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LT Update: We have received a Big Cheque Donation from PF

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We are glad to anounce to the public that last week we received a very Big cheque from a wealthy Patriotic Front (PF) supporter to help us improve our struggling web site which of late has faced a huge onlaught of traffic from the increasing number of people that come to it.

 

We thought we owe it to our vistors to tell them the change in direction and how we are going to use the money, in the name of transparancy of course.

We have already started putting this money to work. There are actually a number of things that we have started fixing in the background. First of all, with this funding, we have re-designed the site for clear typography and visual clarity for the text of the stories we post. The current fonts are just too small and crumped for a lot of people and we expect to launch the site next weekend. With this funding from a wealthy PF supporter, we have managed to hire an expensive Tech Guru who has managed to fix our facebook page which has been an eyesore for many years. Thanks to this funding we have been able to fix our act on the face book page and the fan page as well. We shall now be able to consistently publish to facebook (www.facebook.com/lusakatimes) as we have been doing on our twitter site (www.twitter.com/lusakatimes/). With this PF funding, we have asked our tech guru to make sure that even comments that take place from twitter and facebook are imported into the conversations taking place on Lusakatimes so that all convesations are captured there. And our new motto concerning any News event will be “If it has Not been on LT, it has not been discussed”.

We shall also use this PF funding to introduce more categories and features because we have managed to secure a server with 10 times the capacity than we had before. Am sure some of you have noticed that we moved our server to Europe. So expect more services as soon as next week.

Obviously, let us not cheat ourselves or be naive about this. Two things are definite in life. First, everyone has an agenda: things are always given with strings attached. Secondly, everything is for sale as long as the price is right, have we sold our soul? Be the judge. The Funding from PF is too good to be true and so we have accepted their agenda and we want to advise our readers that this is what we shall offer PF in return for their hefty funding we have received.

First, staring from tomorrow all adverts will be removed as the funding covers for this cost and we don’t need ad revenue anymore. Instead they will be replaced with PF campaign material for elections 2011. Site will run campaigns for all 150 MPs with effect from tomorrow. Additionally, we shall introduce an editorials section where we shall write editorials in support of PF. No comments will be allowed on the editorials lest we offend our new masters. Editorials will not feature MMD President Rupiah Banda or UPND president HH , even for negative coverage because even bad publicity is publicity.

We shall also introduce a ‘letters to the editor section’ and ensure that all letters to the editors are in support of PF. Only letters to the editor critising President Rupiah Banda UPND President Haikainde Hachilema stand a chance of being considered for publication. Comments on letters to the editor will not be allowed as well.

All comments will be moderated to root out any anti PF comments. We need this funding and we can not afford to risk losing it.

We shall also not cover UPND president Hakainde Hachilema or Rupiah Banda and his government proganda from ZNBC, ZANIS, TIMES and ZAMBIA Daily Mail in the headline section. The only big headlines we shall run featuring HH or RB will be those discrediting or attacking the two.

That is the new world order people. Lastly, Oh, what is today’s date?

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135 COMMENTS

  6. It a welcome move Zambians lets support this by Voting Pabwatoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.Kunda and RB we need our moneys 200 billion ok.

  7. Today is fools day isn’t it! Hahahahaga Ba LT last year you made an update that your site was abolished by grz now it is PF. Hahahahaga

  9. If this is an April fool’s date- it’s in bad taste! As a PF supporter, I take great exception to this kind of reporting, these are serious matters that need serious thoughts and actions! No amount of jokers (MMD and Co) shall sway our support!

  13. LT don’t be silly. So what would be the price if we asked you to ban Senior citizen and his partner Capitalist?

  16. It is very disappointing and of grave concern that, in an obvious and unbelievably open way, The Post, a newspaper that for a long time had been the icon of independent thought and opinion, has regressed into an abyss of unmitigated impunity and have sidelined objectivity for political expediency. To put it candidly, The Post has simply lost direction. In many people’s eyes, it is clear that the Post is no longer the voice of the voiceless or a paper that digs deeper or for that matter, a paper that champions freedom of expression or other such rights, but a platform for personal tussles with RB’s Government.

