
Opposition Patriotic Front (PF) Eastern Province Chairperson this morning openly attacked reporters from the public media for what he termed as biased reporting.
Mr. Phiri scolded Journalists from Zambia News and Information services (ZANIS) and Times of Zambia who went to cover embattled Chipata Central Member of Parliament Lameck Mangani at a press briefing at Pine View guest house.
Mr. Phiri claimed the public media were not fair in their reporting and charged that they misrepresented facts.
Mr. Phiri threatened to chase away the ZANIS crew that was present saying the organization was misusing government resources by writing false stories in their news coverage.
He also warned that the PF will not allow the public media to cover the party rally that will be held in Chipata district tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Chipata Central MP Lameck Mangani acknowledged that the MMD had developed some sectors of the economy.
Mr. Managani cited some of the developments such as the opening of mines and the improved employment levels.
He stated that President Banda had also managed to maintain peace and economic stability in the country.
And the Former Deputy Minister has reiterated that his resignation from the ruling MMD is not because of personal hatred towards President Rupiah Banda.
Mr Mangani said that he was sensitive to what has been obtaining on the ground and decided to respond to the needs of his supporters who advised him to follow the wind of change.
But MMD Chipata District Chairperson Sinoya Mwale said that it was sad that the Former Deputy Minister of Works and Supply decided to resign from the ruling party just because the opposition PF seemed to attract more members and not because they had something better to offer the people of Zambia.
Mr. Mwale stated that Mr. Mangani had proved to the people of Chipata that he is not a genuine politician because he wants to follow what he calls a wind of change which had nothing better to offer.
He stated that Mr. Mangani and others who think the opposition PF will win the tripartite elections are being cheated because MMD is still strong on the ground.
ZANIS
Kaya aMwale uko ku Chipata let us wait and see what will happen tomorrow
beat them to stop abuse!
There! You have it! A PF heavy weight (Sata confirmed his party only attracts elephant) has recognised that Banda is not an enemy and that RB has brought development to the province. So what are you other PF kaponyas waiting for? Heed your leaders'(Mangani) steps in showering accolades on the one and only President for all Zambians
This primitivity by the PF hooligans is sickening mwe. Will they ever grow up? Sending such chaps to state house? God forbid, coz most of us would really feel the weight of these thugs.
looks like pf is a collection of social and economic misfits and failures in the name of patrick, mpombo, etc etc all grouped under the pf brand of democracy.
do we need any further proof of what sort of party is offering itself to govern zambia?
What else do you expect from the Poor Finishers?Mangani wapya mulilo,chewechweeechwee.nafuti nafuti.MMD
Why is it that PF thinks it’s ok to attack the media. Why is it that no one in PF has spoken out against this blatant unwarranted attacking of the media. PF should respect the media. This behavior is savage, barbaric, disgusting and unwanted.
Sometime back, Dr. Guy Scott launched an unwarranted, scathing attack on the Zambi.an Watchd.og simply because he viewed them as anti-PF. If that is not the icing on the cake, PF blocked the public media from covering their sham convention and also physically attacked MUVI TV journalists. Is this an example of how “press freedom” will be like should the impossible situation happen that PF forms govt?
PF should respect journalists and the Press. This blatant attacking of the media is not democratic. PF should be ashamed of themselves.
You re MMD so u pretend u can’t see what the MMD & our Media ZNBC, Daily & times are doing.
Kano nganimwe.
So far mangani sounds more ambivalent each day. each sentence praising his new party is immediately followed by praising his former boss. i think the man needs a rest and reflect on what he has done, he can not campaign for PF effectivel if keeps regreting his move.
To most analysts however, this spells his political end. to his credit he may gain financially if the rumour that he got 1 metre from the 45 metres from taiwan/afghanistan as a ‘gift’ to sway eastern province.
So far mangani sounds more ambivalent each day. each sentence praising his new party is immediately followed by praising his former boss. i think the man needs a rest and reflect on what he has done, he can not campaign for PF effectivel if keeps regreting his move.
To most analysts however, this spells his political end. to his credit he may gain financially if the rumour that he got 1 metre from the 45 metres from taiwan/afghanistan as a ‘gift’ to sway eastern province. Dont waste the cash chaterring flights sir!
This is just a taste of what PF would do to the private media if the came into power, all private media houses would be closed be cause they would be reporting agains the PF government. Someone needs to tell these PF kaponyas to stop attacking journalists, have you heard of MMD or UPND cadre attacking unethical Pfost reporters.
