? Ulabeja, Brian Mundubile is not your mate!
Check mate!!! Your cr00ked ways have been shuttered, even if we form Government you will remain where you are because no one trusts you. I now understand the Chiluba Family you are a very dan•gerous person..Tufyakwa!!!!! When they called to complain about how you betrayed FREDERICK CHILUBA Dr. , I didn’t understand but now I do.
You have no relevance so stop the noise already! Shame on you chikonko kumukoshi ku USA!
#BM8 Movement is a national movement and Tonse Alliance is not a PF alliance, Robert Chabinga President of PF has an alliance with UPND so I beg shift, no be your matter, go to c0urt to get PF Shame on you
The real opposition in the August 2026 election is not a political party. The real opposition is you, the Zambian people.
You who buy mealie meal at an expensive price despite promises that they will lower it to K50; You who are struggling in this difficult economy; You who cannot afford to take your child to the hospitals or buy medicines; You who have watched your business collapse. You are the opposition.
Your suffering is the opposition. Your demand for change is the opposition.
The people always make the real change. Join the People’s Pact for real revolutionary change.
Dr Fred M’membe President of the Socialist Party and People’s Pact 2026.
Bread, Wine, and Democracy: Why Unity Matters More Than Division
Saturday thought—24. Jan.26.
I recently shared what I thought was a harmless picture of unity between hon. Brian Mundubile and Snr Counselor Makebi Zulu.
They are both household names in Zambian politics.
To my surprise, tongues wagged, and for the life of me, I cannot fathom why. In that moment, Senior Counsel Zulu and brother Mundubile showed us that even in the sizzling pot of politics, six months before presidential polls, there is more that unites them than divides them.
Brother Makebi joined hands to mourn with brother Mundubile during the funeral of bo Mundubile’s mother-in-law, mhsrip.
How could that possibly be a bad thing? Has our politics become so toxic that two men in a political contest cannot break bread and share wine together over grief?
I faced the same flak when I took a picture with Senior Counsel Zulu, whom I have known for years, and or when I openly supported Hon. Mundubile’s right to run for President.
Why should friendship and respect be treated as betrayal? Take the ruling PF for instance.
As I said during a hot off-mic KBNTV appearance, when Mundubile decided to break ranks and run for president, “instead of support, he faced attacks from his comrades.”
That is not healthy. If someone else feels they are best suited to run, why not step up and announce like Mundubile has? Why stand in his sun? Who is stopping who from ‘coming out.’
Democracy thrives when those who aspire to lead stand alongside each other, not when they bury one another. Let Mundubile, Zulu, Greyford Monde and others run.
Don’t stop anyone or monkey-wrench their dreams six months before the big day. I have not seen Mundubile stop anyone from running or MZ.
If Mundubile, Zulu, Given Lubinda, Harry Kalaba, Kelvin Bwalya Fube, and Fred M’membe, Muhabi Lungu or Bishop Trevor Mwamba decide to run together, even better.
Common sense tells us that united we stand, divided we fall. History offers lessons. In Europe, the Franco-German reconciliation after World War II birthed the European Union, proving that former rivals can build lasting peace and prosperity when they choose unity over division.
In Africa, the coalition government in Kenya after the 2007 crisis showed that even bitter rivals can sit at the same table to prevent national collapse. These examples remind us that unity is not weakness—it is strength.
Opposition in-fighting only strengthens the ruling party. Democracy is best served when opposition is strong, cohesive, and constructive.
There is enough room for everyone to work together rather than devour each other. Don’t hate people for seeking to work together. That is my Saturday point: unity is love, and love is democracy. « L’union fait la force. » (Unity makes strength.)
MAKEBI ZULU CONDEMNS ARMY CHIEF’S REMARKS ON ILLEGAL MINERS
Patriotic Front (PF) Presidential Aspirant Makebi Zulu has strongly condemned recent remarks made by Army Commander Lieutenant General Geoffrey Zyeele regarding illegal miners.
Mr Zulu, a renowned constitutional lawyer, described the Commander’s statement as deeply unfortunate, irresponsible, and unbecoming of a professional military institution.
In a statement issued, Saturday, Mr Zulu criticised the use of terms such as “exterminate and fumigate” in reference to citizens, calling the language dehumanising and dangerous.
He warned that such rhetoric evokes memories of atrocities like the Holocaust in Germany and the genocide in Rwanda.
Mr Zulu stressed that Zambia, as a nation that upholds human rights and the rule of law, must never normalise such expressions.
He argued that the Zambia Army’s constitutional role is to defend territorial integrity, not to enforce civilian law.
Deploying the army against citizens, he noted, raises serious concerns about the erosion of professionalism within the defence forces.
Mr Zulu questioned whether the government’s move suggests a lack of confidence in the police’s capacity to handle illegal mining.
He emphasised that illegal mining is a governance issue that should be addressed through law enforcement and regulatory institutions.
Mr Zulu urged the Ministry of Mines to engage, formalise, and license small-scale miners to ensure safety and environmental compliance.
He also called for simplified tax systems tailored to small-scale miners to promote inclusive and sustainable development.
Mr Zulu appealed to the President, as Commander-in-Chief, to withdraw the directive involving the army and instead empower civilian agencies to manage the situation lawfully.
CHAPTER ONE FOUNDATION CONDEMNS ARMY COMMANDER’S THREATENING REMARKS
Chapter One Foundation has noted a video circulating on social media in which remarks are attributed to the Zambia Army Commander, indicating that the Army has been directed to “exterminate” illegal miners, while also suggesting that force is not intended to be used.
We recognise that illegal mining poses serious risks to national security, public order, the environment, and Zambia’s lawful economy.
We also acknowledge public concern regarding reported cases of irregular and illegal migration, particularly where illegal mining is linked to organised criminal networks and other cross-border offences. Read more below:
ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER (ZMP) STATEMENT ON THE TONSe ALLIANCE GOVERNANCE CRISIS
Zambia Must Prosper (ZMP) issues this statement to set the public record straight and to respond decisively to deliberate misrepresentations, innuendo, and institutional bad faith surrounding the ongoing governance crisis within the Tonse Alliance.
This statement follows the failure of the Tonse Alliance Acting Chairperson to respond to a formal written communication from Zambia Must Prosper, and the expiry of the good-faith engagement window extended by ZMP.
I. CHRONOLOGICAL STATEMENT OF FACTS 1. Participation Does Not Amount to Endorsement of Procedural Abuse It is an uncontested fact that Mr. Kelvin Fube Bwalya (KBF), in his capacity at the time, participated in Tonse Alliance meetings, including deliberations relating to constitutional reform. This fact is now being selectively weaponised to falsely suggest that he endorsed or legitimised a constitution that was never concluded, never properly circulated, and never ratified by the competent authority—the Council of Leaders.
Participation in deliberations cannot, in law or logic, be equated to consent to procedural shortcuts, particularly where the final instrument remained incomplete and selectively applied.
2. The Constitution Was Circulated Prior to Institutional Adoption Contrary to the insinuations being advanced, the revised Tonse Alliance Constitution was shared publicly and operationalised before:
Full consideration and approval by the Council of Leaders; Resolution of representation and membership formulas;
Agreement on delegate composition to the General Congress. This sequencing alone renders the entire process procedurally defective. No amount of retroactive justification can cure a process that violated its own governance hierarchy from inception.
3. Signing a Draft Does Not Constitute Ratification The claim that Mr. KBF “signed and ratified” the Constitution is a deliberate conflation of form with substance. A draft instrument—lacking agreed representation structures, containing unresolved governance questions, and enforced selectively—cannot be deemed ratified, regardless of ceremonial optics at a press briefing.
Ratification is a legal and institutional act, not a performative exercise. 4. Internal Mechanisms Were Exhausted and Ignored Zambia Must Prosper formally wrote to the Tonse Alliance Acting Chairperson raising grave institutional and governance concerns. That correspondence remains unanswered to date.
It is therefore dishonest to accuse ZMP or its President of bypassing internal mechanisms when the Alliance leadership itself refused to engage. Silence, in this context, is not neutrality; it is complicity.
II. SELECTIVE FACTS AND THE POLITICS OF DISTRACTION The Tonse Alliance statement issued on Wednesday relies on half-truths and tactical omissions designed to manufacture a misleading narrative:
It highlights attendance while ignoring recorded objections; It celebrates committees while ignoring incomplete and unresolved outputs; It invokes legality while practising selective enforcement.
This is not governance. It is narrative management. The real issue is not Mr. KBF’s presence in meetings. The real issue is why an unfinished constitution is being enforced, why factional readmissions are being sanitised, and why elections are being rushed on a broken foundation.
III. THE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE FALLACY ZMP notes the claim that the Elections Committee was properly appointed and composed of respected legal practitioners. However, legitimacy does not flow from professional titles alone. It flows from: A finalised and ratified Constitution; Clear and uniformly applied eligibility criteria;
Equal and agreed representation of member entities. An Elections Committee operating atop an unfinished constitutional framework is administering process without legitimacy. No legal pedigree can cure that defect.
IV. THE TARGETING OF KBF: A CALCULATED POLITICAL TACTIC The recent attempt to publicly associate Mr. KBF with alleged procedural impropriety is not accidental.
It is a calculated effort to: Deflect attention from systemic governance failures; Personalise institutional dissent; Intimidate principled actors into silence. Zambia Must Prosper rejects this tactic outright.
