The Post Newspaper has defied the High Court injunction on Wednesday not to publish speculative stories on election results for the 2011 polls.
The paper has carried another Headline, speculating that Patriotic Front leader Michael “SATA LEADING WITH 59%” quoting party Secretary General Wynter Kabimba.
This is despite an injuction restraining the paper and two other private television stations from publishing elections results before they are announced by the Electoral Commission of Zambia.
The Newspaper has carried another article “Sata headed for a win if polls are not rigged”, which quotes a Mr Sishuwa.
It has further carried another article accusing the Electoral Commission of Zambia of employing calculated malpractices to favour incumbent president Rupiah Banda, entitled “ECZ is using delaying tactics to secure victory for MMD” which quotes the Alliance for Democracy and Development leader Charles Milupi.
It has further speculated and published another article that the “ECZ website puts Sata in lead with 140 000 votes after counting 133 Constituencies”.
But this is contrary to ECZ Chairperson Justice Mambilima’s clarification Wednesday night that the commission’s website had been hacked into, and has since been pulled down while investigations had been instituted.
Giving the last election results update Wednesday evening, Justice Mambilima also said results from 70 Constituencies had been received out of which only 33 had been verified and validly announced.
Justice Mambilima said the other results were still being verified and the next update would be made today Thursday.
She also said the Commission was happy that the results had begun to steadily roll in and all results would be announced within reasonable time.
In her update to the nation, Justice Mambilima announced the presidential results for only 33 constituencies, which showed Mr Sata with 265, 843 votes, standing at 46.59 percent, while President Rupiah Banda had 192, 966 votes, representing 33.82 percent.
The UPND’s Hakainde Hichilema had 93, 645 votes representing 16.41 percent.
But the Post Newspaper has gone ahead to publish speculative stories which Justice Mambilima had clarified in her briefing to the nation on ZNBC Television Wednesday evening.
And in granting the Exparte Injunction on Wednesday, High Court Judge Jane Kabuka said ordered and directed that “the defendants whether by themselves, servants, agents or whomsoever be and are hereby restrained from printing, publishing, running or carrying speculative stories on the tripartite election results held on 20th September, 2011 and subsequent dates and further from printing, or publishing or announcing election results before official results have been made by the electoral commission of Zambia.”
Judge Kabuka further ordered that “if you the within mentioned respondents whether by yourselves, servants, agent or otherwise howsoever disobey this order you shall be liable to contempt of court and shall therefore be committed to prison.”
Attorney General Abyudi Shonga filed in the petition to the restrain the Post Newspapers, Muvi Television, and Mobi International Limited from publishing speculative stories on results of the 2011 tripartite elections.
This followed the three media houses’ consistent announcement and broadcast of speculative stories.
The Three private media institutions have also been restrained from announcing election results before official results have been announced by the Electoral Commission of Zambia.
High Court Judge Jane Kabuka has since set September 23, 2011 as date for interparte hearing.
[ZNBC]
The post think they are above the law just like their patron King Cobra!!!They need to face the full wrath of the law!!
I only hope and pray that the media will be magnamious enough not to incite the people. As a Kenyan i know what irresponsible media can do in such a critical moment. Please give ECZ the opportunity to carry out its mandate.
Never go the Kenyan way. All the best
with holding of results is what will bring chaos. Go to the ECZ site, there is no info. Right now we can conclude there is a media black out. ECZ cannot be serious that they have only counted 33 constituencies out of 150 up till now. Its not about PF, MMD or UPND..it’s about transparency and freedom of expression, freedom to information. It is not possible that only 33 constituencies have been counted..let them be honest
There is nothing wrong with predictions!it seems MMD and its minions would like to hold onto power no matter the cost….and the post have not done anything contary to the court order as far as i can see.they certainly have not declared a winner or have they?
if thats wat u think is ryt, not every one myt think the same. Do we zambians realy kno the defrence btn comfot & sufering. Think thice on wat they are fyting 4.
We can not be bullied by MMD monsters. Zambians are entitled to press freedom.
These are the peoples elections and we have a right to know whats going on, it’s part of democracy which we asked for from KK. You (ECZ) cannot deny the nation to know whats happening. Why are you (ECZ) not being transparent? Stupid *****s they all have to lose their jobs. This is not about the post at all, why did judge set the hearing for 23/9 why not today so that they also have a chance. This MMD Gov is useless.
It is not necessary to raise the tension. ECZ should quickly announce the final election results to avoid any escalation of acts of violence. It is obvious that Sata has won. I personally do not subscribe to this man but I am not Zambia, just Zambian.
Attorney General Abyudi Shonga will soon be looking for a job
It means that they strongly believe that there will be a new government and they will be set free. If Membe and company go to prison for contempt of court, it will be the first test of the rule of law, if Sata wins. However one looks at it, it will set a precedent for the rest of PF reign.