  17. THIS IS NOT APRIL FOOLS DAY. IN THIS STORY, JUST REPLACE LUSAKA TIMES WITH THE POST NEWSPAPER AND YOU HAVE IT, BINGO. This is actually what The Post does..

  19. It was going to be a raw deal. In the first place, if PF wins what kind of Govt are going to have? Secondly we are going to be admiring the kaponyas and this will defeat the purpose of going to school. Abash PF! Abash!

  20. Masking behind populist rhetoric jargon and remaining barely within what is legally permissible they have embarked on this campaign not supported by any principle or legitimate grounds but personal resentment and hatred. To this end, they have even entered into a pact with a political figure they had previously fervently despised. In a complete turn about, they have become bedfellows with this tyrannical figure, against very well recorded statements they previously made about this figure

  21. LT Thought provoking. ZNBC, Daily mail and Times are doing something like that. However,for u, please quickly put up a “disclaimer” or “Void” or ‘Fools Day Notice” or “joke”. or better stil remove this item if its note true. Infact apologies to PF if its not true. They can sue u if they are a clean party.! If its true, how much? Can we share?

  22. wat a foolish thing to fool people around with.Dont fool people on serious issues.but i like the idea if only LT and post can team up and show these foolish govt that things are wrong we would the first ones to applaud u.

  24. This figure the Post have now embraced is a dangerous psychopathic renegade incapable of root principle too risky to trust. A person who has the audacity to deny with a straight face his own words even with the most telling evidence, cannot but be a psycopath. 

  25. LT please we are facing a serious leadership crisis,we need real change not change to recycle Sata and his minion plus his ex-friends who meet in secret MMD

  29. APRIL FOOLS DAY. Who can you fool ba LT? Fwe ba PF tuli nshimbi. VIVA PF VIVA SATA.
    Ba LT we know you are mmd sponsored website. These is no way you can allow PF on your website.

  31. hahahaha THE JOKE IS ON THE POST NEWSPAPER!!!!!!!!
    NICE ONE BA LT, HAD ME GLUED AND THINKING OF OPENING MY OWN ONLINE NEWS SERVICE

  33. How many times has Sata been involved in open physical skirmishes either personally or by his thugs, in actual hyjacking of political opponents if not threatening them? Just recently in a case he is heavily implicated, his personal hench men and bodyguards have been convicted of actual assault and hyjacking for which they have been put behind bars. It is obvious that Zambia will be safer if this Sata was put behind bars, watched over by specifically assigned sentries and dressed in a straitjacket to be released only when he needs to eat or defecate. This the figure the Post have embraced. 

  34. Nice one LT. This accurately describes the Post Newspaper. I hope Mmembe and his sidekicks, the chiefs, buffons Mpombo and Panji Kaunda are reading this!!!!. Keep it up with the good work LT, we love you.

  36. # 19 Iwe Shi miner, its who os a kaponya because the “abash” language is associated with lumpens and kaponyas. Leave PF alone watch the lpolitical landscape unfold in its favour. Also #16 ba Kay, please argue with facts. Have you read the mission statement of the Post? Am sure if you did you will relise you are a fool…..

  37. Ba swaini you have already campaigned for PF otho its fools day.As you have indicated that even negative publicity is publicity and it sends both -+ or + signal. Deep down your bowels you know that NI PABWATO.Tribalism (MMD) out and Childish politics (UPND) have suffered natural death.

  39. LT Editor you got me there and I thought no one would fool me when I woke up this morning. Ouch! I even started thinking where will I be getting breaking news now. Thats a good one Editor.

  41. #16
    how about the times, the Daily mail, ZNBC, Zambia wach dogs are they professional in there reporting? but why just single out only the post. Besides which of these have more sales than the others? if post has more sales than the Times and Daily mail combined then they reporting wat people want period.