Mr. KBF’s position has been consistent, principled, and documented: No elections without a finalised Constitution. No unity without fairness. No leadership without legitimacy.
V. ZMP’S POSITION Let it be stated without ambiguity: The ultimatum issued by Zambia Must Prosper has now lapsed. The failure by the Tonse Alliance Acting Chairperson to respond constitutes: Institutional contempt; Confirmation of bad faith; Deliberate avoidance of accountability.
Accordingly, Zambia Must Prosper is finalising its next political and constitutional steps, which shall be communicated to the nation in the coming days. These steps will be firm, lawful, and irreversible.
VI. FINAL WORD Zambia Must Prosper will not participate in laundering disorder under the language of unity, nor will it allow its President to be scapegoated for failures he consistently warned against.
Unity cannot be coerced. Legitimacy cannot be stage-managed. Leadership cannot be improvised. #KBF
🇿🇲 EXCLUSIVE | Kasama is the New Battlefield as PF Splinters & Tonse Alliance Ties Itself in Knots
Kasama has emerged as the latest pressure point in Zambia’s opposition politics, not because of a single election, but because of unresolved power struggles now spilling into open contradiction.
The Given Lubinda–led Patriotic Front enclave has moved into the Northern Circuit at a moment of acute internal confusion, just a day after Brian Mundubile openly crossed to the Tonse Alliance and filed nomination papers to contest its chairmanship. The move comes weeks after a Tonse Alliance faction formally expelled the PF from its books, a decision Lubinda’s camp continues to reject as illegal.
On Friday, Mundubile submitted his nomination at the Tonse Alliance Secretariat in Lusaka. Within hours, the Lubinda enclave, through its self-exiled U.S based information chief Emmanuel Mwamba, issued a sharply worded statement warning PF members to stay away from what it described as an illegal process.
“The so-called nominations and congress held by the Zumani Zimba Tonse Alliance must be regarded as a totally non-PF activity,” Mwamba said, warning that PF members who participate “risk serious sanctions from the Party.”
The statement reaffirmed that the Patriotic Front is preparing for its own National Conference in February 2026, where presidential aspirants paying K200,000 would contest under the party constitution. It also reasserted the Lubinda camp’s position that only structures established under late former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu remain legitimate.
This declaration, however, now collides with political reality on the ground.
While rejecting Tonse Alliance processes in Lusaka, the same PF leadership is actively campaigning under the Tonse Alliance banner in Kasama.
Lubinda is leading a high-profile team into the Northern Circuit to support Peter Yuda Chikwete, a mayoral candidate running on the FDD ticket with Tonse Alliance backing. Among those on the ground are MPs Stephen Kampyongo, Mutotwe Kafwaya and George Chisanga.
The paradox is stark. The Lubinda camp does not recognise the Tonse Alliance faction organising elections in Lusaka, but it is relying on the same alliance machinery to contest and defend political territory in Kasama.
Kasama itself is no longer politically predictable.
The district has more than 133,000 registered voters, 19 wards, and 171 polling stations spread across Kasama Central and Lukashya constituencies. Historically a green base, the whole Northern Circuit has become contested territory. The ruling UPND has steadily penetrated the region, building structures once considered out of reach.
Kasama Central MP Sibongile Mwamba, elected on the PF ticket, has publicly endorsed President Hakainde Hichilema and supported Bill 7, underlining the fluidity of loyalties in the region.
Unlike Chawama, where grief politics linked to the unburied remains of Edgar Lungu shaped voter sentiment, the Northern Circuit operates differently. Lungu body politics carries limited emotional weight here. Voting patterns in the North have historically shifted slowly, moving from UNIP to MMD, then to PF, and now increasingly opening space for the UPND. Identity alone is no longer enough to secure dominance.
This reality explains why both the red base and the green base are treating Kasama as a frontline rather than a safe zone.
Lubinda’s visit also carry a symbolic dimension. He paid condolences to Mwine Lubemba and the Bemba Royal Establishment following the burial of Abasano ba Mfumu, Mama Bernadette Mwamba. The gesture reinforces PF’s continued courtship of traditional authority in the North, even as political control fragments.
What is unfolding is not just a by-election campaign but a broader struggle over who speaks for the opposition.
Mundubile’s move into Tonse Alliance structures has unsettled PF hardliners. KBF, Dan Pule, Mundubile and other figures are jostling for space under the Lungu legacy banner, even as Lubinda insists that only PF structures sanctioned before Lungu’s death remain valid.
Everyone wants the name. No one trusts the process.
As Kasama votes on January 29, it does so under competing flags, overlapping alliances and unresolved disputes. The Northern Circuit as a whole is no longer a green stronghold nor a guaranteed red pickup. It is a contested voting bloc where old loyalties are weakening and new calculations are taking shape.
🇿🇲 EXCLUSIVE | Kikonge Falls, Gold Rush Axis Clears in 48 Hours
By late Saturday afternoon, the Kikonge gold rush site in Mufumbwe District was largely empty.
Less than 48 hours after Zambia Army Commander Lieutenant General Geoffrey Choongo Zyeele issued a public warning and deployed Special Forces to the area, illegal mining activity at one of the country’s most volatile mineral zones had come to a halt. Aerial footage released by the Zambia Army, captured from a military helicopter, showed wide stretches of cleared ground where thousands of miners, traders, and handlers had operated only days earlier.
According to the Central Joint Operations Committee, Kikonge was fully cleared by midday Saturday. Zambia Army Commandos shut down the Swahili Market and the Ukraine Market, two trading hubs identified by security agencies as central to the illegal gold economy in the area. The operation involved the Zambia Army, Zambia Air Force, Drug Enforcement Commission, Immigration Department, and other security agencies.
The military confirmed that most illegal miners left voluntarily following the commander’s warning. Those who initially remained reportedly fled upon the arrival of Commandos. No casualties were recorded. Equipment used for illegal mining and related criminal activities was confiscated, while abandoned items were collected.
Authorities say none of the seized equipment will be returned.
Interviews conducted during the exodus provide insight into how Kikonge functioned.
“We were working for a boss at Ukraine Market,” said Mbambo Lwiji, one of the men leaving the area. “Most of us were not owners. We were just doing piece work.”
Another worker, Champo Ndiyoyi, described a heavily securitised environment. “Working at Kikonge needed security. Many people had at least a gun or a machete for protection,” he said.
Accounts from multiple sources indicate that many Zambians on site were employed as casual labourers by organised syndicates. These groups provided basic pay, food, and protection, while controlling access to pits and coordinating gold movement out of the area. Security agencies say the syndicates relied on weapons and intimidation to maintain control.
The impact of the operation extended beyond Mufumbwe.
Across Mumbwa and Mpika, precious stones dealers reportedly abandoned sites even before security forces moved there. Reporter Chileshe Sengwe confirmed that trading activity slowed sharply as news of the Kikonge operation spread.
Similar movements were observed across other mineral-rich zones in Central Province.
Quoted by Zambia Army reporter, Lt Gen Zyeele said security forces would remain in Kikonge to maintain order and allow the Ministry of Mines to guide the transition to lawful mining. He warned that any attempt to return illegally would result in forcible eviction.
The commander said the operation was based on intelligence indicating the involvement of foreign nationals, some with military backgrounds, as well as the presence of weapons, explosives, and advanced equipment within illegal mining networks.
Accordingly to authorities, the objective is to restore state control over mineral zones and prevent the entrenchment of armed groups.
The Zambia Daily Mail reported that some groups remain stranded in Mufumbwe following the clearance, expressing concern over livelihoods after the closure of illegal sites. Government agencies have not announced any immediate relief measures for those affected.
Security officials say similar operations will continue in other areas identified through intelligence assessments.
For now, Kikonge remains under military watch, its gold rush economy abruptly dismantled as enforcement moves across the illegal mining axis.
iShowSpeed’s Liberia Stream Ended Abruptly After Unprecedented Crowd Chaos
What was meant to be a celebration of culture turned into a security nightmare that even local authorities couldn’t handle.
Popular YouTuber iShowSpeed was forced to abruptly end his highly anticipated Liberia livestream after receiving an urgent warning from officials. The situation? Completely out of control. Thousands of passionate fans flooded the streets of Monrovia, creating crowd levels that Liberian authorities admitted they had never experienced before. Even the police struggled to maintain order as the sheer volume of supporters overwhelmed the city.
Speed, clearly emotional, apologized to his fans for the sudden shutdown. He had planned several more stops and a proper finale to honor the West African nation, but safety had to come first.
Despite the chaos, the content creator emphasized how much he genuinely enjoyed experiencing Liberia’s rich culture and connecting with its people. The overwhelming turnout, while ultimately forcing the stream’s end, proved just how much his presence meant to the community.
The incident highlights the immense influence of digital creators in Africa and the need for better crowd management strategies when global personalities visit. Speed never expected such an explosive reception, but Liberia showed up in numbers that made history.
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Source: iShowSpeed’s official statement via his social media platforms and livestream announcement.
“GOD OR THE CONSTITUTION?” Opposition Slams ‘Anointed to Rule’ Claim as Threat to Democracy
Opposition leader Jameson Timba has launched a blistering attack on claims that Zimbabwe’s leadership is “ordained by God,” warning that such rhetoric endangers the Constitution and the country’s democratic future.