NO. # 1 .. WABE ICHINYO PAMO NA ALA BEE, ECZ, DORA,ZNBC, ETC.. BA MMD HAVE TAKEN US FOR A RIDE AND WE ARE NOT HAPPY. WE HAVE STARTED FIGHTING THE POLICE HERE IN KITWE, AND TELL YOU WHAT? WE WILL FIGHT THIS TIME! WE NEED TO HEAR THE RESULTS AND ITS NOW OR NEVER!. WE DON’T NEED THIS MMD, WHY DO THEY WANT TO FORCE THEM SELVES ON US? FIKALA FYENU. MWALAIMWENAKO THIS TIME.
Start by insulting your mother and father you son of a snake!Copperbelt is not Zambia and Zambia is not copperbelt.Sata has won on the copperbelt but not in Zambia!Too many fools pa zed?what of the other provinces?You ve lost it thugs!GOD BLESS ZAMBIA.
The stakes are so high that Mmembe decided to go ahead and publish as planned, knowing that if what he publishes influences the result he may get away with it.
If what he publishes does not influence the result, he does not care becuse the nkongole would have sent him to jail anyway.
We have had nothing but MMD propaganda in the TAX PAYER FUNDED media during the campaigns. Evil prevails in the absence of the BRAVE! Press freedom is our right and no corruption will stop people expressing their views either for or against PF!
The Post, thats the spirit, why get scared when you know the truth, RB just start parking before you are thrown out.
THIS IS DICTATORSHIP…MEDIA SHUD CARRY OUT THEIR MISSION OF INFORMING THE NATION.
The post; the post. Who said there are no men on earth? They did it in 1991; and they are doing it. God will reward Membe very richly.
The ECZ and court are seeking to divert people’s attention, focus and resources from the election results, for reasons best known to them.
They are hoping that by delaying that bit longer, the people will become disinterested in the results and accept whatever they will be told.
Stop intimidating the people, just do your job properly and give us the results.
Cage this Mmembe homosexual boy
nothing to say but to vomit about homos. what cunt you are! go to hell and hand yourself by your balls.
SatA N. YOKO U SOUND LIKE A TRUE HOMO…..GET OUT OF THE CLOSET!
I believe that if RB had been clearly ahead the results (so far) would have already have been published very quickly and widely.
Very discerning observation. it must be true. Why is this poll count so slow? it is heading for Mwai Kibaki tactics.
It amazes me how thieves can make the situation worse. You insulted us left right and centre; bakaponya, you name it!! But if democracy is a game of numbers, bakaponya did a good thing. Kuya bebele!!
INFO BLACKOUT – is this democracy indeed??
@No7:u dont have manners and thats y u voted for Sata.Ifwe tukakubwekeshamo mu cinyo ico cine epo wafumine.Now u r cozing us to be insulting in public.Y fight,r u going to build what is going to b vandalised.u cant even build your own cabin.
YOU MOTHER F***.. MMD IS FULL OF SH****t PEOPLE LIKE YOU. BOOTLICKERS LIKE YOU WILL SUFFER THIS TIME. WE ARE COMING WITH FULL FORCE. YES, I VOTED FOR SATA. WE LIKE HIM HERE AT THE C/B…. SO WHAT? MWABE IFINYO NA ALA BEE WENU. THIS TIME YOU WILL BE LIKE GADAFFI & WAMUTARIKA.
Membe shdn’t think he is above the law! Lets give ECZ a chance 2 conduct this exercise as efficiently as possible! Am reliably informed that RB has won & inauguratn is 2moro. Take it or leave it! Zambia is nt 4 Provinces!
bt u think te mmd is?
My well placed friend has also told me that…worried about the turn of events. God Bless Zambia.
ati democracy…bt in zambia we hv too many bootlickers
Ba #19, is this the time you are born. giving the enemy ample time to clean the mess and you still have faith in ECZ, she looks honest when announcing the results but we know. its clear on the wall, that MMD have tumbled
Ndola on fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
The next ECZ briefing is at 12hrs instead of 08.00hrs. The results in the constituencies are not A STATE SECRET. They have been PUBLICLY announced by returning officers and the parties have this info. The whole issue of waiting for so called “verified results” is moot. Nobody should prosecute you for collating and publishing results announced by returning officers in constituencies.
Ba tutee! Spot on:d Before the rest of you attacking Mmembe and the Post do so ask yourselves these questions:
1. Define speculative
2. Define ECZ
3. Under whose authority are returning officers posting results and announcing winners?
4. What verification is Mambilima doing?
We are so full of shit in this country! The Post has not defied any Court Order and in any case dont they have a legal team?
the judgement was delivered at night way after the post had already gone to print with their stories. who is wrong?
Bangweulu PF 18 453
MMD 3 147
Chama North PF 5 591 MMD 6 373
Kasama Central PF 25 260
MMD 4 481
Mapatizya MMD 4 662
PF 265
If you do your maths correctly from the results from last night i.e PF 265 843 and MMD 192 766, we have PF with
315 412 and MMD 211 429.