Thank God PF will never rule Zambian, because everybody who would speak against Sata would be arrested.Â
Public media must not be defensive. They have all their Chanda Chimbas, Lifwekelo, Chifires on their media. So why are following PF. To report lies.
Why allow them to cover the event when they are going to fubricate the story and tell people lies and mislead the public. I hate public media in Zambia its true they are so baised that feel like voting to read there bog ass reporting like this one from ZANIS
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Do not condemn the PF-there is just too much unprofessionalism going on in the so called public media (MMD media). All they do is cook negative stories about Sata and the PF-so what do you expect from the PF. The Post are very professional-in most instances they cover RB and the MMD faily but the times, daily. znbc are all aimed at witch hurting of Sata and the PF. Actually since znbc have decided to be so biased, they should only be collecting tv licence fee from RB and his MMD followers because they are currently the only ones gaining from there propaganda.
If that is the case of fairness, then the Post have a strange way of showing it. And it shows that you are strange :-)
Ba Capitalist, who told you that in a democracy you cannot deny someone membership or access to you and yours? Even in a democracy a group of people can decide who to associate with and who to befriend. In fact, that is the true essence of democracy. You pick and choose. If PF picks not to associate with those they deem hostile to them, that is their democratic right. People have a right to pick, so does PF. When did access by the hostile media to PF become the gauge of democracy?
I am also wondering why you decided to stay mum when MMD attacked The Post journalists at the airport if you believe coverage by the media signifies democracy? How come you failed to condemn RB when he dragged Kabwesha and other Post reporters to jail and courts if you are a true believer in democracy.
Sort them out. Alee bee. Dola . Chanda chimba. have created hatred and tension in the country .
Just shows how intolerant PF is to unfriendly newsmen and women. The trend is worrying, what with the unstable flip-flopping that we see with Mr. MC Sata on a lot of issues. I am sure he would just wake up one day, if ever he will rule, and declare all private media houses closed :-(
Considering the way the public media is being run, who wouldn’t like them to be closed? With regards to closing private media, kuti waseka, it is like you have very short memory. What do you think MMD has been doing? Probably you have forgotten how Shikapwasha has been threatening closing radio stations and how MMD wanted to manipulate the media laws blatantly to shut down private media. MMD cadres on LT, why do you forget so easily? Kwati fitumbuwa.
Not all who are uncomfortable with the prospect of Sata being President are MMD as some ‘samusa’ here wants us to believe. Just that there is so much pretence that when PF comes in they will all of a sudden turn our lives into paradise, very tolerant and ambient. One thing I am sure of is that the public media will be full of kaponyas and it will be a worse tune than the current MMD if the unthinkable happens. They are just the same corrupt guys as the current regime! And their leader is a liar to boot! Some of us are independent and have slapped all the three parties, more so the moribund dimwit PF, I must admit.
Now here comes independent but presumptuous readers of the future. They say Sata is a liar and when asked just for one lie Sata told them, they will parrot what someone also parroted from from another parroting rumor monger. Baseless statements just to be heard. State facts with evidence or else you should consider yourselves as real liars. Ubupuba.
Colleagues it is evident that PF aint the real deal. It is simply insensitive for them to attack people with divergent views. RB gladly invites thomas nsama, collins phiri and the talented eddie mwanaleza, and abel mambwe from the copperbelt, all employees and loyal stooges of the homosexual and wife snatching owned tabloid, to all of his functions. They freely go to state house, the airport etc etc without fear of violence. Even an intelligent photo journalist like ba mwanaleza is allowed to set aside his immense talent and instead take the most useless of photos on instruction from gay boy fred, without ever being harassed by MMD loyalists. It is as such clear, that unlike RB, cobra is insensitive to the views of others. PF chaps are just thugs
#11 Dejalas J’burg. The Post has also joined the likes of Daily Mail, Times of Zambia in biased reporting. Just because the public media seems to be pro-govt doent make them any worser than that the post which has become a PF image builder and their propaganda machinery. Times of Zambia=Zambia Daily Mail=Zanis=The Post=GABAGE REPORTING. chimodzi modzi, chimo chine, semu semu.
Yes PF youth was just found guilty of attacking Post reporter at airport when they went to send off RB. RB? Yes in his presence. Ha ha ha ha ha. Laughable. It was MMD, not PF. No PF youth or cadre has physically roughed up any media personnel. Check your memory drives. Probably you have a William Banda virus.