Responding to remarks attributed to Paul Tungwarara, suggesting President Emmerson Mnangagwa is divinely chosen to rule until 2030, Timba insists Zimbabwe is a constitutional republic, not a theocracy. Power, he says, comes from the people through elections not prophecy.
“The Constitution is clear,” Timba argues. “Presidential terms are limited. No leader can extend their rule through religious language or political convenience.”
He warns that using faith to justify unconstitutional ambitions cheapens religion and weakens democracy. While churches play a vital moral role, Timba says faith must never be used to silence dissent or intimidate citizens.
History, he cautions, shows that when leaders claim divine entitlement, accountability collapses. Zimbabweans, he says, are not debating theology, they are defending the Constitution.
BILLIONAIRES BENCHED! 🇦🇺💰 Australia Caps Mega-Rich Election Spending at Just $50,000
Australia has moved to shut the door on billionaire money dominating politics after passing a new law that sharply limits how much wealthy individuals can pour into political parties.
Under the Bill, billionaires including global tycoons like Elon Musk will be restricted to a maximum of $50,000 in political spending, ending the era of deep-pocketed elites bankrolling campaigns at will.
The move is being hailed as a major win for democracy, aimed at stopping the super-rich from effectively buying elections and drowning out ordinary voters. Supporters say the law levels the playing field, ensuring political power comes from citizens, not cheque books.
With public trust in politics under strain worldwide, Australia’s crackdown sends a clear message: elections are not for sale no matter how big your bank balance is.
Trump Warns Canada: “If a Deal With China Is Signed, 100% Tariffs Will Be Imposed Immediately”
President Donald Trump of the United States has issued a sharp warning to Canada amid Ottawa’s efforts to reset and deepen relations with China, stating that any formal agreement between Canada and Beijing would trigger immediate punitive trade measures from Washington.
Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, President Trump declared that if Canada were to sign a deal with China, the United States would impose a 100% tariff on all Canadian goods and products entering the U.S. market. He accused Canadian leadership of attempting to turn the country into what he described as a “shipping harbor” for Chinese goods destined for the United States.
President Trump referred to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as “Governor Carney,” reiterating his long-standing rhetoric that frames Canada as a potential “51st state” of the United States. He asserted that any belief Canada could serve as a conduit for Chinese exports into the U.S. was, in his words, “a massive miscalculation.”
The U.S. president further warned that China would ultimately “consume Canada entirely,” claiming Beijing would take over its businesses, social structures, and way of life. These remarks align with President Trump’s broader narrative since the start of his second term, in which he has openly expressed territorial ambitions toward Canada and intensified economic pressure on close allies.
The warning comes as Canada moves closer to China in response to U.S. tariff policies and repeated annexation rhetoric targeting the Western Hemisphere. Prime Minister Carney visited China from January 14 to 17, becoming the first Canadian prime minister in eight years to hold a summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
During the visit, both leaders announced a restoration of bilateral relations following years of diplomatic tension and pledged to initiate a “new strategic partnership.” The talks also produced several trade understandings, including steps toward lowering import tariffs on key exports such as Chinese electric vehicles and Canadian rapeseed.
The escalating rhetoric highlights a widening strategic rift between Washington and Ottawa, as Canada seeks economic diversification while facing mounting pressure from its closest ally. The developments underscore growing fault lines in North American trade policy amid intensifying U.S.–China rivalry.
If Canada continues to advance trade cooperation with China, further economic retaliation from the United States is likely, potentially extending beyond tariffs to regulatory and security measures. This trajectory risks destabilizing long-standing North American supply chains and could push Canada to accelerate alternative trade partnerships in Asia and Europe.
President Trump’s warning signals a hardline U.S. stance against any perceived facilitation of Chinese economic influence, even among close allies. Canada now faces a strategic dilemma between preserving access to the U.S. market and pursuing a more diversified global trade posture.
AFRICA’S BIGGEST STADIUM, BIGGEST MOMENTS, SOUTH AFRICA STANDS ALONE
Africa’s largest stadium, the iconic FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, is a true cathedral of sport a place where fans unleash unforgettable celebrations and history is made. Towering over the continent, the arena has hosted some of the loudest crowds and most electric moments African football has ever seen .
Adding to its prestige, South Africa remains the only African nation to have hosted the FIFA World Cup, staging the global spectacle in 2010 and placing the continent firmly on the world stage. From vuvuzela-filled nights to record-breaking crowds, the country set a standard no other African nation has yet matched.
The FNB Stadium in Johannesburg has a seating capacity of 94,736, making it Africa’s largest. During the 2010 World Cup, it was limited to 84,490 for reserved areas.
HAITI OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE PLAN TO OUST PRIME MINISTER
MEMBERS of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council have announced plans to remove Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime, flouting warnings from the United States against doing so.
The announcement on Friday further deepens a standoff with Washington over the leadership of the crisis-wracked Caribbean country, which has repeatedly delayed elections due to spiralling gang crime and instability.
“We are the ones who appointed Didier Fils-Aime in November 2024,” council member Leslie Voltaire said at a news conference. “We are the ones who worked with him for a year, and it is up to us to issue a new decree naming a new prime minister, a new government and a new presidency.”
Five of the nine-member panel had voted in favour of removing Fils-Aime and replacing him within a 30-day period, several members said. However, the vote had yet to be published in the country’s official gazette as of late Friday, a necessary step before the decision becomes legally valid.
The TPC was established in 2024 as the country’s top executive body, a response to a political crisis stretching back to the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise. It quickly devolved into infighting, questions over its membership and allegations of corruption.
The council ousted Prime Minister Garry Conille just six months after being formed, selecting Fils-Aime as his replacement.
Despite being tasked with developing a framework for federal elections, the council ended up postponing a planned series of votes that would have selected a new president by February.
Instead, tiered federal elections are now expected to start in August. Meanwhile, the council’s mandate is set to dissolve on February 7.
On Friday, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that he had spoken to Fils-Aime and “emphasised the importance of his continued tenure as Haiti’s Prime Minister to combat terrorist gangs and stabilise the island”.
THE DEBATE AROUND PR OFFICERS USING THEIR PICTURES FOR EVERY STATEMENT THEY ISSUE – IS THIS IN ORDER?
By Kellys Kaunda
Pictures are added to a story if they add value to it. And this decision is purely that of the Editor.
If the latter asks for it, it is advisable to comply because that is their decision.
Sometimes, adding a personal touch to a statement is a good thing.
It’s like putting a face to a phone conversation when you finally get to meet in person the individual you have always been communicating with.
But here is a basic fact: Public Relations Officers are the face of organisations while everybody else confine themselves to their roles.
They are also the voices or spokespersons of their respective organisations.
The police have been exemplary in this regard. The PR officer speaks more often than the IG.
This is as it should be because PR officers are employed specifically to speak and appear on behalf of the organisation.
Remember when Kapata was PR at Lusaka City Council and ZESCO, he was the face and voice of these organisations.
That’s exactly as it should be. So, those pictures you are seeing coming along with PR Officers of different Ministries and government departments are perfectly and professionally in order.
In fact, Permanent Secretaries must be shunted to their Chief Executive roles of their respective ministries while PR officers take their rightful roles – the face and voice of their respective ministries.
If the PS’s feel their PR officers are outshining them, tough. Their insatiable appetite to talk need not be entertained at the expense of professional standards.
Charles just didnt quit, his wife made a braii for PF thats why we will never forgive him.
You can quit UPND but that means you are no longer in politics. But to quit UPND and then make a braii for PF, the same party that arrested our president and chsrged him with treason… aikona man. You can never be forgiven.
The Tonse Alliance has taken note of the statement issued by the Patriotic Front Chairperson for Information and Publicity, Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba, regarding the ongoing Tonse Alliance nominations and preparations for the National Congress.
At the outset, it is important to clarify one critical point: the Tonse Alliance process is not a Patriotic Front (PF) process. In that respect, Amb. Mwamba is correct to advise PF members that Tonse Alliance activities are non-PF activities. However, it is misleading and inaccurate to label the Tonse Alliance process as “illegal.” Legality is determined by constitutional authority within an institution, not by external political parties.
Tonse Alliance operates under its own Constitution, duly amended and ratified through an agreed collective process involving over eighteen (18) political parties and civil society organisations. That amendment—including the removal of the PF faction whose leadership is contested in court—was not unilateral. It was a collective, recorded decision, taken precisely to protect the Alliance from legal uncertainty and paralysis. The process was conducted transparently, publicly, and in full view of the media.
Notably, Mr. Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF)—now cited indirectly in public controversies—was not only present throughout these deliberations but was a member of the constitutional amendment committee, was elected Interim Second Vice Chairperson thereafter, and publicly signed and ratified the amended Tonse Alliance Constitution at a press briefing held at the FDD Secretariat. He attended Council of Leaders meetings where the roadmap to the National Congress was agreed, including delegate numbers, timelines, and the nomination date. To now suggest procedural impropriety without first exhausting internal mechanisms is both factually inconsistent and institutionally improper.
The Elections Committee currently administering the process was appointed by the Tonse Alliance Council of Leaders and is composed of three legal practitioners—Mr. Mwaba Mushota SC, Mr. Benjamin Mwelwa, and Mr. Debby Kambwa Aongola who is the Commission Chairman. The three commissioners jointly developed the Rules of Engagement, Code of Conduct, and operational guidelines which were collectively approved by the Council of Leaders. There is therefore no clandestine or parallel process at play.