Now that is a lead of 103 983. But lets wait and see.
We are entitled to alternative information (speculative or not) other than that provided by ECZ. The stifling of the private media while withholding information will not help those in authority but aggravate the already suspicious situation into a potentially volatile one.
We all know that MMD would prefer to have a volatile situation and then use it as an excuse to declare a state of emergency, possibly cancel the release of results indefinitely and eventually nullify all poll results.
Be warned that Zambians are ready for all this nonsense should rupiah decide to set Zambia on fire that he will be held accountable for any trouble
P.ANYO PANU BA ECZ!!! BA MMD BA FICOLUOR!!!!!! MIFYOTO YENU!
Yikes !!!! The post online paper has been shut down ..what the frak.. this is some bull chhhit realy , why is MMD so scared of this time round .
we have already seen the results through PVT and all the results have been posted on all polling stations. just go and check these results and confirm, stop dreaming about what percentage is in rural or urban area the fact is that PF has done better this time even in rural areas. you are behind
Well,thats good for the great courage”The Post,you have a heart to inform the massas World over so why should we have an individual going to court to ban ONLY 3 reliable media leaving ZNBC.where is Equity there..?There is no smoke without fire.Stand up Zambia & be counted this country is for us all.let peace prevail,GOD hear our CRY!
This is a very sad day for zambia. Zambians satnd up for you democracy and peace and do not fear any one. All Zambias,the Army,Police ,ZAF and the rest of the defence forces are for change ,so let us not excercabate this any further. The MMD has lost,ECZ anounce these elections because weather you like it all not,that institution in its current status will be done away with.Remember we are the silnet majority.
Plse lets have the results, this is all people are saying. The truth will not be supressed…
Wat tym was the injunction obtained? M’membe had already printed the paper by the time he was served with the injunction at midnight n he couldn’t afford 2 lose money by not selling! ECZ should not seek 2 transfer attention away from their inefficient handling of elections 2 other institutions n people. We need proper verified results from the circus at Mulungushi
Can’t you be patient people.It takes time to compile thousands of results from all over the country.Party representatives are there,monitors are there and the results so far show the obvious.PF is leading in PF strong holds,MMD is leading in MMD strong holds,UPND is leading in Southern province so where is the rigging? Post is being irresponsible by publishing false results.A PF cadre in Kanyama will resort to violence if his leader doesnt win by 59% as stated by the post.I think we want to avoid violence.IF you guys want to die today prematurely be my guest but leave us who still want to enjoy life and s. e.x alone.
PRIVATE MEDIAS HAVE NEVER STATED A LIE. GOVT. OWNED MEDIAS PUBLISH LIES ALMOST EVERY HOUR AND THAT INCLUDES LUSAKA TIMES. LETS JUST SAY THE POST NEWSPAPER IS THE FIRST IN GIVING INFORMATION.
Membe is right to defy this order. laws are made to protect society and not wrong doing. It
has never happened in Zambia’s history that gen election results are delayed like this. This is treasonable and people responsible for this should be made accountable for the possible consequencies of their actions. Zambians should all stand,defend and protect press freedom and their vote won with the loss of blood by our galant freedom fighters.
PRIVATE MEDIAS HAVE NEVER STATED A LIE. GOVT. OWNED MEDIAS PUBLISH LIES ALMOST EVERY HOUR AND THAT INCLUDES LUSAKA TIMES. LETS JUST SAY THE POST NEWSPAPER IS THE FIRST IN GIVING CORRECT INFORMATION.
kapya kawele ku UNZA.
I see the Ivory Coast situation coming. And may be that is what Zambia needs at this point in time. After people have been hacked to death and stabbed and shot at, they will then realise that it does not pay. Meanwhile the leaders will be clean living in their mansions abroad. I think Zambia needs a bit of killing each other and may be eventual splitting up. Increasingly it is becoming evident that our provinces represent very different people that will never really sit and work together without problems.
Now imagine being governed by insultiver PF cadres, guys check yourselves, you are posting those comments for us engage in conversation nw we will not accept those insults.Those of you who have conducted elections will know that its a dauting task.Let ECZ do their thing.
Where is MISA?They need to speak out and not wait for situation to be out of control.
If I had it my way, we would just split up Zambia. Some of us can’t stand the level animalish behaviour that is constantly coming from the same people every time. To avoid bloodshed in future let us either split it up or set up federal system – so that other people can live on their own low uncivilised standards without contaminating others. I’m sick and tired.
Do not worry Kunta-Kinte, Presdent Elect promised to restore Barotseland Agreement in 90 days among other things. So that will take care of your wishes of reverting back to Northern Rhodesia and Barotseland. We know that Barotseland people are very peaceful and civilised in their actions so it shall be well with what you wish for. Remember Barotseland is from CB to L/Stone, all that part stretching to border with Angola, DRC and southwards with Namibia and Botswana. VIVA CHANGE. Welcome civilised Barotseland.
