Mundubile remains one of the party’s sharpest public communicators, but his comments suggest that the road to PF unity may be far more fragile than he admitted. If reconciliation becomes a euphemism for factional restoration, the PF risks repeating the same internal mistakes that pushed it into opposition.
KALESHA APOLOGISES, BUT HH CAN’T
It was the President, after all, who first dismissed the clergy as political actors. It was the President who accused priests of hiding behind the Church. That wound still stands. No letter from a junior official can sanitise a presidential insult.
THE LAW WILL FOLLOW MPS WHO WILL VOTE FOR BILL 7 FOR TREASON
Bill 7 is no longer a legislative proposal. It is a test of conscience, legality and national stability. MPs must understand that this vote will follow them long after today’s political alliances have dissolved.
SANGWA SAYS BILL 7 “DOES NOT EXIST IN LAW” AS CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS DEEPENS
Constitutional lawyer John Sangwa, SC, says that Bill No. 7 of 2025 “has no legal existence” and cannot be debated, revived, or acted upon by Parliament.
HH SHUTS DOWN OASIS FORUM ONCE CAMERAS LEAVE
Viewers across the country saw a President apparently willing to engage, dialogue, and find common ground. But according to insiders who witnessed the private meeting, the tone shifted immediately once journalists were ushered out. What followed was not negotiation, but a declaration.
OASIS FORUM TRIMS NEGOTIATING TEAM AS TALKS WITH HICHILEMA
Fresh from a tense meeting at State House where she openly told President Hakainde Hichilema to withdraw Bill 7 and prioritise the Bill of Rights, Oasis Forum Chairperson Beauty Katebe has announced that the next phase of dialogue will involve a smaller, more focused negotiating team.
OASIS FORUM TELLS HH TO WITHDRAW BILL 7
Katebe’s intervention reflects a deepening sense of public unease as the administration attempts to push Bill 7 through Parliament before recess.
BILL 7 AND THE BATTLE FOR ZAMBIA’S CONSTITUTION
Speaking on Millennium Radio, PF presidential aspirant Makebi Zulu warned that the current process risks producing a constitution designed by the government instead of the people whose lives it governs.
SADC AGREES TO HEAR COMPLAINTS ON DEMOCRACY AND ELECTORAL FAIRNESS IN ZAMBIA
The regional body SADC has formally acknowledged the Patriotic Front’s alarm over rising threats to Zambia’s democracy, signaling the clearest indication yet that the regional bloc is watching the situation with sharpened attention.
PF ASPIRING CANDIDATES PROPOSE CONVENTION POSTPONEMENT
In the joint communique, the candidates agreed to propose to the Central Committee that the convention be postponed to a later date, to be determined by the party’s highest leadership. The reasoning was straightforward: holding a convention in the current atmosphere risked deepening divisions rather than resolving them.