By Brian Matambo, Wednesday, May 6, 2026 The Republican Party President and PF-Pamodzi Alliance National Mobilisation Chairperson, Wright Musoma, has condemned the reported decision by the UPND government to rename the Godfrey Ucar Chitalu Toll Gate after Anderson Kambela Mazoka, describing the move as unnecessary, divisive and not in the best interest of the nation....
LUSAKA, Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Patriotic Front and Pamodzi Alliance Media Director Brian Matambo has urged party members, media teams, writers, commentators, and former senior government officials to intensify public communication ahead of the August 13, 2026, general elections, saying the opposition must now take its case directly to the Zambian people. Speaking in his...
Makebi Zulu, the spokesperson for the Lungu family, said the new court-supervised arrangement was necessary in order to move the matter forward, particularly because there had been a possible misunderstanding regarding how the case was now proceeding before the Supreme Court.
By Brian Matambo | 25 April, 2025 International relations expert and Pan-African commentator Dr David Matsanga has strongly condemned the Zambian government’s handling of the remains of former Republican President Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu, describing the unfolding dispute as “a very sad moment for Africa” and an embarrassment to African values, customs and leadership. Speaking...
By Brian Matambo – 8th April, 2026 Honourable Given Lubinda, former Member of Parliament for Kabwata, former minister in the Patriotic Front government, and Patriotic Front Vice President, addressed the media today in Lusaka. Honourable Lubinda was speaking for the first time since the Patriotic Front held a no-name party convention in which late former...
This kind of arrangement is something you would expect from external interference, similar to how certain international actors have influenced politics elsewhere, like the controversies that unfolded in Venezuela during the Trump era.
In a press briefing held this afternoon, Miles Sampa moved to announce his own structure and named questionable figures such as Charity Katongo and Joseph Mudolo to the Central Committee, despite the leadership matter remaining hotly contested. He also purported to remove Hon. Raphael Nakacinda and replace him with PF Media Director Edwin Lifwekelo.
Patriotic Front Secretary General Raphael Mangani Nakachinda has appealed the High Court judgment in the PF leadership matter, taking the dispute to the Court of Appeal of Zambia. The appeal was filed on April 7, 2026. Court documents show that Nakachinda is challenging the decision delivered by Justice C. Chinyama Zulu
In this opinion piece, I focus on two sets of supporters of Hichilema and the UPND, namely “praise singers” and “Zambezi region nationalists” or, simply put, “supremacists”. By Zambezi region, I am referring to parts of Central and the three provinces that share the Zambezi River: Northwestern, Southern and Western.
Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s death should have been the end of political conflict. It should have brought the matter to a silence. It should have closed a chapter. But instead, it has opened a whole new world of conflict. As some ably put it, to the UPND government, Edgar Lungu was easier to fight in life than in death.