Tonse Alliance respects the right of the Patriotic Front to conduct its own internal processes, including its forthcoming National Convention either in March or April as reported. Equally, PF has no constitutional authority to declare Tonse Alliance decisions illegal, just as Tonse Alliance does not interfere in PF internal affairs. What exists here are two distinct political processes, not a hierarchy of legitimacy. Here, political professionalism and mature leadership demand that each institution sticks to their own lane.
Finally, the Alliance urges all leaders—within and outside Tonse—to exercise restraint and accuracy in public communication. Political disagreement should never come at the expense of truth. The Tonse Alliance remains committed to order, constitutionalism, unity, and transparency, and will continue to address internal concerns through its established governance structures—not through media escalation.
Issued in the interest of clarity, public record, and national political maturity.
Issued by:
Dr Lawrence Mwelwa Interim Spokesperson Tonse Alliance
PF LAWMAKERS CONGRATULATE MUNDUBILE ON TONSE ALLIANCE CHAIRMANSHIP BID
A group of Patriotic Front (PF) and Independent Members of Parliament have congratulated Hon. Brian Muntayalwa Mundubile following his successful filing of nominations to contest the position of Chairperson of the Tonse Alliance.
Speaking on behalf of 40 PF MPs who endorsed Hon. Mundubile’s candidature, Acting Spokesperson Mr. Francis Robert Kapyanga said the move signalled decisive leadership at a time when the opposition required clarity and unity ahead of the 2026 General Elections.
He stated that Hon. Mundubile’s decision to contest reflected “clarity of purpose, courage, and responsiveness to the calls of the Zambian people.”
The lawmakers noted that the Tonse Alliance Parliamentary Liaison Chairperson had demonstrated readiness to provide direction and rally progressive forces, adding that his decision showed a commitment “to mobilise and reposition progressive forces toward electoral victory.”
However, the MPs expressed concern over continued indecision within the Patriotic Front, citing the failure to convene a legitimate party conference with only months remaining before nominations.
Mr. Kapyanga said the actions of some party leaders had “undermined cohesion, suppressed internal democracy, and weakened the party’s readiness.”
The statement further urged PF structures across the country to unite behind Hon. Mundubile, whom the MPs described as a stabilising figure capable of restoring focus and direction.
Party members were also reminded to remain anchored in the founding values of the party, guided by the legacy of former Presidents Michael Chilufya Sata and Edgar Chagwa Lungu.
The lawmakers reaffirmed their commitment to the Tonse Alliance, noting that it remained “a critical political vehicle that must be protected, strengthened, and defended” against any attempts to weaken it.
They have called on the Patriotic Front to set aside personal interests and recommit to its founding principles of unity, discipline and service to the people of Zambia.
The statement was issued by Mr. Francis Robert Kapyanga, MP, Acting Spokesperson for 31 Patriotic Front and Independent Members of Parliament, on behalf of the Brian Mundubile (BM8) Campaign Secretariat.
ILLEGAL PROCESS AT TONSE ALLIANCE FACTION, MEMBERS OF THE PATRIOTIC ADVISED TO STAY AWAY
LUSAKA- Friday, 23rd January 2026.
We have received numeorus requests from the media for the Patriotic Front to state its position regarding a process being done by a faction of Tonse Alliance purporting to receive nominations and pledging to hold an elective Congress at the month-end.
It must be noted that the Patriotic Front is expected to hold its National Conference in February 2026 where Presidential Aspirants who have paid a sum of K200,000 and have been accepted in accordance with the Party Constitution, will participate and contest.
This process is underway and preparations are advanced to finally hold its long awaited General Conference to pick the President of the Party.
Please note that the Patriotic Front has previously stated that activities being done by former State House official, Mr. Zumani Zimba where a grouping under him held an illegal meeting and purported to expel the Patriotic Front party led by Patriotic Front Acting President, Hon.Given Lubinda, was not a legal process as it was irregularly called and was not chaired by the Tonse Alliance Chairperson.
The subsequent actions from that grouping therefore, remain illegal, a serious violation of the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by constituent parties that constituted the Tonse Alliance.
An extended formal statement will be issued.
However at the meeting held by the Central Committee of the Patriotic Front, last week, it was re-emphasised that the Patriotic Front had resolved that any organisation outside the MOU signed, structure and establishment left by the Patriotic Front President, Zambia’s Sixth President, Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, must be deemed as illegal and members across the country must be informed.
To this extent, the so called nominations and congress held by the Zumani Zimba Tonse Alliance, must be regarded as a totally non-PF activity and PF members participating in its activities risk serious sanctions from the Party.
The Party has called for the disciplinary committee to resolve all these acts of indiscipline shortly after the Kasama By-Election and the resolutions will be communicated to the country.
To the party structures and general membership, you are called upon to remain steadfast, loyal and resilient to the Party as you have done in the past when we have previously faced similar rebellion, or external and internal attacks against the Party. It is that spirit that has held the Party together. It is that spirit that will continue to hold the Party together.
Partu structures and party members are also encouraged to stay away from any illegal process or activities against being committed against the Patriotic Front so as to enjoy good standing with the Party.
God bless the Patriotic Front. God bless our country.
Issued by Amb. Emmanue Mwamba Chairperson for Information and Publicity Member of the Central Committee PATRIOTIC FRONT
PF GOING AHEAD WITH CONVENTION NEXT MONTH DESPITE INTERNAL DIFFERENCES
By Nelson Zulu
Patriotic Front Deputy Secretary General for Administration, Celestine Mukandila says the party is moving forward with its convention scheduled for February 2026.
In an interview with Phoenix News, Mr. Mukandila has urged senior party officials to disregard comments from non-official spokespersons and to avoid actions that could sow confusion among party supporters.
He has explained that the Central Committee has set the conference date and that preparations are being guided by the party leadership.
Mr. Mukandila has stressed the importance of upholding governance principles such as collective responsibility and discipline, adding that the Central Committee’s direction should govern internal messaging and conduct.
He has warned that impatience and mixed messaging could undermine the party’s cohesion, adding that the convention is essential to maintaining unity and preparing the party for upcoming political contests.
Mr. Mukandila’s comments come amid signs of frustration and fatigue among some party supporters over delays in holding the convention.
The political landscape is shifting, and Brian Mundubile’s decision to march on with Tonse Alliance has sent shockwaves through the opposition. Meanwhile, Given Lubinda is tightening his grip on PF, seemingly positioning himself as the party’s presidential candidate. But is this a clever move or a recipe for disaster?
The delay in choosing a PF leader has been criticized, with some seeing it as a ploy to allow Lubinda to consolidate power. With multiple presidential candidates vying for attention, the opposition is left wondering who to align with. The Tonse Alliance, led by Dan Pule, is pushing forward, setting a tone of urgency and determination.
Mundubile’s move could be seen as brave, as it puts pressure on Lubinda and PF to make a move. If he succeeds, it could checkmate Lubinda’s ambitions and create an alternative for opposition parties to rally behind. However, it’s not without risks, as not all PF candidates may be able to contest on the Tonse ticket.
The real question is, will the opposition learn from this and put aside their differences to unite behind a single candidate? The presidential race is shaping up to be a two-horse race, and whoever doesn’t join forces risks being left behind. As Tonse marches on, the stakes are higher than ever.
Ibn Kafwanka Aspiring Parliamentary Candidate for Chienge constituency 2026
*CHRIS ZUMANI MUST SHUT UP AND KNOW THAT EAGLES DON’T TAKE FLYING LESSONS FROM CHICKENS.* =========================
Former political advisor to late sixth Republican *President Edgar Chagwa Lungu* ( Mhsriep ) *Mr. Chris Zumani* must just shut up for he is the last person to talk about wining a general election.
Citizens first national youth executive is concerned and extremely disturbed with constant attacks directed at *President Harry Kalaba* from toxic online media tabloids and individuals with a record of making seating presidents lose elections.
Let it be on record that it’s against our party policy to engage in politics of character assassination or political violence but that position must never be misconstrued as an act of cowardice cause when our leader is attacked we shall surely rise to the occasion and defend with all our mighty.
Lately we have noticed that the former political advisor to the sixth Republican President Edgar Chagwa Lungu in the name of Mr. Chris Zumani seem to have found a new hobby in attacking President Harry Kalaba.
We wish to state categorically that Mr. Zumani’s attacks towards CF and President Harry Kalaba is not a coincidence considering how he landed himself that position at state house was through a similar channel of attacks towards the former President a fact that is well known by PF faithfuls.
Its mind boggling to see Mr. Zumani talking about who can and cannot win August 2026 general elections when records are in public domain that whilst he was actively serving as special assistant political under the PF administration in 2021 the Party and President Edgar Chagwa Lungu lost terribly to upnd and President Hakainde Hichilema with an incredible difference of over a million votes.
With that said it’s imperatively important for Mr. Zumani to shut up his mouth for clearly he is the last person to talk about winning an election worse off giving President Harry Kalaba any political advise.
Should Zumani continue on that trajectory of disrespecting President Harry Kalaba for political expediency we shall be obliged to take him on head on and be glad to dance to the rhym of his music.
