THE Post Newspaper has continued blackmailing, demonizing and slandering Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda so as to psychic public hatred among citizens so that they could rise against the minister, civil rights campaigner Brebner Changala has charged.
Mr Changala has also said the continued attacks on Mr Chikwanda were meant to estrange the Finance minister from President Sata so that the Head of State could fire his long-time friend, comrade and compatriot.
Mr Changala said insinuations that Mr Chikwanda had usurped power from President Sata was an attempt to generate public anger and hatred against the Finance minister and has cautioned Zambians to be wary of the Post Newspaper with its propensity to propagate hatred against the people they did not agree with.
He said the Post Newspaper was demonizing Mr Chikwanda because of the favours they had lost following the dismissal of Wynter Kabimba as justice minister and secretary general of the PF.
Mr Changala said inciting and propagating hate speeches against defenseless citizens such as Mr Chikwanda for purposes of separating him from President Sata was not the calling of decent media houses.
He said the Post had gone as far as secretly recording a private conversation Mr Chikwanda was having in his house with the criminal motive of maligning, blackmailing and psychic public hatred against the Finance minister so as to distance him from the Head of State who is a long-time friend and colleague.
Mr Changala has called on what he termed a docile Cabinet to rise and defend Mr Chikwanda who was one of their own and warned that when the Post would be through with the Finance minister, anyone of them would be the next target on the ‘chopping board of slander and blackmail.’
“Why does the Post Newspaper want to control the PF? How much have they got to lose if they stayed away from the PF? PF is not their party and it does not belong to them. I know they want to have control over PF and the government. What have they lost after the dismissal of Wynter Kabimba as justice minister and secretary general of the PF? The Post must stop this behaviour of attacking every Zambian they do not agree with,” Mr Changala said.
He recalled that the Post Newspaper attacked, demonized and verbally abused first Republican president Kenneth Kaunda when it suited them.
Mr Changala said the Post Newspaper demonized, abused and slandered second Republican president Frederick Chiluba up until to his death, adding that the hatred the newspaper exhibited against president Levy Mwanwasa before he yielded to their manipulation was despicable.
He said President Sata, the man they were now praising, was equally a victim of slander, verbal abuse and blackmail when his chances of becoming president were still remote.
Mr Changala stated that immediate past president Rupiah Banda was a victim of the sustained hatred of the Post Newspaper, adding that the newspaper would continue with its campaign against Mr Chikwanda whose only crime was decency.
“Now they are on Mr Chikwanda and who is the next in the line of this dangerous campaign of human destruction. Let the Post Newspaper tell us how much is at stake in the PF for them to have gone vile against citizens perceived to be obstacles to their desires?” Mr Changala wondered.
He is of no use.
Somebody just sort out Mmembe. The guy will be the thing of the past. Uy chikkala Mmembe is just taking advantage because Sata is sick and weak. If Sata was well and strong, Mmbembe would have been sorted out by now.
Chikwanda and Lungu can bring a bit of sanity to PF. They are the better devils in PF than all the rest misleading Sata.
Well spoken Brebner Changala! I have nothing to add except that for a long time I was duped by the The Post as a upright anti- corruption crusader! Now I realise that they are just manipulative, opportunistic, sadistic, kawalalas. Shame. All well meaning Zambians should boycott the The Post!
Mr. Changala:
While I agree with you that the attack on the Finance Minister, Mr. Chikwanda by the Post newspaper and it’s editors is unwarranted and vindictive, I totally disagree with to suggest Mr. Chikwanda is defenceless. He is a Finance Minister for God’s sake and we know what that means in Zambia. The Post, yes attack anyone perceived stumbling block to their goal including opposition leaders, who are innocent defenceless folks trying to add a political voice to the management of the country. What do you get, cops after them, public media, the Post and all sorts of PF cadres threatening their lives. Can we be fair and square when condemning the Post including any insinuation of one tribal against the other. Has anyone called out the Post as fomenting tribalism ever, when we know…
The Post is an orphaned step child of pf. Their father, wk recently met his demise. mhsrip. They have been left with their step dad, satan. We are tempted to sympathise, but na, no thanks, we’ll pass. What I would like to see though is if ABC has the kahunas to stand up to fred. Now that, would be watershed..
ABC’s fight is legit!! do not relent get the POST TO PAY all the ZRA and DBZ Debt, in tune of K60 billion unrebased FAST. Mumembe is trying to turn the tables – fight to death! gloves are off.
Just a correction,the Post does not owe DBZ any money.Any honest lawyer will tell you this.
VERY VERY CORRECT MR CHANGALA WE CANNOT ALLOW THE POST NEWSPAPER TO CONTINUE CAUSING HATRED AMONG THE GOVT LEADERS AND THE NATION AT LARGE JUST BECAUSE THEIR FRIEND KABIMBA IS NO LONGER IN THE LEAGUE.ZAMBIANS ARE ABLE TO JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES IF THE CONDUCT OF THEIR LEADERS IS BAD NOT THE POST NEWSPAPER TO SPEAK ON OUR BEHALF.AND WHY DO THEY(POSTNEWSPAPER) ALWAYS SAY THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE? WHAT RIGHTS HAVE THEY GOT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ZAMBIANS?