48HRS ENDED @6am,Results PLZ!!CRY MY BELOVED COUNTRY–Why the PANIC &black out Ba ECZ.Leaders who cheated Zambians by not giving them or enacting a new constitution-BILL OF RIGHTS,Vote them out and those who amended the Anti-Corruption Act clause 37 to steal -Bloody thieves!! Shame,the same leaders who cheated zambians are now begging for VOTES from the very people they cheated?Look at the ECZ blackmail..COUNTING 5mil votes to take two days?Thieves! If the director of ZESCO awards a big contract to his friend or to a company he controls ,that’s corruption!! why should the INCUMBENT,an interested party/ presidential candidate continue being president,controlling KEY institutions including the ECZ up to the election day?And you expect a fair result? TE CONSTITUTION NEEDS TO BE REPEALED
This trump of a judge has set sept 23 as a date for the hearing? B….itch there will be no need for no hearing pa Friday we mwana wa nkoko
While M’membe might have a RIGHT to publish whatever suits him,he has a RESPONSIBILITY not to misled the nation.Also,it is stubborn of him to defy a court order.Why not wait and watch carefully?
Cage Nyambe Namakando, This is not courage coleagues,what he is doing is sowing seed for bloodshed.This chap has money to run away if any violence arise.This time the courts shopuld not even exercise the rule of Law since even him doesnt believe in that.cage him until all results are announced.Infact dont even give him a fair trial.Let him learn a lesson.He has tried the courts for some time now.He is actually daring the courts, testing the waters….
Ba LT you should also be prosecuted because you have realesed the results by quoting the post newspaper, the post quoted Mr. Kabimba and you quoted The Post newspaper by reprinting the results. You are not as innocent as you think.
The ECZ has shut down its website where people would have accessed these results then rushed to court for an injunction against private media organisations. This cascade of gaging action is itself suspicious.
ECZ….. you cant have it both ways… you shut down your site and stop alternative media from giving out critical info… what kind of rubbish is that iwe ka Mambilima?
Even the ECZ hacking story is there own doing to be untransparent and buy time and rig-God rescue us from these devils, we have suffered enough!!
Nyambe namakando has never known peace since his childhood.This chap knws only figting.He thinks becoz he has a newspaper he has the right to mislead the public,whatever pact he signed with PF will not help him, Jst pay those debts.
Even he Black couldnt walk in town ,but for over 27yrs God’s will came to pass .I cant understand these stupid bloggers who cant see .Where is he who voted for Banda .everywhere people in the street its PF,FROM cb TO LIVINGSTONE
Stupid *****s !!!!!! u think we can depend on this corrupt RB’s controlled ECZ, to hell with you mangwams atah!!!! VIVA POST and watch out MMD this time around…Masipa ali nja….
Lol….masipa ali nja?….it’s true they should leave the post newspaper alone it is doing what is best for the public, why are they keeping everything in screacy?
If there was an 80% voter turn out then 4 million people voted. The results so far are just in thousands including what Post is printing, so why declare a winner now?
Mmembe is the enermy to all those that hate the truth,In kAUNDAERA,CHILUBA,LEVY,NOW BANDA .You can’t kill the spirit of a strong man,
after all the campaigns nokupanga ama ala bee sweets.. i dnt thnk these are the results mmd expected even if they wer to win. faring cadres was self deception.. these are the consequences!
@39 Kunta-kinte.I support your idea, theoe *****s have the capacity to throw this country to flames.Jst partition zambia and let those chaps govern themselves with their newspaer and the cobra to bite them.We dont want any blood shed.
let these chaps face the wrath of the law..they are not above the law!
Thousands of them with connections to MMD govt for survival are all miserably worried as they know Sata coming out victorious is dead end for them and hence they will desparately try to use any trick available in the book to drible the people’s vote. Pls we want freedom from the MMD, we have done our part by voting and rejecting you. The votes you are claiming from the rural populars is a rotten vote, vote gotten by corrupting our ignorant grand parents in the villages.
#1, Take it easy, the ECZ does not belong to you or Rupiah Banda. The Post is right, why all these dirty tricks delaying the results?
please let RB go back to Chipata or send in to exile
Please Zambians avoid the Kenyan model. I am Kenya and i wud hate my brothers and sisters in Zambia to experience. This is how it started: Delay in announcing results, intimidation of the media, alterations of results from the areas, police brutality ect. I am concerned with reports coming from youir country.
Zambia led in the first multi-part election in Africa and should always be a good example. I hope all those concerened will carry out their mandate in a very open manner. Avoid the Kenyan Model!!! It was bad for Africa. That is why we are in the HAGUE today.