“From Fumigation and Extermination to Eradication”
…Zambia’s Tragic Theatre of Command
Amb. Anthony Mukwita writes-
23 Jan.26.
By now, I thought the PR machinery of the Zambia Army would have advised its Commander, Lt. General Zyele, to ‘keep it low’, because every time he opens his mouth he seems to put his foot in it.
From ‘fumigating and exterminating Zambians’ to now talking about eradicating them.
This is not the language of leadership but of sorrow, and worse still his PR machinery seems to have gone on holiday, leaving him to tell “Tales of the Commander-in-Chief” as if the President himself authorized extermination.
I refuse to think the President did but I could be wrong again.
That is dangerous ground, because in power play it is never wise to invoke the king’s name—Thomas More under Henry VIII and Brutus under Caesar both discovered that when things go wrong, those closest to the throne are sacrificed first.
The Daily Nation Zambia
Mr. Zyele’s rhetoric about exterminating Zambians branded as illegal miners ignores the fact that Ghana legalized small-scale mining and generated $5 billion in revenue in 2024 in six month, creating jobs and sustaining livelihoods.
Likewise, countries that legalized marijuana have seen billions in tax revenue and employment opportunities, turning what was once criminalized into empowerment.
Instead of fumigating citizens, exterminating them or eradicating them, Zambia could harness its mining sector to reduce poverty, which still grips over 64% of the population living below $2.15 a day, with youth unemployment stubbornly high.
Smart Eagles
To speak of extermination in such a context is to mock the slogan “One Zambia, One Nation,” which was meant to unify, not divide.
History reminds us of the dangers of careless words: six million Jews exterminated by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime, nearly 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus slaughtered in Rwanda in just 100 days.
These are not abstract tragedies and numbers but warnings carved into humanity’s conscience.
Mr. Zyele resembles Icarus of Greek myth, flying too close to the sun with waxen wings of rhetoric, or Macbeth undone by his own ambition and words.
In both tales, hubris leads to downfall. Asian wisdom says, “If you find yourself on the wrong train, jump off quickly,” and Mr. Zyele should heed this counsel before his words derail the institution he leads.
It is never necessary for an Army Commander to invoke the President’s name in every utterance; doing so risks dragging the Head of State into personal blunders and weakening the dignity of the office
Better to speak with restraint, to lead with dignity, and to remember that armies defend nations—they do not fumigate them. “Quand on est sur le mauvais chemin, il faut savoir s’arrêter.” When one is on the wrong path, one must know how to stop.
We love our commander and our commander in chief but we are very afraid of extermination talk.
my memories of visiting Aushwitz in Poland are too fresh.
Why Last Place at Grade 9 Becomes First at Grade 12
Something strange is happening in Zambia’s education system, and the 2025 examination results have exposed a paradox that defies logic.
Eastern Province just claimed its fifth consecutive victory in Grade 12 examinations with a commanding 81.53% pass rate. Here’s the twist: the same province finished dead last at Grade 9 with just 45.39%.
How do the worst-performing junior secondary students in the country transform into the nation’s best just three years later?
The Rankings That Don’t Make Sense
Grade 12 Champions (2025): 1. Eastern Province – 81.53% 2. Central Province – 74.26% 3. Northern Province – 74.04%
— National Average – 70.26% — 8. Lusaka Province – 69.62% 9. Northwestern Province – 60.06% 10. Western Province – 56.05%
But at Grade 9 (same year): 1. Copperbelt Province – 61.44% 2. Lusaka Province – 60.15% — 9. Eastern Province – 45.39% ⚠️ 10. Southern Province – 45.37%
It gets stranger. Western Province sits comfortably at 5th place in Grade 9 (56.27%), then crashes to last place by Grade 12 (56.05%). The urban powerhouses Lusaka and Copperbelt lead at Grade 9 but fall below the national average by Grade 12.
The entire system appears to be running backwards.
The Eastern Province Secret: It’s Not Magic, It’s Selection
After five years of dominance, Eastern Province’s “secret” is finally
and it’s not what you’d expect.
The province isn’t transforming weak students into stars. It’s simply not letting weak students advance.
That brutal 45% Grade 9 pass rate? It’s a filter. Only the strongest, most capable students make it to senior secondary, where they encounter something most Zambian provinces lack: world-class technical education infrastructure.
Chizongwe Technical Secondary School in Chipata has built a reputation as one of the finest government schools in the country, specializing in STEM subjects with a laser focus on examination excellence.
But the real game-changer came in March 2019, when Edgar Lungu Technical Secondary School opened in Petauke. Built by ZESCO as “the most expensive technical school in Petauke,” this state-of-the-art STEM facility launched just before Eastern Province began its five-year winning streak in 2022.
Coincidence? Unlikely.
Add Impact Network’s 10 e-learning schools using innovative technology to overcome rural resource constraints, and you have a formula: ruthless selection + exceptional technical schools + STEM focus = five consecutive championships.
Eastern Province isn’t educating everyone well. It’s educating the select few exceptionally.
Western Province: The Collapse of a Former Champion
Western Province’s story breaks your heart. This was once a top-performing province. Today, it sits at the bottom, seemingly unable to climb out.
The problems are visceral and immediate:
Geography is destiny. The Barotse Floodplain dominates Western Province. From December to June, flooding isolates communities, closes schools, and fractures the academic calendar. Students walk impossible distances. Teachers commute from towns rather than live at rural schools, gaming the housing allowance system.
Visit a Western Province school and you’ll find dilapidated buildings, pit latrines that don’t function, students sitting on dirt floors because there aren’t enough desks, and classrooms with one textbook shared among seven children.
The province has an overall literacy rate of 61.6%—nearly 10 percentage points below the national average. With 86% of the population rural and scattered across Zambia’s largest province, the infrastructure simply cannot keep up.
Western Province doesn’t lack effort or talent. It lacks everything else.
The Urban Catastrophe: When Free Education Breaks the System
Here’s an irony that should alarm policymakers: Zambia’s richest, most developed provinces Lusaka and Copperbelt are performing below the national average at Grade 12.
Since 2021’s free education policy, two million additional children flooded into schools. Access soared. Quality collapsed.
In Lusaka schools, teacher-to-pupil ratios have hit 1:200 compared to the ideal 1:45. Teachers describe classrooms so packed that they “can’t manage them all.” Parents pull children back to private schools after watching them languish in overcrowded chaos.
Some Eastern Province classes have 100+ students sharing six textbooks. Urban schools face similar nightmares, except their students came expecting better.
Lusaka also has the country’s highest number of out-of-school children: 43,376. Free education didn’t solve poverty it just exposed how many families still can’t afford uniforms, materials, and transportation.
Urban provinces are drowning in their own success.
The Gender Earthquake
Buried in the statistics is a revolution: girls are now outperforming boys.
This represents a complete reversal of historical patterns. Reduced child marriage, better menstrual hygiene facilities, and programs like Girls2030 have kept girls in school and focused on achievement.
But what about the boys? They’re falling behind, disengaged, distracted, and increasingly seeing less value in academic credentials. If this trend continues, Zambia risks creating an educated female majority and an undereducated male underclass.
That’s a recipe for social instability.
The Questions No One Wants to Answer
Can Eastern Province’s model be replicated?
Yes and no. Building expensive technical schools takes money and political will. The Edgar Lungu Technical School cost far more than standard schools, but it produces results. Western Province needs similar investments but first, it needs basic infrastructure: desks, toilets, teacher housing, and roads that don’t flood.
Why does Western Province keep failing?
Because you can’t educate children who can’t reach school, sit in crumbling buildings, and learn from exhausted teachers who commute hours daily. Western’s problems aren’t pedagogical, they’re infrastructural and geographic.
Why are urban provinces underperforming?
Because free education without capacity expansion is a policy failure. You can’t pack 200 students in a room and expect quality outcomes. Lusaka and Copperbelt need hundreds of new schools, thousands of new teachers, and mass-produced furniture and materials.
The Uncomfortable Truth
Zambia doesn’t have one education system. It has ten different systems operating at wildly different levels of effectiveness.
Eastern Province has built a high-performing system through strategic investment and selective advancement. Western Province operates system hamstrung by geography and neglect. Urban provinces run systems overwhelmed by demand they cannot meet.
After five years of Eastern’s dominance, the lesson should be clear: infrastructure investment drives results. The Edgar Lungu Technical School opened in 2019; Eastern Province topped the nation by 2022. The causation is hard to miss.
Western Province needs that same commitment not to technical schools (yet), but to basic functionality: roads, housing, desks, toilets, and teacher retention.
Lusaka and Copperbelt need capacity expansion on an unprecedented scale or the shift system that doubles school usage.
The good news? Eastern Province proves that rural Zambia can outperform urban centers when properly resourced. The bad news? We’ve known this for five years and Western Province is still last.
The question isn’t whether Zambia knows how to fix education. It’s whether anyone will actually do it.
Battle Lines Drawn as Brian Mundubile officially crosses to the Illegal Tonse Alliance led by Dan Pule Mporokoso MP and Patriotic Front Presidential aspirant, Hon. Brian Mundubile has successfully filed in his nominations for the illegal Tonse Alliance faction conference led by Dr. Dan Pule and former State House for Politics, Zumani Zimba.
