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.
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MILES SAMPA’S FAILED BID TO CAPTURE MAKEBI ZULU’S PRESIDENCY
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.
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NAKACHINDA APPEALS HIGH COURT PF JUDGMENT IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
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
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BREAKING THE CULT OF PERSONALITY: HOW PRAISE SINGERS AND ZAMBEZI REGIONAL SUPREMACISTS ARE SHAPING THE HICHILEMA PRESIDENCY
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.
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DOES HICHILEMA WANT EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU’S BODY FOR RITUALS?
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.
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MAKEBI ZULU IS THE LEGIT PF PRESIDENT-ELECTORAL COMMISSION
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...
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MAKEBI ZULU SETS TONE FOR UNITY AND CALLS FOR ZAMBIA’S “SECOND INDEPENDENCE”
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.
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MAKEBI ZULU SHOWS MAGNANIMITY, BRAVES A RAINY NIGHT TO OFFER SOLIDARITY TO HIS FELLOW OPPOSITION LEADER BRIAN MUNDUBILE
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....
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HOW MAKEBI ZULU COMPARES TO THE 7 PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS OF ZAMBIA BEFORE STEPPING INTO OFFICE
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.
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SELLABILITY: MAKEBI ZULU VS GIVEN LUBINDA – AND THE FUTURE OF THE PATRIOTIC FRONT
The endgame is not to win a convention hall. The endgame is to win the country. That means the PF must stop behaving like a club choosing a chairman and start behaving like a machine preparing to sell a presidential brand to millions of Zambians.