You coward Donkey Kubeba for RSA, you call Nyambe Namakando’s stubboness courage,lack of respect for other people.You are outside becoz u r scared of violence, the same seed Nyambe namakando is sowing, seeds of violence…..Dont jst follow whatever Nyambe is saying, this chap has never knwn peace.he has jst been stubbon like that.Even if Cobra wins you think Nyambe will stop.Nyambe changes positions to sell his paper.Dont b fooled Dnkey Kubeba
Bad, pathetic decisions such as banning the private media from publishing stories that will dispel fear and instil confidence must be defied.
Only an enemy of press freedom can be against the wonderful work that the post has rendered to this nation for 21 years
is that Mr. Mmembe in the picture? If so, why is he with those policemen or have I missed something?
Gentlemen and ladies,
Kitwe and Ndola entry and exit routes has been sealed by the Zambia Army. You cant go in or go out. All shops are closed and people told to go their homes…where are we going na ba RB
Am concerned about wats going on in zed, i was in Zambia in august after 7 years away & the impression i got was that the MMD was going to win comfortably after talking to ordinary people from lstone, Ndola, CBU, and Lusaka. Having said that every taxi driver that I talked was going vote pf. I hate MMD but don’t trust pf either. I hope zambians resolve this peacefully.
RB was deceiving himself during election campaigns that Sata was like a boxer drunk with punches, manje what happened! One would think that with that in mind, RB would quickly knock out Sata, this is to rationalise RB’s self deception. Manje Shimpundu (RB) is the one on the canvass being counted out! I doubt if he will beat the count this time around. Chilemoneka kwati naba mumisha this time around. Uppercut pa Mpuno, it seems that nose is smashed.
ALL OF YOU ASSHOLES AGAINST THE POST, GIVE US A BREAK. WE ARE ENTITLED TO INFORMATION. FRED, YOU ARE WELL PROTECTED AND CONTINUE GIVING THE DATA. ABYUD, YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL AND YOU ARE BEING USED AND WILL BE DUMPED IMMEDIATELY ASAP. POSTERILTYWILL JUDGE YOU HARSHLY, IF THIS COUNTRY GOES UP IN FLAMES
We told you that Sata is a hard man who will give you a good run for your billions you dished out with the hope of buying this election and you thought we were hallustinating. Please let Sata rule too, he has worked hard and he deserves it than any other-your RB’s down fall is his own making-his pride and popesinty over the BRE issue will send him back to his farm in Chipata. The people of Western province have taught him a lesson he will never forget- he thought by giving brown envelops to the Litunga and his Indunas,he would bribe the Lozi-well done our Lozi brothers and sisters, PF in Mongu Central, the HQ, it is a very very good lesson, to MMD and the Litunga himself-we love u our Lozi brothers and sisters for this great job!!
These are the results from the unprecedented developments we heard the last 6 months. MMD should be embarassed of them selves. Unprecidented development, Unprecidented voter turn out, Unprecidented info black out! You will not get away with it. If RB had won, they’d be rubbing it in now. They know they ve lost and trying to secure themselves inauguration tomorrow. tamwakaimone. Full of sh…..t. Democracy democracy, kwi. Just african dictators pretending to be democrats. Nangu uwine, walafwa fye nombaline. God knows how to punish evil indecent people like you old man. Let the truth prevail. “I will beat him again” tepapa you have failed and resorting to underhand methods!!! Shame on RB. Thandiwe plead with ur granny please, to let go, its all over. Mwanawasa’s 3 yrs is over!!!!!
Kitwe are up in arms in Kitwe becoz of one stupid ***** who cares nothing about peace.All he is interested is profits frm his stupid paper.He doesnt care about your blood, he has money to run away.He is playing with pipos lives.Police should not watse time to cage this *****, we have relative in copperblet.A warning to those CB thugs, we will not allow you to export your stupid viplence tacticts here in Lsk.we will meet you with full force.jst concentrate there, if u so wish.remeber its your town you are destroying…….This idots who is inciting you is home drinking coffee
State security why don’t you shot this chap who want to mislead Zambians. He thinks all zambians want SATA..nrever in my life time…!! how do you want to have a president so dirty like SATA with his black teeth. SATA has lost again these elections, he is performing badly in other places. Unles you are telling us that who ever wins in the copperbelt and Lusaka, then he is the president…if it is not like that, then SATA is histroy..!! If the pact is still here, Banda would not have stolen the votes…now your power hungry PF supporters has brought us where we are…!!
#64: you are missing something big time. That is the picture taken when Mmembe was sent to jail over one weekend for a case to to with court order or contempt; naibala chabe the full details. However, he was tipped by his lawyers to go with clothes that would make it easier for him in cells coz it was a friday and the government dont process bail pa weekend.
The injunction is in itself illegal AG has not filed a case against the media institutions
Ba RB if you need help moving, Call your friend in Ivory Cost , he has the phone number for the moving company. No matter what it will take , you are going! This is Zambia in 21st Century.
