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...
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
By Brian Matambo | Good Friday, April 3, 2026 The Patriotic Front Electoral Commission has declared that Makebi Zulu was validly elected as President of the party, effectively closing the dispute that followed the March 21 General Conference. This confirmation was delivered by PF Chairperson for Elections and Member of the Central Committee, Dr. Frank...
Makebi Zulu used his first interview not to boast about victory, but to define what it should mean for the Patriotic Front and for the country. He described his election as a journey of healing, a phrase that captured both the condition of the party and the task now before him.
Kudos to Makebi, a true people’s person, and a leader whose heart is as strong as his vision. In a political landscape often defined by bitterness, retaliation, and endless cycles of settling scores, Makebi Zulu stands out as a rare kind of leader, one with a genuinely big heart and an unwavering commitment to unity....
Makebi enters this conversation with something different: a serious legal mind, legislative experience, and actual executive exposure from inside government. In politics, the music can fool people. But when the music stops, the file remains. And Makebi Zulu’s file is stronger than many of the men who came before him at the point they first stepped into office, particularly Hakainde Hichilema.