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.
Category: Politics
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IS MAKEBI THE CHOSEN ONE?
What Zulu was arguing, essentially, is that Zambia is not simply dealing with policy disagreements between competing parties. His argument is that the country’s governing system has drifted outside our constitutional boundaries, and that what is needed is not cosmetic adjustment but structural recalibration.
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FROM THE UNITED NATIONS TO ZAMBIA’S POLITICAL FRONTLINE: DR. MWABA KASASE-BOTHA SPEAKS
Perhaps the most emotional moment of the interview came when Dr Kasase-Botha spoke about the unresolved burial of former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. Nearly nine months after his death, the matter remains unsettled. For her, the issue is no longer about legal positions or political arguments. It is about something more fundamental.
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MAKEBI ZULU SHOWS WHY HE IS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
By Brian Matambo | Sandton, South Africa 2 March, 2026 Emmanuel Mwamba Verified (EMV) is no longer just another online programme fighting for relevance in a crowded digital arena. It is being recognised, within Zambia and beyond our borders, as a serious source of news and rigorous analysis. We are seeing interest not only from...
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WHEN THE LAW WEARS SUNGLASSES: THE CASE OF HON. RAPHAEL NAKACHINDA
We need to strip away the tinted lenses from Lady Justice through which it appears to be operating. Justice must return to its original posture, blind to status, blind to surname, blind to political colour.
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ELDERS CALL FOR A FOURTH REPUBLIC
Prince Akashambatwa’s keynote cut through the noise of ordinary politics. He reminded us that being non-partisan does not mean being neutral between justice and injustice. That line deserves reflection. In Zambia, we often confuse neutrality with virtue. But neutrality in the face of structural imbalance is not a virtue. It is avoidance.
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MAST EDITOR-IN-CHIEF TESTIFIES IN NAKACINDA SEDITION CASE
The Mast Editor-in-Chief, Jeremy Kondwani Munthali, appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates Court today as a witness of fact in the sedition case of Patriotic Front Secretary General Honourable Raphael Mangani Nakacinda.
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RESPECTED AUTHOR MULENGA KAPWEPWE GIVES VIEWS ON THE STATE OF THE NATION ON EMV
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.
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PF WARNS OF INFILTRATION PLOT, URGES VIGILANCE AND INTERNAL DISCIPLINE
Mukandila warned members to guard against what he termed calculated attacks by political enemies seeking to weaken the PF from within, stressing that unity and alertness are essential at this stage of the party’s renewal.
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PF CALLS FOR RESOLUTION OF ECL BURIAL, WARNS AGAINST DEFECTIONS AHEAD OF GENERAL CONFERENCE
The Patriotic Front has urged President Hakainde Hichilema to abandon ongoing court processes and re-engage in dialogue to resolve the prolonged funeral and burial impasse of former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, warning that the continued delay is setting a “dangerous precedent” for the nation.