Viva you are the only media with guts coz you stand for truth. I went at 530 to make sure I got a copy of todays post for fear they might get it off streets. Long live fred, long live fred. You got to admire this man, homosexual or not, he’s got guts. I love this man. can I meet you fred, you deserve a part on the back for your courage. Viva fred. All radio stations down today. fred depending on u tomorrow, do it brother! Like you know how.
#66 Mutototo Seven Hours-good observation- I like it, I like it, yes indeed, one quick one from King Cobra smashing Bwezani’s Big Mpuno and there he is, on his canvass strungling to be on his feet-just throw in the towel baba RB!
——— BASAKALA SAKALA NYONGO —————–
WHY HOLD RESULTS. THAT’S WHY PEOPLE WANTED PVT BECAUSE IT TAKES TOO LONG TO ANNOUNCE, GIVING MWAANGA ENOUGH TIME TO DO SUMS OF WHAT FIGURES TO INFLATE IN THE RURAL AND WHERE WHILE ECZ IS MASSAGING THE RESULTS LIKE AN EGG
BASAKALA NYONGO
The post are fighting for their own battle and are using PF..so beware.. IF PF wins and not fulfill their contract with the Post we will see how the post will start also attacking the PF. so people lets not be cheated.
Good afternoon
The people have the right to be informed and that is what The Post is doing. Any news can appear to be “speculative” if accurate information is not available. This is the second day of counting roughly 5 million votes and ECZ is still not informing the masses, does that mean the media should also be dumb?
In a functional democracy, there should be room for an independent press to release information even if it’s not accurate without being threatened with a court injunction.
‘Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither.’ Benjamin Franklin
RB was being told by people to say keep the legacy, ati iyo there is no legacy, and foolish Mulongoti was deceiving him by saying, let the President rule as he wishes. Manje apa am sure RB regrets having done away with the legacy story. Its he never realised that it was legacy story that kept him afloat. I think we should change his name to “Short Memory Banda”. Wapya Munzi!!!!!! He never saw Sata’s vicious and diabolic right uppercut heading for his big nose. Am sure this time he is asking his men to tell him what punch combination Sata used to leave him in the state he is.
Post nizi…i like their guts mwe :)
The need to inform the nation and the world trumps any perceived ‘gains’ this restraining order seeks to achieve. The nation is anxious and hungry to know what happened to their votes. Mmembe, hate him or not he is in order to defy this order. In fact th order should be against the ECZ to prompt them to publish the results ASAP. The judge and the AG are abusing the courst process…. restraining orders are not meant to stifle perceived enemies and ‘punish’ them. Restraining order were meant to protect the welfare of the majority – in this case this order is working against the public. Besides ‘speculative’ or not the reported results won’t change the ultimate results of the votes that have already been cast. I will contribute my hard earned cash to Mmembe’s defence on this one.
I hope the chaps in Kitwe reach burn out by the time the election results are ready.
My advice to the Police is; Please just watch them, dont stop them just let them tire out by themselves.
No 71 be real. Look at Sata’s performance in western province, eastern, central, chama north, isoka etc great improvement in addition to CB, NP, LP, Lsk P. Come on give credit where it is due. With the unprecendented development we have been seeing, did u think well informed pipo like CB and LSK P would reject RB? ZNBC propaganda, Chanda Chimbwi documents and the pipo have said NO to that nonsense. All those tarzanine tainted RB sweets. Shame. I d be embarassed if I was MMD or related to any MMD chap. Thank God I am not.
Its wishful thinking or should I say utter naivitee to think Sata has lost. PVT has been performed and the true results are what technicians of ECZ published yestarday. Love him or indeed hate the old fella, data speaks for itself. Gbagbo is on house arrest; who is next i fnot RB? We all have family to protect; but state agencies cannot protect 1 person at the expense of 13m; you may kill, but will you kill everyone? There are two ways to build a tallest building in town. (i) Build one; (ii) Destroy the rest and yours will be the tallest. Similarly, Well, RB wants to destroy Zambia so that he can remain the greatest. you cannot fool everyone all the times; ICT has changed everything, and VJ cldnt manage this time. Sad but reality is reality!!
The Post have done the RIGHT THING. In any case they have always speculated about elections. Remember in 2006 while ECZ were still fidgeting with results the POST indicated on the following day that Levy had won and it came to pass that way. In 2008 the Post indicated on the following day that it was TOO CLOSE TO CALL and indeed RB won by a small margin. This time around their Editorial is Emphatic that RB HAS LOST and normally over the past 21 years Hate HIM or LOVE HIM, Fred of the Post always says what he has evidence for. He does not like the ZNBC malign people without any evidence. Its for this reason many have failed to prosecute him in Courts. Once all is done and said FRED deserves a medal for his courageous service to the nation.
Justice is infinite.
Law is a question of temporal power
over someone or something.”