  44. For Sata, there is no telling as to what he could do, given the privacy of opportunity, how he could deal with his victims. In the open, he has armed baying thugs with machetes to hack and maim innocent bystanders to just prove a point. As often as he is on the podium, has he not verbally assaulted those who have chosen not to vote for him, calling them swines, namazais, lice and anything despicable that his mind thinks of?
    That is how far the Post has been compromised!

  45. WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL,…..IYI YENA BA LT MWALYA NI TOTO PA TOTO (100%) …EXCELLENT!! …..NI DONCHI KUBEBA, BUT THIS ONE CAN BE REVEALED TO THEM….JUST FOR TODAY OF COURSE!!…TOMORROW IT’S BACK TO SERIOUS BUSINESS….

  46. Sata, a cruel Authoritarian to get his way will threaten, maim, physically abuse and do whatever else to get what he wants and will choose his victims to use and abuse, in his slave plantation, to the utter chagrin of the victims. Shockingly, this is the core reason they want him to be their ruler. If he fails to accomplish his wish, in frustration he batters his wife, kicks his dog and slams doors behind. This imbued slave mentallity besides tribal bigotry on the part of his supporters and victims accounts for why Sata is excited to have himself installed as ruler over them. There is no other possible explanation outside this. Thankfully, this will remain a mere phatom wish.

  47. kay u are misinformed about the post. we forgive u. leave the post alone before u condemn the post look into the times, Daily mail and ZNBC, u will see wat i mean

  49. Even foools know that ZNBC is MMD propaganda.
    Big fools are those who support MMD propaganda.
    Enjoy your day fools

  59. Ha ha ha! The gig was good and I was too busy figuring out who this “wealthy PF supporter” is, to realize that today is April 1, 2011.

    Cheers to LT from all who appreciate a sense of humour!

  60. I fell for it until I reached the part where it says all adverts will be removed and will only feature PF campaign material….. Good one ba LT.

  63. Even a fool would surely from the onset, know that this story iz a hoax. The heading, the topic, the content, the size and the timing all leave so much to dezire.

  64. This was the bestest. You got my heart beating harder as i was reading further. Well done!!
    Unfortunately, every day is fools day for the Zambian Post. What a shame!

  67. Foolish… ekutumpa uku zoona. Now we know your wishes Ba LT. Believe it or not, MMD president will not take this as a joke. Mwanyela ku mwela.

  68. Thank God its fools day, was going to say good bye to my favourite site LT just like i have stopped buying the Post. The Post has lost it, they will soon be nashing their teeth as they see their uncouth president lose and buried for life. Sata can never win…RB whether Mmembe or any of those idoits at the post like it he is winning this election. I support UPND and HH but because of the Post is doing i am voting for RB just to stop the idocy of the Post. The government should ban that stupid newspaper.

  72. Guys, dont be fooled thinking this is a joke like any other,yes its fools day,but lessons can be learned even from this kind of joke.Look at the coverage of PF in one news media.we perhaps can draw parallel with the sam PF led newspaper.Its sad people like Mpombo have joined in gthe que not realising they are championing an Agenda the have no idea of.

  73. Come on people, lighten up, its Fools Day! There is time to loosen up and just laugh, once in a while. We will get back to business tomorrow. Some people have no sense of humour!!!! Good one LT!

  74. I have stopped reading the post.where are those old serious journalists,all we have now are cadres following PF like headless chickens.People are already decided with who to vote for, why force them with those PF propagandas of hired crowds.

    We need news not PF manifestos.The moment these guys resume to news thats when i will start buying.One this thing for certain these guys know the power of the media,one thing they havent learnt is campaigining works for Bazungus,not here in Africa.

  76. Go on, and laugh if you can az it iz the so called foolz day. I still insist that even the most F.O.O.L.I.S.H of personz would tell this story iz a hoax.