Earlier, Pule claimed that his faction has expelled the Patriotic Front from the Tonse Alliance led by Hon. Given Lubinda. Patriotic Front Acting President Hon. Given Lubinda had rejected the assertions and stated that the meeting that expelled the PF was irregularly called and did not have his authority as Acting Chairperson of Tonse.
Hon. Lubinda had also called for a Council of Leaders of Tonse Alliance meeting to be held after the by-elections. On the other hand, Dr Pule and Zumani Zimba have proceeded with their illegal plans and announced candidates should pay K50,000 as nomination fee.
Zambia Must Prosper Party(ZMP) leader Kelvin Fube Bwalya has refused to be part of the illegalities in the Illegal Tonse and he has since not filed in any nominations.
Meanwhile PF Secretary General for Administration Celestine Mukandila has cautioned the PF members and all the party structures to ignore the illegal Tonse activities and advised them to keep away as it was illegal, warning that whoever will take part in this illegal process should consider themselves expelled from the Patriotic Front Party.
🇿🇲 WEEKEND DIGEST | Hichilema Returns to Lusaka, Ends Speculation, Resets the Political Calendar
President Hakainde Hichilema on Friday returned to the capital, Lusaka, concluding his stay in Choma, Southern Province, and drawing a firm line under weeks of opposition driven speculation about his health and absence from public view.
The Head of State arrived at Community House aboard the presidential helicopter, accompanied by First Lady Mutinta Hichilema. He was received by staff and a group of teachers who had come to pay a courtesy call, an arrival that carried both administrative and political symbolism as the country edges closer to the campaign season.
The return effectively collapses a narrative that had been gaining traction in opposition circles, where claims of illness, incapacity and even death had circulated online. Those claims had already been weakened earlier this month when the President appeared publicly in Choma and later addressed the nation live by phone.
His physical return to Lusaka now removes any remaining ambiguity.
From the Community House, the President chose education as his first public message. Writing on his official Facebook page, he framed learning as a core pillar of national development and pointed to measurable outcomes rather than rhetoric.
“Education is the heartbeat of our nation and a central pillar of our national development agenda,” the President wrote, noting that free education policies had contributed to a 70 percent national pass rate, the highest recorded in Zambia’s history. He described the outcome as the product of organised and systematic reforms, not chance.
That message was not accidental.
Since independence, Zambian presidents have often used moments of political pressure to pivot toward policy delivery. Kenneth Kaunda leaned on education as a nation building tool in the early republic. Frederick Chiluba expanded access during the transition to multiparty rule. The current administration has made free education one of its defining policy signatures, and the President’s emphasis on pass rates reflects an attempt to anchor political legitimacy in data rather than personality.
Politically, the timing matters.
Opposition figures had sought to turn the President’s stay in Southern Province into a campaign issue, arguing that leadership required constant physical presence in Lusaka. This argument now sits awkwardly alongside the reality that the President remained in command throughout, continued issuing directives, addressed national issues, and has returned without incident. The comparison drawn by government officials to past presidents who spent extended periods away from the capital has further diluted the opposition line.
The return to Lusaka also energises the ruling party’s support base, particularly in urban centres where visibility matters ahead of elections. For the UPND, the episode has become a case study in how misinformation can fill a vacuum when official communication is sparse, but also how quickly such narratives collapse when confronted with facts.
For now, the immediate political consequence is clear. The sickness narrative has ended. Attention shifts back to policy delivery, economic pressures, farmer payments, security operations in mining zones, and the broader contest for votes as August approaches.
Within politics, absence creates stories. Presence ends them.
This weekend, the President’s return did exactly that.
🇿🇲 VIEWPOINT | Inside Zambia’s Most Aggressive Security Operation Against Illegal Mining
The images coming out of North Western Province this week tell a story before any official statement does. Trucks packed with young men and women. Long queues boarding buses. Makeshift camps abandoned. Gold rush sites that were teeming with life days ago now thinning out at speed.
Prime TV footage from Mufumbwe and Kikonge captures a mass exodus underway. Illegal mining zones are emptying. And they are emptying fast.
This is not panic. It is calculation.
At the centre of this operation is Geoffrey Choongo Zyeele, the Zambia Army Commander whose presence on the Copperbelt and North Western axis has triggered the most decisive security response the mining sector has seen in years. His message to troops, provincial leadership and communities has been consistent. Illegal mining is no longer a policing matter. It is a national security threat.
The facts emerging from his briefings are sobering.
According to intelligence assessments shared by the Army, Zambia’s mineral zones have been penetrated by foreign backed networks operating through Zambian fronts. Kikonge, the commander told officials, had been “swamped by foreigners” and now hosts a Swahili market, a clear indicator of organised settlement rather than temporary movement. These are not isolated migrants. They are nodes in a wider regional system.
One individual currently in custody, presented during a military briefing, is a foreign national with a military background. His permit, authorised by the Ministry of Home Affairs, expired in March 2023. He remained in Zambia, operating illegally in mining zones. On his phone, officers recovered images of what the commander described as “precious stocks” of minerals already extracted and staged for movement. His interrogation is ongoing, with a clear objective. Identify which countries dominate illegal mining management and how minerals exit Zambia.
Weapons recovered during operations point to a deeper danger. Intelligence confirms the presence of firearms above 7.62 millimetres, beyond standard AK-47 capability. A sophisticated drone has been seized, equipment the Army says requires training well beyond civilian use. Boxes of ammunition. Explosives. These are not tools of survival mining. They are instruments of force.
This is why elite units have been deployed.
The Army has framed the operation as a strategic requirement to secure the Copperbelt and North Western mineral zones, areas described internally as economic centres of gravity. The commander has been explicit. Any individual who points a gun at soldiers will be neutralised. Not as punishment, but as rules of engagement in a live threat environment.
The scale of illegality is wider than Mufumbwe and Kikonge. In Mumbwa, Central Province, security agencies estimate more than 700 illegal foreign operators, many linked to East African business networks, are involved in gold processing. Zambians are being used to handle mercury based extraction, exposing communities to slow poisoning while profits move offshore. This is environmental crime layered onto economic sabotage.
As enforcement tightened this week, the reaction from entrenched groups was immediate.
Old gangs such as Jerabos, long associated with intimidation and political violence, have openly threatened to decampaign government and engineer regime change ahead of August elections. These threats are not abstract. Intelligence links some of these groups to illegal mining protection rackets and cross border smuggling routes. Their anger is not ideological. It is financial.
The commander described parts of the Copperbelt and North Western Province as hubs of impunity. Letters demanding money. Threats to loot. Stones thrown at leaders, including the incident in Chingola where the Commander in Chief was targeted last year. Security agencies trace that confrontation directly to resistance against enforcement in illegal mining zones.
This context explains why January matters.
Gold rushes do not wait for election calendars. They metastasize. Across Africa, from eastern Congo to Sudan, resource conflicts began with tolerated illegality and ended with militias. Zambia’s security chiefs believe the country was approaching that line. The decision now is to break the network before it hardens.
Opposition figures have responded with outrage. Calls have been made for the Army Commander’s dismissal. Others argue the operation is politically timed to influence Copperbelt voting patterns. The Army’s counter argument is blunt. Criminal networks do not pause for campaigns. Sovereignty does not go on leave.
What is unfolding on the ground suggests enforcement is working.
Illegal miners are leaving without force. Gold rush sites are thinning. Trucks are moving out. The Zambia Army says this phase is about clearing space for lawful mining so the Ministry of Mines can restore order, licensing and revenue flow. The operation will move beyond the Copperbelt and North Western Province into other mineral zones flagged by intelligence.
Zambia is not at war. But it is confronting a threat that grows quietly until it explodes.
The Zyeele wave is not theatre. It is pre-emptive containment. And the speed of the exodus suggests the networks understand the message clearly.
THE ASSASSINATION OF PAUL TEMBO: HOW A KEY WITNESS WAS SILENCED AND A TRUTH BURIED
Paul Tembo occupies a unique and troubling place in Zambia’s political history. Trained as a lawyer and gifted with a sharp, confrontational intellect, Tembo rose to prominence in the 1990s as a Member of Parliament and later Deputy Minister under the Movement for Multiparty Democracy. In the early years of the MMD government, he was regarded as part of the new democratic elite that had defeated one-party rule. Over time, however, he evolved into something far more dangerous to those in power: an insider who refused to remain silent.
By the late 1990s, Tembo had fallen out with the leadership of his own party. He accused senior figures in government of corruption and abuse of office, and unlike many politicians who trade outrage for survival, Tembo persisted.
Tembo started his journey to speak only the truth between June 15 and 18 2001, Paul Tembo took quick steps out of politics of deceit to join the ranks that had broken away from the MMD to defend the country’s democracy and constitution.
He apologized to the nation over the mistakes he made while in MMD. Announcing his resignation from the MMD to join the Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD), at a press conference at the Mulungushi village in Lusaka, Tembo said:
“To the church, especially through the three mother bodies: the ZEC, CCZ and EFZ, to the labour movement and civil society at large. To all, I seek your forgiveness and kind understanding for what I may have wrongly done and failed to do in the course of my duty.” (The Post, No. 1756-Monday June 18, 200, Paul Tembo asks for forgiveness)
Among the reasons he gave for his resignation was that the “MMD was finished beyond redemption as it had destroyed the very fundamental values on which it was founded and in its present form was moving down a dead road that can lead to national disaster.”
