The sequence of rallies gave Tonse-Pamodzi something every opposition campaign seeks but cannot manufacture through press statements: visible national momentum. The crowds crossed provincial boundaries and demonstrated growing public interest in the NRPUP ticket. Kitwe provided the Copperbelt signal, Kabwe confirmed Central Province mobilisation, and Petauke demonstrated that the alliance could draw a major audience in Eastern Province.
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...
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.
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.
Why does the voter register displayed on the ECZ website, marked 2025, show just over seven million registered voters, while the Commission publicly announced a figure exceeding 8.8 million? A discrepancy of more than 1.7 million voters is not a rounding error. It is not a footnote.
PF’s performance in Southern Province has historically been marginal, at times falling below one percent, with humiliating vote gaps in certain by-elections. The conclusion is unavoidable. Southern Province is not where elections are won for the opposition. Pretending otherwise is strategic fantasy.
The Tonse Alliance has reaffirmed its unity and commitment to working together ahead of the 2026 elections, drawing inspiration from the legacy of the late President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, whose leadership, members say, continues to shape Zambia’s moral and political direction.
His verdict on the 2026 plan was blunt. It is an election budget designed to look energetic, he said, but it does not resolve the power crisis, does not rebalance the tax burden, and does not create jobs
“This is not a game. It is a life-and-death situation for our future. We must register our people, especially the youth, and we must stand guard at polling stations until the last vote is counted,” he declared.
Her strategy centers on mining, agriculture, and tourism, sectors she says can lift millions out of poverty if Zambians themselves are given ownership stakes.