Zambian Gist

30/10/2025

The submissions for constitutional amendments have kicked off .

Please make your submissions and let your voices be heard.

Here is the link.

Official platform for public participation in Zambia's constitutional review process. Submit feedback on constitutional provisions and reforms.

29/10/2025

Zambia National Team Coach Fired!

28/10/2025

Zambia in the eyes of the international community

Ala Chamusebanya

27/10/2025

Ambassador Frank Mutubila posted…

The honor bestowed on my dear friend Charles Mando has stirred deep emotions within me and moved me to pay tribute to all the broadcasters I have worked with. Many of those who shared this journey with me, my close friends and colleagues, have since passed on. The younger ones who followed retired too early, and I cannot blame them, for broadcasting and media practice is a thankless profession. You live at the mercy of the public, and worse still, at the mercy of government officials.

Sometimes I wonder how I have managed to endure this long. Perhaps it is a blend of passion, resilience, and the grace of God that has kept me going. I was blessed to work with some of the finest talents this country has ever known. It is rare for a broadcaster to watch or listen to a fellow practitioner, but I did. I watched and listened to Charles Muyamwa, the man who employed me and gave me a chance at life, to whom I owe my entire career. I admired my friends Charles Mando, Fred Chunga, and Mann Sichalwe. Later, I drew inspiration from Haggai Chisulo, Maggie Zimba, Maureen Nkandu, Doreen Mukanzo, and Evelyn Tembo. I listened keenly to Francis Ndovi, Serah Mubanga, and Peter Mwemba. These, and others who came after them, were truly in a class of their own. It breaks my heart that so many of them left this world too soon.

Yet, amidst the sorrow, I am filled with pride. Many of those I once supervised, among them Chibamba Kanyama, Etambuyu Anamela, Namakau Mukelebai, and Dora Siliya, have gone on to achieve great success in different paths. As we celebrate the recognition of one of the greatest voices of our time, Charles Buster Mando, I pay special tribute to all those who have gone before us and those still standing. You are the unsung heroes of this nation, the storytellers who shaped our identity, and your legacy will forever live in the history of Zambia.

24/10/2025

PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRING CANDIDATE WILLAH J. MUDOLO ADDRESSES THE NATION ON THE STATE OF OUR INDEPENDENCE

24/10/2025

President Hichilema has denied ordering police to stop a Christian overnight vigil, calling the incident "regrettable" and promising an investigation.

But this raises a serious question: How did we get here? It is deeply disappointing that people are now being stopped from worshipping.

Such an action is unlikely without instructions from higher authorities.

23/10/2025

Chishimba Kambwili released from prison after serving his full sentence.

23/10/2025

Ms Dolika Banda joins the Movement for National Renewal (MNR)

22/10/2025

Maiko Zulu Posted …

22/10/2025

Mudolo Blasts Government Over "Neglect" of Farmers and Mining Sector

Presidential candidate Willah Joseph Mudolo has launched a scathing attack on the current government, accusing it of failing the agricultural sector and squandering a golden opportunity to create mass employment for the nation's youth.

In an exclusive interview with veteran journalist Peter Clottey, Mudolo stated that the government has "neglected our farmers" and "completely failed to mobilise the necessary resources that can be used to revitalise the farming sector."

He directly linked this failure to the country's unemployment crisis, stating, "A strong agricultural sector is the most powerful engine for creating employment for our youths, and it has been left to fail." Moving beyond criticism, Mudolo laid out his core economic philosophy, arguing that the solution lies within the country's own means.
"We need to leverage our own resources to come up with capital," he told Clottey. "This means deploying more human capital into agribusiness and technology, and seriously diversifying the economy so we are not at the mercy of global shocks."

In a significant policy statement, the candidate also called for the government to assert greater control over the nation's mineral wealth. "It is time for the people to get a fair share of the riches coming out of our soil," he asserted.

"The government also needs to increase its share holding in the mines.

This is not about chasing away investment; it is about ensuring that our natural resources work for the benefit of all our citizens, not just a select few."

22/10/2025

EDITORIAL BY KBN CEO
WHEN THE TRUTH BECOMES A CRIME: KNN TV & THE CAPTURE OF THE ZAMBIAN MIND

By Dr Mwelwa

There comes a time in every democracy when silence becomes the loudest betrayal. That time is now. The attempt to muzzle KBN TV is not about journalism; it is about control, the same control that slowly strangles nations until truth gasps its last breath. When a regime fears questions more than lies, it reveals not strength but insecurity disguised as power.

The Independent Broadcasting Authority was not created to protect politicians from criticism. It was created to protect citizens from propaganda. Yet today, it has become a weapon aimed not at lawbreakers but truth-tellers. They have forgotten that Section 6 of their own Act forbids them from bowing to any authority, yet here they kneel, before the throne of politics, pretending it is law.

The government that once cried for press freedom now trembles before it. They chant democracy in the daylight but whisper censorship in the dark. If a journalist cannot question why justice moves swiftly for some and not for others, what remains of our Republic? When editorial independence becomes a crime, tyranny has already found a home.

The nation must remember: those who silence others today will one day need to be heard and there will be no one left to speak.

Every dictatorship begins with one journalist warned, one editor summoned, one TV station threatened. Then suddenly, the truth becomes contraband.

KBN TV has refused to compromise. That refusal is not arrogance, it is patriotism. For when all others choose safety, those who choose truth become the last defenders of conscience. The pen is not just an instrument of ink; it is a weapon of light. And light, no matter how small, terrifies darkness.

Let the IBA hear this clearly: a government that fears the media fears the people. The attempt to intimidate one newsroom is an insult to every citizen who still believes in democracy.

The day a journalist must ask permission to tell the truth is the day the Constitution becomes a prop in a political theatre.

History has no sympathy for regimes that fight the truth. They always lose. Those who captured institutions before the courts, Parliament, the police believed are themselves invincible too.

But the graveyards of power are full of men who thought the same.

If this government believes “Bally will fix it” means fixing the media into silence, then it is not fixing but breaking the nation’s moral spine.

A democracy without dissent is not a democracy at all it is a decorated cage.

To those who still have courage left, stand with the truth. Today it is KBN TV; tomorrow it will be every voice that refuses to praise what is wrong. Truth is not partisan. It is sacred. And when the last camera goes dark, the nation itself will lose its reflection.

21/10/2025