  77. April Fool’s Day? No! But, a reality of the opposite that shall be done by LT.

    However, in your humour, you note LT’s important areas of improvement, transperancy, improvement of typographic errors, introducing Editorial Comment etc. At least you have a dream to employ an IT Guru.

  78. Thandi, dont be fooled.You better study the rules of engagement,Fisrt weaken your enemy defences before you strike.what u have read might seen like a joke because your defences are lowered.If you want to lough then laugh with your mind present.We dont argue it could be a joke,bt its a lesson learnt.There are big guyz in politics my friend.look at how the post is behaving one would simply draw parallels and think it is happening with other media houses.Its possible,people have money.Its a money game,its sometimes make you loose your senses, you jst begin tom follow even where you dnt knw, all you care is kwacha.so #73 dont jst laugh learn

  80. SOUNDS LIKE A BRILLIANT PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING…….OR IS IT AN INVITATION TO TREATY?…..LET’S GET DOWN TO SOME SERIOUS TALKING……

  82. April fools day indeed.u almost got me. mr cia zedian. U have the post to campaign 4 pf. Wat else do u want.

  84. “Obviously, let us not cheat ourselves or be naive about this. Two things are definite in life. First, everyone has an agenda: things are always given with strings attached. Secondly, everything is for sale as long as the price is right, have we sold our soul? Be the judge”. Indeed the price that pf has paid to the postnewspapers is very good.Even the so called Mmembe has a price. We will know the price if the unlikely happens that pf carries the day.but what price it is it amounts to corruption of the worst king. Good thing is zambians are very intelligent and will not allow your agenda,sorry Mmembe keep trying.

  87. Even if its fools day this just truly shows that ba LT are anti-PF sponsored by MMD, thats why you always dont bring up any good story from PF, damn fools ay.

  89. This is not a fools day joke! This is what you all Zambia media have been doing. We know SATA bought the post and now LT. We don’t care even if you don’t cover HH. The people themselves are covering UPND: VIVA HH! VIVA UPND!

  90. all u complaining about the Post can hang for i care.no one is forcing u to part away with yo 3pin.if u want keep it to yoruself and dont tread the paper.as much as the produce it for u to buy, they dont force to do it.Go ahead and buy the govt gazzettes if thats what u term good journalism.have u ever wondered Zambia without the Post but with only ZNBC,Daily mail and Sometimesof Zambia.

  92. A joke pity – not that it would have mattered 0.01% of your readers are registred or will vote in the up coming election

  95. WHERE THERE IS PF PUT MMD WHERE THERE IS SATA PUT RB AND THE STORY IS COMPLETE NO FOOLS DAY IT IS HAPPENNING SHAME ON YOU LT

  96. I was almost fooled untill I realised that PF doesnt have wealthy followers.Only kaponyas and those poor sours waiting to line up their empty pockets like Winter Kabinda and Panji Kaunda.

  97. The post has contrinuted to the disaster that we have in zambia at the moment. I believe their positive contribution is outweighed by negative one. The post if you dont change your ways you headed for doom.take note that GRZ media can afford the mediocrity because they are funded from taxpayers money, as for you your days are numbered.The Post has become an embarrasement even to the PF that they are cleaning everyday. I have already told that HH will finish you. Despite vowing never to cover UPND/HH there you are hardly 4 months has passed though in a negative way. It is impossible to ignore such an institution as UPND because the party is major player in Zambia’s Politics.

  99. “First, starting from tomorrow all adverts will be removed as the funding covers for this cost” damn who is this individual with money to burn ? My God some pipo have wrong priorities.Hope it is not MMD in disguise.

  100. good one LT, you sound exactly like the Post newspapers. I believed the whole story until I got towards the end. nice one its made my day

  104. ” PF” Poor Fools day zoona.. but that is what exactly what exactly what the Post NEWSPAPER has done. I pray to God thay Poor Zambian dont make a wrong descion in ths years polls.. HH should be given a chance or we keep on complainig!