“The new culture has now degenerated into a culture of manipulation, trickery, deceit, hatred, mistrust and credibility of the ruling party.”
His legal background made him methodical, and his parliamentary experience made him credible. When a tribunal was established to investigate corruption involving senior ministers, Tembo was expected to testify. Those who knew the political climate of the time understood what that meant. His evidence was anticipated to be direct, informed, and potentially devastating.
On the night of 6 July 2001, Paul Tembo was killed in his own home in Lusaka. The manner of his death immediately set it apart from ordinary crime. Armed men entered the house, ordered Tembo and his wife to lie down, and shot him execution-style in the back of the head. Nothing was stolen. There was no sign of panic, no struggle for valuables, and no attempt to disguise the purpose of the visit. The killers came for one man and one outcome. Tembo was eliminated.
The government moved quickly to deny political involvement, describing the murder as criminal rather than political. Yet the official explanation struggled to convince the public. Tembo’s death occurred at a moment of intense political tension, with elections approaching and corruption investigations threatening to expose powerful figures. The killing removed a central witness and sent a chilling message to others who might have considered speaking out. In Zambia’s political culture, such timing has never been regarded as coincidence.
Months later, police announced that an ex-convict had confessed to killing Tembo. The confession was presented as evidence that the case was being solved, but it raised more questions than it answered. The public never saw a detailed trial that fully tested the confession, and no widely documented final conviction emerged that conclusively closed the case. Even more striking was the absence of any serious judicial pursuit of those who might have ordered the killing. Responsibility appeared to stop at the level of alleged gunmen, leaving the political context untouched.
It is at this point that the Tembo case takes on an even darker dimension. Over the years, claims have circulated that key suspects or witnesses connected to the murder later died in a road accident while in police custody or under police escort. According to these accounts, the deaths occurred before the suspects could testify in court, effectively terminating the case. These stories are deeply unsettling, not only because of what they suggest, but because of the silence that surrounds them. Major contemporary news outlets did not thoroughly document such an accident, and accessible official records are thin. The result is a fog of uncertainty in which allegations cannot be conclusively proved, but also cannot be dismissed.
This absence of clarity is precisely what keeps the Tembo assassination alive in Zambia’s political memory. A man about to testify against powerful interests is killed in a targeted execution. The investigation produces a confession but no transparent legal closure. Allegations then emerge that potential witnesses or suspects die before the truth can be established. Whether each of these elements is fully accurate is almost secondary to the larger issue they expose: the failure of the system to provide answers.
More than two decades later, Paul Tembo’s murder remains officially unresolved in the public mind. No court judgment has laid out the full chain of responsibility. No authoritative account has explained who ordered the killing, why the investigation stalled, or what truly happened to those allegedly connected to the crime. In that vacuum, suspicion thrives.
Paul Tembo did not die because he was an ordinary politician. He died because he was a witness, a dissenter, and a threat to entrenched power. Until Zambia confronts his assassination with full transparency, his case will remain a symbol of how truth can be silenced not only by a bullet, but by decades of unanswered questions. #tztpost 🇿🇲
*VOTE KWENYU FOR CONTINUITY” — TREVOR MWIINDE URGES ZAMBIANS TO BACK PRESIDENT HICHILEMA FOR SECOND TERM*
23rd January,2026.
By WEREM SHAKWAMBA.
Munzuma Constituency-United Party for National Development (UPND) Deputy National Youth Chairperson for Politics and Mobilisation, Mr. Trevor Mwiinde, has called on Zambians to rally behind President Hakainde Hichilema and grant him a second five-year term in office, citing unity, stability, and national development as key reasons.
Addressing residents of Munzuma Constituency, Mr. Mwiinde said President Hichilema’s administration has delivered tangible results since assuming office in 2021, with free education standing out as one of the most impactful achievements of the UPND government.
He noted that the policy has enabled millions of children to return to school, restoring hope and opportunity for families that previously struggled to afford education.
Mr. Mwiinde further highlighted the introduction of the school feeding programme, which provides free meals to learners, saying the initiative has significantly improved school attendance and learning outcomes.
According to Mr. Mwiinde, the education reforms reflect the UPND government’s commitment to investing in the country’s future and should be safeguarded through continuity in leadership.
Speaking in his dual capacity as UPND Deputy National Youth Chairperson and 2026 Munzuma Parliamentary Aspirant, Mr. Mwiinde urged residents of Munzuma Constituency to continue supporting the ruling party under President Hichilema’s leadership.
He emphasized that sustained leadership is critical to maintaining and expanding key social programmes such as free education and school feeding initiatives.
Mr. Mwiinde called on Zambians to remain united ahead of the 13th August General Elections, encouraging voters to cast their ballots in favour of President Hichilema and the UPND administration.
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has declared that the strongest opposition to the ruling UPND government is not rival political parties but the Zambian electorate itself.
Speaking in a press statement, DPP spokesperson Wilson Banda argued that governments are ultimately removed through democratic means and not through political drama or slogans.
He said that the ballot remains the most powerful tool in a democracy, adding that citizens would express their will during the August 2026 general elections.
Mr. Banda stated that Zambians were not opposed to leadership but to dishonesty and arrogance in governance.
He emphasized that political authority belongs to the people, not those in office, noting that politicians are merely entrusted with power.
He warned that such power could be withdrawn peacefully and constitutionally through voting.
Referring to recent developments in Chawama Constituency, Mr. Banda described the outcome as proof of people’s power, saying that attempts to intimidate or manipulate voters had failed.
He noted that the constituency’s results should serve as a warning to those in power and not be dismissed as a coincidence.
Looking ahead to the 2026 elections, the DPP spokesperson said voters would reject excuses and instead choose truth, accountability, and leadership that respects citizens.
He cautioned the current leadership to prepare for accountability rather than praise, stressing that the people’s decision would be final and impossible to spin.
“The greatest opposition to the UPND government today is the Zambian voter,” Mr. Banda said.
He added that “governments are not removed by noise or political theatrics, but by the people through the ballot.”
Citing Chawama as an example, he said it had shown that “the will of the people cannot be rigged, bullied, or silenced.”
Meanwhile, Mr. Banda warned those in authority that “when the people decide, there will be no spin strong enough to rewrite their verdict.”
GRADE TWELVE RESULTS SHOW EDUCATION REFORMS WORKING – HH
President Hakainde Hichilema says the recent 70% pass rate at Grade Twelve level shows that Zambia’s education reforms are delivering results.
Speaking when meeting teachers and education stakeholders who paid a courtesy call on him at Community House, President Hichilema said education should be treated as an investment rather than a cost, as it produces the skills needed to drive national development.
He praised both teachers and learners for their dedication, saying success in education depends on cooperation between those who teach and those who learn.
President Hichilema said free education has brought more than 2.5 million children back into school, describing it as one of the most significant policies of his administration.
He disclosed that government will soon move to legislate free education in order to safeguard the policy from future reversal.
The President further pointed to the recruitment of more than 45,000 teachers, the payment of examination fees, and the introduction of a competency-based curriculum as measures contributing to improved learning outcomes.
ISHOWSPEED HOLDS SACRED PYTHONS AT ANCIENT BENIN TEMPLE
The internet superstar just did what most people would never dare and Africa is going WILD!
IShowSpeed is not playing around with his Africa tour! After his explosive visit to Nigeria, Speed has landed in Benin Republic and went straight to one of West Africa’s most mystical locations the legendary Temple of Pythons in Ouidah.
WHAT JUST HAPPENED:
The sacred temple, home to royal pythons considered holy by the Vodun religion, allowed Speed to interact with these revered serpents.
These aren’t just any snakes they’re considered sacred guardians, symbols of ancient African spirituality and power.
WHY THIS MATTERS:
For centuries, these pythons have been protected and worshipped. The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a pilgrimage destination. Speed being welcomed to handle them shows the deep respect and cultural exchange happening on this tour.
THE CULTURE IS ALIVE:
This is what happens when you show up to Africa with genuine curiosity and respect.
Speed isn’t just visiting he’s experiencing, learning, and sharing our rich heritage with the world. From Nigeria’s energy to Benin’s ancient traditions, he’s showing millions of fans that Africa is NOT what Western media portrays.
AFRICA IS NOT A MONOLITH IT’S MAGIC.
This is our history. Our spirituality. Our heritage. And the world is finally paying attention.
CHAMISA STORMS BACK, ‘AGENDA 2026’ SET TO SHAKE ZIMBABWE
Opposition firebrand Nelson Chamisa is back on the political dance floor and he says no one dared take his place. After nearly two years in the wilderness, the former Citizens Coalition for Change leader has launched Agenda 2026, a bold citizens’ movement he claims will end President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule and reset Zimbabwe’s future.
Addressing journalists on Wednesday, Chamisa declared Zimbabwe “broken”, citing disputed elections, economic ruin and collapsing institutions. He said his return was driven by the absence of credible leadership during his hiatus.
“I stepped aside hoping others would rise. The floor stayed empty,” he said.
Chamisa insisted Agenda 2026 is not a political party but a mass movement, likening it to the liberation struggle and rejecting elite-driven politics. He promised unity beyond party, tribe or class, with Zimbabweans at home and in the diaspora forming the backbone of change.
However, critics warn his loosely defined approach risks repeating past mistakes. Undeterred, Chamisa says the next six months will focus on grassroots mobilisation laying foundations for what he calls a “new great Zimbabwe.”