1. I heard it myself at Pope Square – Sindamisale arms saga. Wonder what Panji is doing in bed with the liar.2. That his passport was stolen by a Chinaman in the UK, read it first hand in the Post.3. That his PF-ruled councils were going to show Mwanawasa how to run Local Authorities, heard him on the TV, albeit ZNBC.4. That the MCCs were not subjected to election because there were only 40 applicants to the 60 positions. As if he is telling kids. Heard it on the radio phone in program from the liar himself. 5. Insults – live from him, Sata, and a certain ‘samusa’ on LT! Lolest!etc, the bulk is all on the Post website archives.I end here to avoid insulting ‘samusa’, as some are used to on this blog.By the way the guy is indefensible, he has too many skeletons, avoid hypertension!
The last time I checked, The Post was privately owned and as such they use no public funds to run their affairs which makes them immune from public cries of bias. The simplest you can do with The Post is avoid them. The others are taking public funds and as such they must serve the public equitably. They are not an MMD run or funded media houses.
Very childish arguments. What was a lie about 40 people vying for 60 open MCC position? Only toddlers don’t know how councils and developmental projects are run in Zambia. Only a fool doesn’t know that passports can be stolen too. Only a fool can pick a word like “samusa” because I used the word “Ifitumbuwa”. That show pure lack of creativity and originality. Only an imbecile would regard facts as stated by those in opposition as insults. Parrot.
I agree with u Kalos2121 many fail to draw a line between public media and private.I personally ve laboured this point since last year on this blog.Its either some people cant learn any thing new or they are just plain dogmatic.
The following are some of the MMD propagandists who specialize in negative reporting about the opposistion particularly PF: JIMMY CHIBUYE,ANGELA CHISIMBA,DORCAS CHILESHE,DAVIES CHANDA, and others whose names i will add later on….
Public Media is simply not invited to our functions. They better own up first and we see they’ve reformed or they rot.
PF HAS NO QUALITY LEADERSHIP.. .THAT IS WHY THEY BECOME WILD EVEN ON ANY UNQUALITY DEFECTION TO THEIR SIDE.
Look at the leadership in mmd? that’s why MPs are deflecting. RBISH is out this year.
pf is forming GRZ and for you fools in mmd you will see then that slut dora sellerer knows thats why she is ****ed like no mans business by some mmd so called carbinate minister. public media has gone to dogs
Only a sensible person can see that statements in this story have been fabricated by reporters.This is exactly what Pf is complaining about.It is Surprisingly to note that even some bloggers cant see that this story is a collection of twisted statements joined together.I get irritated with this kind of reporting.
Lucas Phiri, must get a wise tip from a real Bisa of Mpika. Sata is a MWAKYUSA who has embeded himself into the people of Northern Province to mine his luck out of Zambia. Sata has never trusted to work with true Zambians. He hires indigenous Zambians into PF Ltd and fires them at will. His best friend is a fellow ka-MWISA called Guy Scott. Lucas Phiri will remain Sata’s cola-boy. Lucas is simply a useless Ngoni who failed to develop Chipangali Constituency. Lucas Phiri must learn from Luapula MPs how they serve their constituencies to their best abililities. Sata’s real base is Tanzania but he is merely on business tour in Zambia. Sata is not one of us as he cunningly claims to be a Bemba. Mpika is a Bisa area where his father lived as a migrant. Ba Lucas Phiri muli-CHIPUBA cha muntu.
countrymen and women, there is no need to insult on this website.this shows how dull same kaponyas are.viva hh.we need new leadership.bo rupia and bo sata should go,there are too old with their corruption( both of them are dictetors,sata championed the third term,we say no,no,no.) god save us from these two old madas.to be honest with the zambian pipo,the best man among the three is hh.
You’re insane. I will end there!!! Hakaivotela Heka (HH) has failed to sell himself to the Electorates and has nothing to do with us. Let him go to the farm in Choma and not be in politics
politics is about numbers, if he defected to upnd, it could have been good news…..this year pffffffffffffffffff ni donchikubeba
Reporting is miserable in. Z.whether by the Post or Public owned media. In fact ZANIS which is supposed to be govt communication dept should not be clamouring to cover the PF. That is a misuse of our public funds!ZANIS’s job is to cover govt depts annd functions: take note not MMD or PF or UPND. Functions.. Someone says  the PF is intolerant? You have eyes but can’t see that the MMD is super intolerant. Anyone who tries to inform the publlc with some fairness is fired from the govt owned media leaving it with spineless Yes Bwanas.Â
DS malama@33 & Dr Lee@34
If you are both not mad, then you are insane or mentally challenged..