  105. This iws why no one takes you serious lusaka times. You are a joke. Just look at how long youm have been in existence but have you ever written a serious story. New websites like ZWD are causing havov on proper reporting but you are doing Fools day? Jesu Christ

  109. LT dont pick on PF….we have Times of Zambia and daily mail which only write nonsense for RB and his minion. Dont provoke PF please you ka LT. silly ka LT.

  110. LT thats what you do with MMD.You only cover negatives about PF and all Positives with MMD.
    Its good you have come out in the open telling us that MMD is the one funding you.

    No wonder whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

    stay well.

  113. Haha thanks LT. Now stop running Daily Mail and Times stories pliz ;-)

  114. So thats what you have been. We knew it all along. But the publicity has done the damage. Bravo on behalf of SATA. LT I have said more than enough times that you are very unprofessional. God have mercy on you

  115. GUYZ. TODAYS IS FOOL’S DAY. DONT TAKE THE STORY SERIOUSLY. BA KUNDA NA SHIKAPWASHA KUTI BASHIMYA LT. TWAPAPATA.

  119. Thats actually the path the POST has taken, they told us they will not cover UPND, then they thought for a while and realised that actually HH had support, and they have since reversed and have said lets cover HH, but negatively, they are using Mpombo, a bankrupt person, ask any accountant at Zambeef or Amiran Ltd, they will tell you how much this lunatic Mpombo owed them until they threatened to expose him to the media. thats when he rushed to pay in bits, i wonder if he has even finished paying. I challenge Mpombo or his supporters to argue this coz i have data.

  120. The fools day has described the POST and SATA.
    They have been doing this year-in, year-out. Everyday is fools day for PF and the Post.
    I think PF does not mean Patriotic Front but POST FUND.

  122. Give us real issues LT. i am begining to think you want someone to give you money. Or you are aware of some paper doing what you have put least which could be important.

    ”We shall also not cover UPND president Hakainde Hachilema or Rupiah Banda and his government proganda from…” I think I know which paper this is…..

  123. hahahahahahaha…..LT….u have made my day. You have shown us what disaster can be like if u you disowned us and follow the POOR FINISHING (PF). at least we have u on our side. u accommodate all irrespective of colour and size.

  124. Even if its F**ls day you bastards are scared to death!!! Anyway we all know that PF is the biggest party in Zambia right now!!!

  125. LT you are great. This is the true picture obataining at the Post Newspaper. What is sad for Mmembe is that his pen no longer has influence as we are able to see through his pathetic propaganda. Just check how many commentries which has recognised that above can onlyb apply to Post Newspaper.

  127. Why is LT changing my flag to the USA flag? I am in Zambia and LT is showing that I am in states. Is it because of fools day?????

  128. I was just imagining how rich GBM is and how much he has dished out this time. LT, you got me there until I read the last sentence.

  131. Thanks LT for this April fool’s day. In a satirical manner you have unintentionally revealed the number of of people who have seen the Post for what it is. I know how some people feel about the Post-PF axis, but never in my wildest dreams did I expect this kind of stinging backlash on the Post and PF.

  133. A good April fools day joke, but full of satire, because that is the situation pertaining at the Post vis-a-vis PF. If the Post had been consistent with what they had previously written on Sata (the Post archives as exhumed by Chanda Chimba), i dont think they could have sunk this low, reducing themselves to a head cleaner for the PF. Good april fools day joke, but with a lot of satirical food for thought.

  135. This man is a satanist and should not be given the platform to deceive Zambians. We lived with him for several months in Lusaka, Avondale in the early 90s. The man confessed to being a satanist and also confessed to have been planning to murder my mom. The wind of satanism is very strong. He is an agent of the devil in the sheep’s clothing. And everything that President Chiluba’s aide said about this man is very true. It unfortunate that i missed the radio session, i would have called in person to air this to the Zambian people.

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