Kabanana man divorces wife for saying he has small manhood
A-44-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka’s Maichola, Kabanana Compound has couriered his wife to court for repeatedly saying he has a small manhood while spiting Nkana sewerage language on him every time the couple quarreled in the presence of their children.
Cletus Sambondu told the Matero Local Court that his wife of four years was not only the “Why Me” of the household, but also a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) “Undertaker,” who would unleash her WrestleMania skills on him whenever they had a misunderstanding.
Sambondu married 35 year old Anna Tembo in 2022 after paying about K4,000 as dowry.
According to him, when he just married Tembo, she was as peaceful as a dove and she would allow him to enjoy her sugary baby producing calabash every day.
However, things changed just within a year of their marriage when Tembo abruptly started denying him entrance into her warm moisturised tunnel of sweetness, saying that his manhood was not big enough to stretch her lower lips located below her waist.
He complained that his wife would also turn violent whenever he requested for bedroom intimacy, claiming that his instrument of power was as smelly as a Soweto Market dumpsite.
“We married in 2022 and everything was going well. In early 2023, she started refusing to sleep with me. She would beat and insult me in the presence of my stepchildren. Whenever I called people to help reconcile us, she would beat me after they left. There has never been peace at home. Her love has been on and off. We involved our families, but nothing came out of it. She beats me a lot; at one point I even reported her to the police,” Sambondu lamented.
He added that sometimes his stepchildren would also join their mother in physically abusing him whenever the couple had a boxing match.
“For my safety, I have decided to leave this marriage. Her three children have stopped respecting me. At one point, she even accused me of being a thief in my own house,” he said.
Meanwhile, Tembo told the court that she turned into a “boxing champion” after catching her husband playing with his manhood while watching blue movies on several occasions.
She admitted to denying him conjugal rights after repeatedly finding him pleasuring himself.
“I started teaching him a lesson after I found him playing with himself while I was sleeping beside him. Another time I found him doing it in the toilet, then in the kitchen. I would find sperms on the bedsheet even when we hadn’t met at night. One day, I found him using Vaseline and releasing on a towel,” she explained.
“The first time I caught him, I slapped him. He spends all his time on the phone. We never talk. When he enters the bedroom, all he does is watch blue movies. There is no time to discuss anything,” she said.
Tembo further told the court that her husband was a drunkard who drank recklessly every day and would miss work for three to four months at a time.
Despite Tembo informing Magistrate Harriet Mulenga that she still wanted to continue with the marriage, the court granted the couple a divorce, stating that the wife had no respect for her husband.
After listening to an audio recording in which Tembo was heard insulting Sambondu, Magistrate Mulenga ruled that the wife was the bigger problem.
“There is no respect in this marriage. No matter what, you cannot cooperate. We have heard of marriages where women beat men. If you respected him, he would not have resorted to masturbation. It was also wrong for you to slap your husband. There is no way you can tell your husband that he has a small manhood and expect him to have confidence with you. That is why he plays with himself, he has lost confidence. Respect is cardinal in marriage. How many times will you get married?” said Magistrate Mulenga.
The magistrate ordered Sambondu to pay K500 monthly maintenance for the couple’s one-year-seven-month-old child.
She also ordered that household goods be shared equally and ruled that no compensation be paid to either party.
“I’ve Already Done What He’s Doing” Yo Maps Draws the Line
During a 33-minute interview on Power House Media, EDNA Tha’Peoples Bae pushed Yo Maps on one of the most debated topics in the Zambian music space the constant comparisons between him and Chile One.
Yo Maps didn’t shy away.
He calmly dismissed the comparisons, describing them as unnecessary and more of a gimmick than a genuine discussion about music or growth. According to Yo Maps, he’s not in a space where those comparisons even apply anymore. Taking it a step further, the singer added that if competition must be mentioned, his peers should be artists operating on a continental level naming Diamond Platnumz and Stonebwoy as the kind of artists he sees himself alongside, not Chile One.
The statement wasn’t about disrespect. It was about perspective. Yo Maps emphasized experience, longevity, and milestones already achieved, making it clear that his journey has moved beyond local comparison narratives.
From the interview alone, it’s easy to see why Yo Maps commands the respect he does. This isn’t arrogance it’s clarity from an artist who understands his level and refuses to be boxed into conversations that no longer serve his growth.
TRUMP’S “BOARD OF PEACE” DIVIDES AFRICA — MOROCCO & EGYPT JOIN, REST SILENT
Davos, Switzerland – January 23, 2026
President Donald Trump launched his controversial “Board of Peace” Thursday in Davos, with only two African nations signing up as founding members.
Morocco and Egypt joined the new international body, which aims to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction and resolve global conflicts. Morocco’s Foreign Minister signed upon instruction from King Mohammed VI .
THE BILLION-DOLLAR CLUB
Permanent membership requires contributing over $1 billion within the first year [The Washington
WESTERN BOYCOTT
Major Western allies including UK, France, Germany, Canada, Norway, and Sweden declined to participate, fearing the board could undermine the United Nations.
Trump has been named the board’s chairman with no term limit and sole authority to choose his successor. His executive council includes son-in-law Jared Kushner, former UK PM Tony Blair, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio
WHAT IT MEANS FOR AFRICA
With a $1 billion price tag, most African nations are effectively locked out of permanent membership. The silence from major African powers like Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and Ethiopia raises questions about the continent’s unified stance.
Critics call it “a pay-to-play club” and suggest Trump is creating an alternative to the UN Security Council where only he has veto power
MAN ARRESTED IN MALAWI OVER ALLEGED SALE OF DOG MEAT AT DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS
By: MBC Digital
Police in Ndirande, a township in the commercial city of Blantyre, Malawi, have arrested a 30-year-old man suspected of slaughtering and selling dog meat at local drinking establishments.
The suspect, identified as Fatsani Zakaliya, was apprehended in the Makata area following reports from members of the community. According to Ndirande Police spokesperson Chibisa Mulimbika, the case came to light after the suspect claimed he had been informed about a dog that had died at a private residence and offered to dispose of the animal.
However, local youths later discovered the man skinning the dog. When confronted, he reportedly attempted to flee but was apprehended.
Following his arrest, members of the public identified him as a person who had allegedly been roasting and selling meat at drinking spots in the area.
Police investigations into the matter are ongoing. #SunFmTvNews
Ex UK royal, Prince Harry has defended NATO troops in Afghanistan after US President Donald Trump claimed that they had stayed “a little off the front lines.”
Harry, who also served in Afghanistan, said that the sacrifices of NATO soldiers “deserve to be spoken about truthfully and with respect.”
“In 2001, NATO invoked Article 5 for the first—and only—time in history. It meant that every allied nation was obliged to stand with the United States in Afghanistan, in pursuit of our shared security. Allies answered that call,” Harry said in a statement provided by his spokesperson.
“I served there. I made lifelong friends there. And I lost friends there,” Harry said.
During the operations in Afghanistan, Harry said 457 British service personnel were killed.
“Thousands of lives were changed forever. Mothers and fathers buried sons and daughters. Children were left without a parent. Families are left carrying the cost,” Harry said on Friday.
“Those sacrifices deserve to be spoken about truthfully and with respect, as we all remain united and loyal to the defence of diplomacy and peace,” he added.
Harry was deployed to Afghanistan for about ten weeks in 2007-2008 and returned for a four-month deployment in 2012.
In his 2023 autobiography, the prince wrote about his military experience in Afghanistan, where he claimed to have killed 25 Taliban fighters while serving for the British Army.
God removed what wasn’t good for me and replaced it with love – Chile one
ZAMBIAN music sensation Obed Chileshe, known by his stage name as ‘Chile One,’ has started the year on a high note with his new song ‘Yaweh,’ a heartfelt thanksgiving to God for seeing him through life’s toughest battles.
The track, released on Thursday this week, is already making waves, racking up 299,840 views and 18,000 likes on YouTube in just two days.
But beyond numbers, the song tells a story, that of struggle, faith, love and second chances.
In Yaweh, Chile One reflects on a journey that was far from easy.
“I fought battles here and there, survived moments that almost took my life. My face was once covered with shame, but in his own way, he made me shameless. Kwabula Imwe yaweh Ine Teti imbeko,” he shared.
The lyrics echo resilience, showing how God can turn pain into purpose and loss into love.
The visuals bring that story to life. Fans get beautiful looks at his Chilanga mulilo, held just last month, featuring tender moments with his soon-to-be wife, Angela.
The scenes capture more than just celebration, they reflect the blessings Chile One has received.
“He removed what wasn’t good for me and replaced it with love. When I felt alone, he gave me a beautiful wife and partner,” he stated, making the love story genuine, raw, and relatable.
But Yaweh isn’t just a personal testimony, it’s a message for anyone who has faced hardship.
“Trust me, he’s a God of second chances. You can also start again.”
With soulful melodies and heartfelt lyrics, the song is both a reflection on past struggles and a celebration of new beginnings.
From the first note to the last, Yaweh combines emotion, faith and inspiration, it’s a song for those who have faced shame, battled adversity or felt alone, and a reminder that blessings often come when you least expect them.
With Yaweh, the artiste doesn’t just sing, he testifies, inspires and reminds everyone that God can take your broken pieces and replace them with love, hope and a future worth celebrating.