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PF HAS BECOME TRIBALISTS? ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PF HAS BECOME CORRUPT.NOT LONG AGO THEY WERE NOT TRIBALISTS OR CORRUPT. MY CONCLUSSION IS THAT THE POST HAS BECOME USELESS AND RUBBISH AND DESERVES NO SUPPORT FROM PEACE LOVING ZAMBIANS,THEY ARE A BUNCH OF SADISTS.
The Post Newspapers have injured their credibility. They vilified Sata, when they saw that he gained popularity, he became their darling – only to fall in love with Wynter Kabimba at the expense of Mr. Sata and the PF as a whole. When Wynter is fired, they turn around and call the PF tribal etc.
Now we know why – it seems Wynter protected them from paying ZRA. This is hypocrisy of the highest kind. Mr. Sata protected them for a while on the recovery of their debt by DBZ. He messed up the judges that handled the Mmembe DBZ case.
Clearly the Post has no moral right anymore to call others corrupt, liars etc. They are one of the biggest trouble institutions we have in Zambia and if we are not careful they have the ability to fuel a tribal war.
Dear Chikwanda and ZRA Chief . This is the only chance to completely make the Post team pay . If you fail this time around , you shall not even drink that red Wine . Finish him off , the ball is on green course on 18th hole , do not relent .
Imwe naimwe fi post natufisula
if you asked me what i think about these two – ABC and the Post. my simple answer will none of them full stop
If the Post’s crusade is to have Chikwanda fired, what is Chikwanda’s crusade against the Post? The Post whether you like it or not is on the poor majority’s side, Chikwanda on the other hand is with you the minority who thrive on enriching yourselves and yourselves alone without shame and remorse.
owing more than k60billion and u call such individuals or organizations on the side of the poor?something is wrong in seeing what is white& black.
uli chipuba bukallah bobe.
The POST and MMEMBE have to be WIPED out of ZAMBIA’s political landscape as a matter of URGENCY. One way or the other Mmembe will pay for all the pain and DEVILISH things he has done to innocent people. I hate this moth…..f……
Time to get rid of him in totality is now and not tomorrow… He has to go, i am sorry.
Mark my words, MMEMBE is going down………………………………..I won’t tell you how or when but it is coming sooner Enough is enough, he has to go. Few people can stand this arrogant and ugly bust…..
already membe1chikwanda0 on recorded chikwanda.failure to tax mines membe says he has data let chikwanda/zra challenge membe!most blogers think with their A-holes.what is special about chikwanda?
pf should not pretend not know about this issue they also are to blame let them also go together with the post and mmembe
ABC is a very corrupt person. The Zambian independent media should expose such characters. ABC is not a messiah, but just a naughty elderly man!
Please substantiate your allegations and not just yappy yappy!! We need evidence so that we expose these people. The Past Newspaper has been exposed of not paying tax and records show, therefore, I expected you to show us evidence than yapping with evidence or information
@Chilankalipa. The answer to your question can be answered by a grade 2. Am surprised that it is only you who doesn’t know Chikwanda’s crusade. His crusade is to have the Post pay what is owed to ZRA. He is the minister of Finance responsible for our revenues needed to build our roads, hospitals, pay salaries for civil servants etc. You have rightly said the Post’s crusade to have Chikwanda fired but you seem to be ignorant about Chikwanda’s crusade. The Post’s crusade is a personal hatred which only benefits the Post but not the nation. So ba Chilankalipa continue glorifying the Post.
Your answer can be disputed by a grade 1. Am surprised that it is only you who doesn’t know that you do not use the Police and the media to collect taxes and that when that happens a normal thinking person should read between the lines. Do you know how much damage the inconsistencies of your irresponsible minister of Finance has done to the Local Mine and General suppliers? To the Mining investors? To the workers in general? To DFI? To the stability of the Kwacha? To the manufacturing Industries? Are you aware that you are being swindled out of billions of Kwacha out of your God given mineral wealth by the unscrupulous mining houses with the aid of your irresponsible guardian of the country’s finances? Do not speak before you think, think before you say anything.
I heard that the post has just unleashed its investigative journalists on ABC and his companies to find out whether they are up to-date in payments of taxes, and the findings may be shocking. I know the brats at the post,they punch hard, and chikwanda should be ready because these post brats can be agry and dirty. Membe has survived agry situations and I think the taxes he owes government may not be enough to fix this brat…The battle has just began…good luck Hon Chikwanda.
What I really don’t understand is why someone would think that what Mr Chikwanda said on that purported recording is bad, immoral or self deprecating. Unless I missed the actual recording but what I read actually made me start to like and admire the man they call ABC. So I’m at loss as to why The Post and it’s editors think that recording makes ‘ABC’ look bad and not fit for public office.
Amazing that it is the ‘criminal’ that is asking the victim to apologise and not the other way round. Surely why is ‘ABC’ not go to town on this and sue The Post‘s a$s. His inaction even in the face of these continued provocations is what is making me not liking him again.
The Post and Mmembe just need “kumulasa” ne nfuti mumutwe