PATRIOTIC Front cadres at the weekend stormed two privately-owned television stations, Muvi and Mobi, to register their grievances about a programme produced by freelance journalist ChandaChimba III dubbed Stand Up for Zambia.
But the MMD has condemned the PF cadres for trying to intimidate the media.
MMD committee for party modernisation national chairman Chiwele Maimisa said the action by PF cadres was not only an attempt to silence the media, but also an indicator of what would happen if the PF formed Government.
Mr Maimisa told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka on March 6 the PF does not respect press freedom and will do anything to try and intimidate the media.
He said if PF cadres are not happy with Mr Chimba’s programme, they should ask their president, Michael Sata, to refute the contents of the programme.
Mr Maimisa said Zambia enjoys the freedom of the press and, therefore, Zambians should not allow the PF to silence the media.
Mobi news editor Chenda Sendeme confirmed that PF cadres on March 6 went to the station to present a statement concerning their displeasure over Mr Chimba’sStand up for Zambia programme.
“The cadres came to present their statement, airing their complaint on the programme presented by Chanda Chimba III,” she said.
Muvi TV managing editor Costa Mwansa confirmed that PF cadres went to the station to issue a statement complaining against the content of Mr Chimba’s programme.
“Yes, they came in to the station like any other group comes in, and they expressed their views on Chanda Chimba’s programme and we aired them,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Youth Student Movement has condemned the acts by PF youths, saying the act is barbaric and uncivilised.
Movement secretary general Tobias Kafumukache said in an interview in Lusaka on March 7 that PF youths should dialogue with Mr Chimba and not storm the TV stations to present their grievances.
Mr Kafumukache said PF youths should not use barbaric means to solve their problems because Zambia is a civilised country.
“We strongly condemn PF youths for storming Muvi and Mobi in the manner they did because this goes to show that they do not have ideas on how to dialogue,” he said.
Mr Kafumukache said it is surprising PF youths want to physically sort out Mr Chimba when PF president Michael Sata is on record as having said that he is happy the freelance journalist is campaigning for him.
Zambia Union of Journalists (ZUJ) general secretary Angela Chishimba said political parties must educate their members on the role of the media.
Ms Chishimba said journalists are not politicians and their profession must be respected like other professions.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
what more can you expect from these PF thugs. they were sent by Sata. I olove the series and Chanda Chimba IIIIIIII should intensify. Its the truth anyway! UNPD will be starting a similar programme to be aired specifically in Southern, western and North western to tarnish satas name. He thinks he is clever and we shall hit him hard
I wonder why PF insists on exhibiting such behavior. It is worrying that these are the people vying to run government. Deja Vu, you should tell your friends that there are better ways to air grievances than what they have exhibited here. You should also tell your boss Mr. Sata that he is the cause of such since he allegedly stormed Zambia Dailmail offices some time back. You should tell him he should start behaving like someone vying for the highest office in the land.
#1, Uleibepafye. Why do you hate Mr. Sata? This man is great man and a blessing to Zambian politics. He speaks for the poor and Sata is the Voice of the voice-less. Imagine Zambia without Sata and PF. Zambia will totally be a dictatorship with this corrupt mmd govt. What can your small boy hh and upnd do as an opposition party if there was no PF? You will just be trampled upon and shut up by the corrupt and dictator mmd. VIVA PF.
Imagine the series channda chimba the crook is against the president, what would happen to Muvi-TV or can ZNBC air such a programme? Someone to answer me honestly.
Imagine the series channda chimba the crook is presenting is against the president, what would happen to Muvi-TV or can ZNBC air such a programme? Someone to answer me honestly.
wait a f***king minute! I saw this picture from a different article.This is a true misrepesentation of a picture as we know it.
#1 you an arse, do you remember chalwe beating journalists? do you remember what your arse president said about his cadres attacking post journalists? do you remember that chalwe threatened to gang rape an elderly woman? what did your party and your stinking mouth say about that. we should first learn to condemn wrong things regardless of who is involved. you cannot turn a blind eye on one crime and open it on another just because it benefits you. unjust law is not law at all!! do you also know the government closed radio liyambai, for no proper grounds. i dont support the move, but for the mmd to be so biased aches my hearts. idi0ts!
whats wrong with presenting a grievance?
Ba Daily Mail where is the storming of the TV Stations?
Mobi news editor Chenda Sendeme just confirmed, “that PF cadres on March 6 went to the station to present a statement concerning their displeasure over Mr Chimba’sStand up for Zambia programme.”
The PF just presented their statement to Mobi there is no storming of Mobi TV!
“The cadres came to present their statement, airing their complaint on the programme presented by Chanda Chimba III,” she said.
“Yes, (sic) PF cadres came in to the station like any other group (sic) like MMD comes in, and they expressed their views on Chanda Chimba’s programme and we aired them,” (sic) Muvi TV managing editor Costa Mwansa said.
