By Brian Matambo | 15 May 2026 The Archdiocese of Lusaka has announced the death of Archbishop Emeritus Telesphore George Mpundu, one of Zambia’s most respected Catholic leaders and a long-standing voice on matters of faith, governance, justice, and national conscience. The announcement was made in a very urgent notice issued by His Grace, Most...
By Brian Matambo | 15 May, 2026 The South African Supreme Court of Appeal has set May 29, 2026, as the date for the hearing involving the family of Zambia’s Sixth Republican President, Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, and the Zambian Government over the Pretoria High Court judgment on the repatriation of the former President’s remains....
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.
You may have observed how some of our politicians have used Zambia’s identity as a Christian nation as a political slogan or a convenient tool for mobilisation. It is neither a slogan nor a mobilisation tool. It is Covenant.
Respected author and daughter of the late Vice President in the UNIP government, Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe, Mulenga Kapwepwe featured on the popular evening livestream Emmanuel Mwamba Verified and spoke on a wide range of issues, offering her prognosis on the state of the nation.
The Lungu family does not seek validation from State House. They do not seek reconciliation ceremonies. They seek space. They seek quiet. They seek to lay their husband and father to rest without the shadow of power hovering over the grave. That is not bitterness. That is humanity.
A Commentary by Brian Matambo | 3rd January 2026 There are moments in a nation’s life when clarity is demanded, not diplomacy. This moment that Zambia finds herself in is one of them. To suggest that Archbishop Alick Banda is an “ordinary man” is not merely an error of judgment. It is a failure to...
The fact that the death certificate showing the certified cause of death is already in the public domain further disqualifies the Zambian Government from claiming any basis for investigations or continued interference in the custody of the remains.
His story mirrors a much larger problem. Zambia, once a beacon of democratic reform in southern Africa, now teeters on the edge of intolerance. Journalists are harassed, opposition leaders jailed, and critics intimidated. State institutions that should protect citizens have been reduced to tools for political vengeance.
True leadership is not about shouting the loudest, nor is it about forcing your will upon others. Power is multiplied when people feel ownership of the vision.