So what if Mr Sata is from some another part of Zambia?
HH shall never be president even if he was Ngoni, Bemba or any other tribe he hasn’t got what it takes to rule period
So the tonga tribal party tribalists best get on with the program 1 Zambia 1 nation
DS malama@33 & Dr Lee@34
If you are both not mad, then you are insane or mentally challenged..
So what if Mr Sata is from some another part of Zambia?
HH shall never be president even if he was Ngoni, Bemba or any other tribe he hasn’t got what it takes to rule period
So the tonga tribal party tribalists best get on with the program 1 Zambia 1 nation
How long are you gonna be stuck in the past?Â
It is sad that Zambian journalism has been infiltrated by politics. I guess like every sector now, its about what benefits one gets. Our dear press men/women, please focus on the real issues and educate the masses. Dont be cadres, whether private or public media.
what will happen to chanda chimba when PF come to power?i just hope he is still poor and soon the bailifs will impound his car.otherwise he has to proof the public of his source of stable life ,i hope he is not tarping from public cofers .i just hope that he will not face the courts after MMD is booted out.its better to change GOVTS every after 10 or 15 years,the MMD HAVE overstayed and lost direction.
IN DEMOCRACY YOU ARE TO CHOOSE WHO TO ASSOCIATE WITH. PF YOU ARE RIGHT CHASE THEM BUT DONT BEAT THEM. WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT ZNBC SHOULD START PRAISING PF, THE ISSUE IS THAT THEY FABRICATE STORIES. A PERSON WHO LIES AGAINST ME, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHOW THEM THE DOOR. PF HAS ATTACKED THE PUBLIC MEDIA, SO WHAT? ARE THEY TO BE EMBRACED AFTER WHAT THEY WRITE IS PROMOTING HATRED. THEY ARE MAKING SATA LOOK LIKE A DEVIL AND THEM HOLY ONES. THIS WHY I VOTE FOR SATA, WHY IS HE ALWAYS THE SUBJECT EVEN AT GRADUATION CEREMONIES SURE. AM WINNING PEOPLE FOR SATA DAILY. AM TELLING THEM THAT DORA SILIYA WILL SELL SCHOOLS AND THEY ARE GEARED TO VOTE MMD OUT. PF GUYS LETS SELL OUR MAN MCS. ME I DONT INSULT ON THIS BLOG, BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL MY COMRADES. PF PF PFIN DEMOCRACY YOU ARE TO CHOOSE WHO TO ASSOCIATE
The last part has been confused MMD and LT
The truth is Mangani is not as clever as his people in Eastern Province are giving him credit for. It is a matter of, as Bob Marley once sang, in a blind man’s world, a one-eyed man is king. Chipatans do not understand the whole complexity of the politics they are involved in, and so Mangani appears to be a clever chap. To me, he is a daft chap to resign from MMD just because of speculation that PF is more popular. Secondly, he is showing just how much of an opportunist he is – instead of fighting he is moving where the wind is going. The Bembas, who are his cousins, would call him muselela kwakaba. He is crap.
Kekekekekeke, its very interesting to see how mad dogs are busy vomiting at each other whilst knowing very well that they are the only ones on this blog kekekekeke, they keep on flip – floping themselve to make it look like pf members are arguing with them kekekeke, just passed thru to see the madness going on here from the likes of mr. Capitalist who are forgeting their *****ic frnd hamiyanze is in jail roting wth out rb kekekekeke
41 – Continue my brother. I am telling all the people I meet that your Stubborn Rupiah and GK will bring back the failed fake constitution to parliament, disregarding what the majority of us want it to be. Let’s continue with this message and boot MMD out.
THIS A TIP OF AN ICE BERG THAT YOU WILL GET IF AT ALL PF GOES INTO STATE HOUSE ALL THESE MEDIA AGAINST THEM WILL BE SAPHOCATED BY SATA
#7. Did Mr. Mangani chatter the flight to it Chipata? I thought it was a regular scheduled flight by Pro-Flight to Chipata? They target Luangwa valley tourists. They also fly to Ndola and Livingstone. It costs about k700 000 fly to Chipata one way. Mr MANGANI can afford that under any circumstances.
Osati nama….
If SATA can be hero worshiped by these kaponyaz, I wonder how they will educate their children for them to believe SATA is a role model. Kwena mulifikopo.Ba pumbafu!