Again here, The PF just presented their statement to Muvi TV only. There is no storming of Muvi…
it was non-violence, they is no problem its not like those UPND cardes who wanted to kill a post newspaper journalist last year!!!
I wonder want would happen if it HH/UPND being attacked by chanda chiimba,am sure they could have already visited him with pangas or spears like they attacked chizyuka.waste off if it were MMD cadres,they can burn the stations.MMD cadres beat up jounilists at airport in full view of police and kabonde.Lets see if PF can be allowed to air a similar programme on ZNBC.
thats just typical of PF coz even their president is like that!viva change..we need mature and responsible people to take it up..
#1 & 2… are you sure you guys follow events in Zambia properly? Who in their right frame of mind can even start to praise MMD over their conduct towards the media?
Bwezani abusing the instruments of power is on record to try and close the Post Newspaper.
Radio Lyambai in Western Province is closed down.
For MMD this is just icing on the cake
Do unto others as you………………..Pwisheni ba MMD
#1 HH,
You are an ignorant and dull person i have ever heard from!! Unless your English structure and grammar is at the level of people with disabilities, the statements from the story are clear, the Editors just said that the PF cadres came to present their complaints just as any other group.
What is wrong with airing complaint to a TV station? In democracy to complain like any other people when you are not happy.
The problem, is you are used to the MMD abuse of office politicians like President Banda!
These misrepresentation of facts, is a recipe for anarchy like what happened in Egypt and Tunisia. Let the Daily Mail report facts and not lies like their leader President Banda and his MMD.
just look at de picture of de person standing on de bus cn u tell me that, that person went to school?those ar jst plastic sellers my friend, rotten pipo in mind which party did u hear they did such a thing pf s far away fro democracy.thos pipo shud be taken for night school in fact all de pf supporters shud go fo night school bcoz i thnk education is important fo them,how do u do such a thing honestly nosense.
No.11 Kaku, If the MMD was that violent against the media, The Post would have been burnt to ashes by now. Chanda Chimba only does that programme once a week but The Post insults Rupiah on a daily basis. Tell me one thing PF cadres, what exactly don’t you like about Chanda’s programe, is it the content? What lies, if any, has he told against Sata? I have personally watched the programme a couple of times and as far as I am concerned, the man only tells the truth. ITS JUST THAT THE TRUTH PAINS. Ha, ha, ha, ha, he, he, he, ki, ki, ki!!!
how many times have the mmd threatend to crucify father bwalya and bishop duffy ? iwe maimisa dont be such a fool by being one sided…i can echo pf cadres that u cant call yo fellow human satanist. this boy trust me he will be sorted out terribly and the mmd wont be there to defend him. pipo everywhere ar complaining abt this program…he has clreated enemies that i can tell u. he shud watch his moves or he will live to regret…..the best he can do is go on a campaing trail with mmd than engage in character assasination…that is bad and i doubt yo logic u guys condemning cadres coz i blieve this guy is calling for trouble…he shud ask edward mumbi if he moves freely…pipo hurt such behavior…take care man…uletola ubwacha
I dont hate Sata but i always have difficulties agreeing with people who clami that he speaks for the poor.
If he was for the poor he wouldnt have demilished those houses in Kanyama na dhe was for the poor he wouldnt have matched the poor in chawama ,if he was for the poor he wouldnt have to wait until 2001 to resign from the corrupt MMD.
The only reason why Sata has become become popular is 1.He talks about things people would like to hear(even when deep down the heart he dosnt mean it).
2.some people are using him to fight RB because they can benefit from him unlike with RB e.g The Post
3.some of his suppoters were too young then so they dont know him..
4.some people ra e just tired of MMd so they just want change.
This is why we are voting for HH not the thug Sata what more when he is in number 1? Who will touch him?
Iwe chi #15, a cadre is cadre whether a degree holder on not, they behave the same way!!! DID YOU C A PICTURE WHERE Dr. Katele Kalumba was kneeling before LPM, mhsrip during Matero rally some 4-5 years ago? someone could think he was an illiterate villager!!!!
I want to highlight a number of issues pertaining to the above article, first there is nothing wrong to engage the media to lodge a complaint the editor have confirmed that the pf cadres went to air their grievances and complained what is wrong wt that? secondly, it is apparently clear that there were no threats of phisical violence issued to any of the staff meaning they were peaciful so why do you call the barbaric? personally i dont believe in cheap propaganda, by the way most of you stay away in the diaspora may be you nd to be told that the pf/upnd is still strong and in active existance you must be pertrified *****s who cant see beyou mmd mission to disturb the pact dont you see conflicting news abt the pf from the mmd? read through and see that mmd is panickn. viva pact.
#15 mm Please stop this shi.t of writing like texting.