I will seek not to be racist, sexist or discriminatory in a manner that demeans individuals or groups of individuals. But I will not hesitate to call a politician, stupid, ***** or cabbage, if their governance behaviour is such that a child dies because of their neglect and preservation of self interests. I do not owe a politician, president, king or queen anything, as I do not subscribe to laws, customs, and traditions that protect idiocy. I owe my existence to the children in whose borrowed time I exist. I will express myself as I think, and not as it is expected of me to think! kuyababebele
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Yes 86 well spoken. fred deserves a medal. Not a corward like the many pretending to be journalists.
Bane, it is not fair to use the term defy. We all know that the Post Newspaper starts printing its papers much ealier than any other Newspaper Publisher. To HELL AG.
Ba Kizito, mwabe tole mukanwa, who tells you that the state security voted for RB,
It is now 12.20hrs, ECZ has failed to update the country the WHOLE MORNING as Ireen had stated yesterday at the first update. If her words cannot be relied on, who on earth will tell us the results?
An injunction is granted to preserve a persons right which is/has been infringed, can someone tell me what ECZ rights have been infringed bt the media? any sane person would have thrown out the injunction for its mediocrity.
# 78 THAT’S THE WAY IT SUPPOSE TO BE
Sadly Sata and Mmembe would have done this regardless of the outcome which in my view is about to be confirmed officially as a sata victory but right now, because its ousting MMD people thinking mindless violence is ok, until the ugly action turns on innocent citizens.
Njombwinjo, shut up because the rigging will not be accepted this time around, the post is right every other country in the world post results as they become available… RB has lost and is trying to rule by brute force and we will not accept that anymore, he needs to go quietly or else we will remove him… so he can go join his friend Muammar Gaddafi on the run.
lusaka times and the zambian watchdog are just like znbc, dont believe wht they print or report…agency of RB…
Ireen Manbilima has proved to be such a disappointment. She seems to lack basic communication skills. Surely she should be more concerned about the public than the politicians! She needs to talk to the people. Even a full list of winning parliamentary candidates would help calm tension.
A court order which gags the press is not even worth observing sometimes. They wanted to stop freedom of speech while unleashing the useless state owned toilet papers on the people.
Don’t worry about f–king attorney general, people just keep on posting the results on the blogs, they are basically impotent to stop the blog tallies – even the Post & Muvi TV, just in the blogs & publish your results under pseudonyms!!!
Sata: 659 787 =42.92%
Banda: 542 362 =36%
HH: 247 287 =16%
This represents 80 + constituencies
Well done Mmembe and the Post for standing up once again against this DICTATORSHIP. Ruphiah needs to go like Gbagbo sooner than later, Mambilima should burn too!
@ 1 and 57 you are cunts. What planet do you come from you scum bugs. *****s you are just RB’s c…s..k.ers
Sata: 659 787 =42.92%
Banda: 542 362 =36%
HH: 247 287 =16%
This represents 80 + constituencies
make you call
Those are 85 constituencies results.
Now we are not speculating. Lets go with it and wait patiently. all results will be in by 18 hours, so get a mosi and lets wait.
It’s really ridiculous that anyone can walk in a court and obtain an injunction… and the judge won’t even analyse it on merit. The judge should have asked the AG how ‘injurious’ publishing the reults would cause on him, ECZ or the public. In this case public interest in publishing the results (speculative or not) far out-weighs some injunction against it. And this so called ‘speculative’ argument is bul1dug. Media all over the world they project the outcome of elections and call them much earlier than the official results. These guys are filthy rich who watch international news – don’t they see CNN, BBC, Fox projecting election outcome even before official regulators have announced them… just ridiculous I have to say.
Umwana Zed thought it was 639 787!!! But lets wait and see. Trouble is we are not being told who has won where. Could be tight yet again.
Italian Bunga, you might be right, as you know these results are now chicken and eggs situation. it will be tight for sure, just hope who ever win take note of the Zambian desires otherwise they will face the same in 2016.
I think our politician should learn one or two things from this, not to take us for granted. I says this to those that will win. Zambians are no longer a docile as were have been portrayed over time.
Bravo post….power to the pipo!
Well done post am with you. Anyway who says if a law or injection is passed then people have to break. It’s everyone’s democratic to break every rule in the book and pay the price. Though shall not found out and you safe. The greatest among you must be your servant…please taxi for clowns in govt we had enough of the circus let’s have another show for goodness sake…
why are we fighting over this. dont you see whats going on. this is exactly what they want you to do, at the end of the day we are still Zambians. lets wait for the final count, then we can decide what to do. those that feel they are bullshitted by the ruling party have the mandate to fight for their right. but fight the correct people, I have 100,000 men on my command ready to die for our country, they patiently wait. MMD, give chance to new leadership, when the children have cried enough is enough, let them be and step down. money is never enough but when you die you leave it behind, and the sad truth is you are all going to die someday. you were appointed to lead our nation, not to bleed it dry into your pockets. let people who are true leaders lead the country. VIVA PF AND ZAMBIA!!!