Then to you all die hard hh minions, you beta get a life goggles analysis you are making makes wonder which if at all universities yo9u went to where you develop fluke modes of analysis. intelligence Vs experience i beit you are dull, what abt wisdom which is a great component of leadership in every facet of human groupings which i believe sata poses, upnd minions you are really myopic to conceive that hh can a president withou any prior experience simply becouse is deemed to intelligence falls far short of any rational acceptance in all realms of leadership, after all he has in principle accepted to be veep to sata but it is indeed pipo like you he is scared of to me he is fine but a coward to his bores period. your radical stance on the pact will be to your disadvantage
@ #4 Juju
Nothing would happen to them.
Any comment on this ‘babaric behaviour’ from the Press Freedom Committee of the Post?Doubt if they would even comment.It is just a committee of spineless,danderhead journalists controlled by ka Mmembe.
The symbol is a fist and they”pa maka”.They thrive on hooliganism from top thru the rank and file.This is what makes PF.If and NOT when by accident they form govt,the POST should be either Post of Zambia ,be always pro-PF even when he is embarrassingly making mistakes or they will be brutally bruised
HH SUPPORTERS YOU NEED TO DE-RADICALISE YOU STANCE AND BREAK OFF YOUR SHELL OTHERWISE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO PRODUCE A PRESIDENT IS NOW BY BEING WITH THE PF, I CANT C YOU WITH YOUR HH WIN ELECTIONS NO DO I C YOU PRODUCE A PRESIDENT IN ANY FORESEEABLE FUTURE BY JOINING MMD SO WHAT CHANCE DO YOU HAVE . YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELVES ,ALAS MY BROTHERS YOU ARE A LOST HORDE OF SUPPORTERS
PF is gone this year and I’m very happy because then may be from 2012 we can have more civilised politics. I’m becoming more and more fed up with the kaponya behaviour of PF supporters together with their PF leaders. The thing about PF is that they have this deluded view that they are very popular nationwide…even though they have never conducted any research. Well, wait for elections-2011 and may be they will shut up for good when they lose this time. We are fed up to our teeth with PF nonsense!
#24 Mr. Capitalist – 3 E’s steering economic growth,
Good answer Mr. Capitalist you have given to #4, that nothing will happen to them. President Banda consider the POST as a hostile media and has been firing Ministers who talk to the POST like Mulongoti, Shakafuswa e.t.c. And you are reassuring someone that nothing will happen to these adverts if they were against the President? President Banda does not tolerate political adverts against him.
#26 Sharp Shooter,
And the Zambian Daily Mail and Times of Zambian, what will the be called? What makes you suggest that the Post is going to be called Post of Zambia because it is already called POST Newspaper Zambia?
The Post have never been loyal to anyone not even to the late son of the soil Zambian President Mwanawasa.
They just went to register thier grievance whats wrong with that? what intimidation of the media is that?
What a jump! How come the journalist they found there has said they just came in like any other group? Do not take things out of context. They were not barbaric in exercising their duty to air their views. MMD and pro MMD, be objective guys.
how can thugs educate thugs………?
Well, their boss Chief Kaponya of All Time, One Micheal Sata , dis the same at Zambia Dailly Mail how do you expect the juniors to do. I pity those calling for PF to run this country. You really don’t know what you are asking for. This is a party with no plan or agenda and their goal to just to grab power and use it for their personal gain. And UPND has found out the hard way how low level PF trully is.
Anyway the so called Villagers will save us again from these lunatics that have infiltrated the urban population. PF should never be allowed anywhere near Government.
Chanda ChimbaIII did not go to PF cadres to negotiate: Is insulting People Press Freedom: I thought the press just states the facts, The Press in Zambia insults People in the name of Freedom. To much Junk Colleges, no wonder we hear so many one sided stories. I saw proffessionalism only one time when Franklyn and Kunda were interviewing the President…. the rest of jaunarlists they report one sided stories and they do not make good reading.:o
15 we support PF because we think the Party when in Government will do the following : 1. Will give young men below 55yrs Permanent Jobs and not 1 year contracts. 2. Will not sell Companies to Gadaffi. 3. Our Children will pay sober User fees in schools. 4. Banks will not steal money from our Accounts in the name of Bank Charges. 5 TV licence fee will be abolished.
All you people condeming the PF cadres I think you have not ready the whole story. The owners of the TV stations said the cadres went to deliver their grievances about the programme being done by CHANDA CHIMBWI THE HYENA. They did not storm the building but politely delivered their grievances. Please peolpe ready bfore you comment. As for DAILY MAIL, its just an MMD mouth piece which twists stories concerning the opposition. Please ready before you become CHANDA CHIMBWI THE HYENA.