The ECZ are failing to announce results that have already been announced in districts. This is what is pissing us most. The post is just doing the right thing by informing us. Leave the POST alone. After all PVT is LEGAL.
Dear MMD,
o the pipo nid change tukaiponola ku Libya yacepa inkondo inga mwaiba ama votes.
how can u issue an order at 22 after the news template has already been printed.
#34: I like this: IF you guys in the PF want to die today prematurely be my guest but leave us who still want to enjoy normal s e x ALONE
In details thats were the truth lies and this truth pains.carry on mweembe with your paper that digs deepeeerr…{pipo who retreat will never be champions}.this time around a win for hardwkng sata is a must.kuyabebele…..
People don’t worry..all the results are known by all parties including EU. My sources told me that RB has lost by a big margin and had asked RB to concede but he refused. Lets us pray for our country that it should not be like what happened in Kenya!!
Banda got this from foolish Mugabe that he delay the results, massage the results and intimidate the people, then announce doctored numbers. What he forgot is that Zambians are not Zimbabweans. We are not cowards when it comes to our rights and our votes.
Some few months ago, I was dubbed genocidal by Capitalist and the chihuahua in Australia YAYA. The results have shown that people want to move on from MMD. I also mentioned that dictatorship does not just fall from the sky, it starts with the abuse of Courts as we are seeing now. Some fools from MMD called Kabimba that he does not win cases. In what courts? Rupiah courts? Now that Katele has not delivered Chienge, soon you will hear the sentence pronounced. ZAMBIANS, WAKE UP. We can stop RB from his nonsense.
Lets be realistic,Dr. kaunda is a hero.He accepted the defeat in 1991 and we are saying long life for him.Please let Rupia accept the results also.”Insansa kuchinjana”.
I like Zambia so much, even the High Court works at mid night issues unwarranted threats against the private media. Where else can such kind of idiosity by Governments? Only in Zambia we have this tendency were the head of state can judges and give them instructions to what he wishes and hence taking the people for granted because we always threaten them with our manipulated law and they heed to that nonsense in the name of maintaining peace, while political thieve and hypocrites are busy abusing and stealing from the people. NObody can be jailed on such issues because people are simply exercising their right of expressions which nobody should take away from the people no matter the circumstances.
How can the gov ban the media from doing their job? Honestly, how can the ECZ fail to report results from ONLY five million registered voters? This is beyond pathetic.
pipo whats the difference with the Times headline? lets wake up.
Viva the Post! just announce the results, statehouse roads are closed am told statafords trucks are inside state house parking someones belongings. all roads lead to chipata farm. Tough luck RB it happens in life. your race has ended..
My 7 year old kid with his third grade friends are ready to do the counting on behalf of ECZ. If people can fail to count 5 million papers in two days, what does that say about how lazy ECZ is? These fools have been caught. This year’s elections because of PF and people’s vigilance and seriousness has been difficult to steal. Now they are struggling to tell the people the truth. Few days ago, Banda was on record saying that he will accept the results, why has he decided to surround State House with Zimbabwean Security men? Tell the fool that even Gaddafi after all this years was not immune to the wrath of the truth and the people. Where is Gbagbo today? Where is Mubarak, Ben Ali, Gaddafi, Charles Taylor and other fools you called leaders? When it is time, it is time. Leave.
RB has lost. even OP inside sources have confirmed. He has, and knows the results
Why should the MMD treat people as though they are not human? The God of the land of Zambia is seeing all such injustices and a time is coming when it shall surely pay for this.
IF MR BANDA IS READING OUR COMENTS, I WANT TO ASK HIM.MR BANDA WHY DO YOU WANT TO DESTROY OUR DEMOCRACY OVER AN ELECTION? REMEMBER MR BANDA WHEN YOU WERE AT THE FARM YOU WERE A GOOD MAN. REMEMBER ALSO THAT YOU HAVE A FAMILY TO LOOK AFTER.PLEASE DONT DRAG ZAMBIA THIS FAR.YOU WILL REGRET YOUR ACTIONS AND CURSE MWANAWASA WHO PICKED YOU FROM THE FARM. THINK ABOUT YOUR ACTIONS AND BE WISE.
njombwinjo wat eva shit u cal yo self.shit ass hole walitipwa how can u say that fukn shit about the post nuz paper you fukn happy 4 ZNBC,TIMES,nd the lik.If you are safe with MMD not every one OK.Cloz yo Fukn Stink Mouth nd sit on yo fukn Dik.Kapich idot
RB has R. Mugabe style cos his mother comes from there. mind you blood is thicker than water
We need change PF Family
Its a useless and s.tupid court injunction i would not respect it to. Bravo The Post.
Well done the post. Banda thinks he is Mugabe. So glad he’s going…
Mr sata is not a bad person as many people say give him a chance Zambians.
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