I see nothing wrong with Chanda Chimba III’s program because he is always presenting facts based on the old Post newspaper editorials and reports of Mr Sata’s characteristic
Diaspora or domesticated, ICT has taken care of distance. If one is interested in political, social, or indeed economic engagements and participation in his country, the question of one being less wise/knowledgeable on Zambia’s state of affairs does not rise at all and completely out of question. On principle we are all fed by the same media and engage the same media. Basically what is lacking among most bloggers here is the ability to analyze events critically and objectively as they happen. What I have observed is blutant subjectivity and prejudice without cross check facts and history/past events to learn from. In all fairness, we have seen in the past cadres from all major political parties harassing journalists in full view of their leaders and the police without apologizing.
What’s wrong with Chanda Chimba III presenting his programmes as seen from the eyes of the Post in the days when they were still enemies. If they are not true, either complain to the Media Ethics Committee (or its equivalent) or sue the tv stations, after all, they’re the ones doing the broadcasting.
If you don’t want to do either of these, issue your own rebuttal with your ‘correct’ facts so that we can be the judges. Otherwise, going to the stations to complain, even if it was politely, was pure kaponya behavior.
#40Ricky Bobby? Muvi TV managing editor Costa Mwansa confirmed that PF cadres went to the station to issue a statement complaining against the content of Mr Chimba’s programme.
“Yes, they came in to the station like any other group comes in, and they expressed their views on Chanda Chimba’s programme and we aired them,” he said.
Just like any other group comes in.If you really went to school, what does that statement means? Ninshi mwebantu bambi munfwila kumatako?
Sata is a factor no one should deny this fact.No wonder why his name is being mentioned time and again.Ba Sata mulinshimbi and you are the right man to lead Zambia.You have passed the test.Zambia needs a leader to address corruption and injustice in the land..Look how Zambians are treated at work places what about meager wages and high levels of un employment…I encourage fellow Zambians to vote for Sata to move the country forward.He is a graet leader.
I wish to remind Chanda the III that and fellow Zambians that Journalism is not a profession.I value Journalists who have professional qualifications like Fred Membee (Lawer and Accountant) such Journalists speak with authority.My brother Chanda needs bread and butter at the moment and he is being sponsored by MMD.Wait after October this year when PF wins.Viva PF
Lusaka times the more I read you posts the more pf I became thank you guyz 4 makin me see the truth and pliz tell the mmd am not voting 4 them this time around
#4 Juju, that is an easssssy question and here is the easssssy answer for you: The Post does it to RB everyday and nothing has happened to the Post despite the power that RB wields. Okay?
The question would have been appropriate if Chilufya WAS the President as we all know what would happen to any dissent.
Has anybody ever bothered to research (or Google or Wikipedia.org) the behaviour of parties with the name: Patriotic Front? Start with Zimbabwe’s ZANU-PF (ZANU – Patriotic Front), the mentor for our very own, complete with the symbol. Should explain a lot for any person with the minimum education and a functioning brain
#44 H.H Sata
You ignorant, blind and violent MMD KAPONYA!
How do you say nothing has happened to the POST? Recently NAPSA Director Phiri threatened M’Membe that, “he has to be stopped.” What did this NAPSA Director Phiri mean who was involved in the NAPSA Scandal money for nothing ($15 Million) MMD campaign fraud money, when he said this? M’membe is being threatened now!
President Banda calls the POST hostile media, and made its Zambian Airways bankrupt, has taken over Finance Bank and wants to sell it to his South African friends just because it gave a loan to the POST!
And you say, “The Post does it to RB everyday and nothing has happened to the Post despite the power that RB wields. Okay?”
RB has been firing any MMD gov minister who speak to the POST.
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Interesting. The headline and the story do not march. It would seem that there is a deliberate distortion of facts by the author. Are these the journalistic attributes to defend? Sadly some of the commentators on this site seem disinterested in the misrepresentation. This can of insincerity is not going to build the kind of nation we desire, I am afraid.
The Zambia Daily Mail has misled a lot people on this blog. ‘Storming’ gives the impression they were rowdy and violent, when the story itself shows they just went there to present a grievance. Gutter journalism from ZDM.
can someone tell me who is the real thug and kaponya is between interlectuals(upnd) and kaponyas(pf).
cause according to the by elections we ve had between interlectuals(upnd) and mmd in mfumbwe,solwezi and chilanga pipo died and injured and the post repoter was beaten chizyuka chased at zacom like shakas movie by the so called interlectuals.but between the kaponyas (pf)and mmd in chifubu,mpulungu and mporokoso no one was injured or died it was so peaciful.
We just presenred our Position on Chanda Chimba nothing else…
The Boat is on the Move…VOTE FOR MCS!!!!
They just went to register thier grievance whats wrong with that? what intimidation of the media is that,MMD do forget fast , Kano ngani bena. Chanda chimba is a cant.He s just building Sata ,s name,
same story what happened in 1991, Chiluba And K.K.