Steven Jeff Sakala

@DrCh0nya Powerfully illustrated yes they upnd are calling the opposition Dull its amazing how these so called Angels are lacking knowledge and wisdom what a shameless UPND led government bunch of failures

In the video clip attached, any reader is able to witness the revelations made by President Mundubile on the floor of the house that explains the reasons Mr. Musokotwane is mad with President Mundubile for exposing him. While Musokotwane was busy calling Mundubile “dull,” the video from the floor shows the exact opposite (see attached clip). Mundubile stood there and did what real leaders do—he refused the narrow, convenient definition of corruption that only catches small fish and low-level bribes. Instead, he proposed a simple, radical test: put every policy, every ministerial decision, every piece of legislation against one question—does this put private capital (often foreign) above the Zambian public interest? Then he gave the receipts. A non-mining house walks away with $2.5 billion from our mining assets. Directors get arrested; a minister steps in and the case disappears. The billions vanish. Yet the same system will chase people’s flats and vehicles like they’re the real threat. Road concessions handed to outsiders who borrow our money to build our roads, then toll us for 25 years. Mundubile called it what it is—an insult to Zambian intelligence. We can build our own roads. A mining house owes the state $1 billion. Tax “forgiven.” They pay peanuts. Meanwhile the same Finance Ministry is in Washington with a begging bowl for $1.3 billion from the IMF. Six million hectares of Zambian land dished out while the constitution and parliament are treated like inconveniences. Musokotwane sat in that chamber looking every bit as slow and disengaged as the policies he defends. Minimal movement. Blank stare. The body language of a man who knows the speech is aimed straight at the deals he has cut—copper concentrates shipped out with Zambians sidelined, tax giveaways to foreign interests, public assets moved in the dark. That’s why the “dull” insult flew so fast. Mundubile is not dull. He is dangerously sharp. He understands the architecture of these deals. And when the definition of corruption finally widens to include policy decisions that drain the country, the man who was sitting there looking dull will have nowhere to hide. The fight against corruption was never meant to be this narrow. Mundubile just reminded everyone — and that is why Musokotwane is mad because President Mundubile is disrupting and revealing his way of living where he makes deals. @S_Musokotwane

Wear your Crown 👑 with Pride Beautiful Black Child 🖤

@MwapePerfect @ssishuwa Continue laughing at your own perilous opinions life is Spiritual

@SakalaJeff @ssishuwa “Spiritually uninclined”? What are you even saying? 😂 Let me guess, you’ve been listening to JJ Banda and believe the satanism story? You also still believe people sell years in Dubai. This is 2026 for goodness’ sake don’t be gullible 😂😂

Hichilema will lose the election on 13 August. The only thing that can save him from defeat is pre-ballot death or industrial scale vote-rigging. Never again should Zambia elect a lying, tribal, corrupt, unpatriotic, vindictive, hypocritical, lawless, and undemocratic scumbag.

@JeffMosesZulu3 @DrCh0nya Unbelievable what extent some humans can be inhumane

@SakalaJeff @DrCh0nya These clowns are satanic/ masonic...🤡

Prominent South African lawyer Tembeka Ngcukaitobi has filed a criminal case on behalf of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu's family over the alleged abduction and mutilation of Lungu's body. Acting pro bono, Ngcukaitobi intends to personally prosecute the accused. The lawsuit specifically names Mulilo Kabesha, certain Zambian Embassy officials in South Africa, and unidentified South African Police officers. (Source: The Candidates)

@DrCh0nya Naikaba zoona

@DrCh0nya Very embarrassing

When reading this one realistically gets shocked that this truly occurred to a dead man's body his spirit will haunt all of the perpetrators one by one

I am truly grateful to my wonderful colleagues for this principled protection of the right to academic freedom. It is a welcome and refreshing contrast to the harrowing experience of 2021 when the University of Zambia, my previous employer, publicly disowned me after supporters of the then President of Zambia, Edgar Lungu, filed complaints against my opinion pieces that criticised his leadership. The then President’s supporters even formally asked the Inspector General of Police to arrest me for alleged sedition, claiming that my opinion pieces were ‘dangerous and had the capacity to instigate a public uprising.’ lusakatimes.com/2021/04/26/emm… Under Zambian law, sedition is a serious offence that refers to the act of inciting revolt against the government with the goal of overthrowing it. Those arrested on a charge of sedition cannot be granted bail and the punishment is a seven-year prison sentence. Fortunately, ordinary people, broad sections of civil society, CODESRIA, and the academic community in general came in and stood with me at the time. mg.co.za/news/africa/20… Although the Department of History declined to render its support, a few colleagues at the University of Zambia, some of whom now work for the current government and even uncritically defend the President from my criticism, stood up for me and condemned the institution's failure to protect academic freedom. lusakatimes.com/2021/05/06/why… For a moment, however, I felt alone and sad that my employer had chosen to throw me under the bus to the extent of even lying that I was no longer an employee of the university. It is therefore refreshing to now work for a university that takes academic freedom seriously, not as a mere slogan. I have also since received strong support from other leadership structures of Stellenbosch University. For instance, yesterday, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @SUArtsSocialSci wrote to assure me of its support for my academic freedom and freedom of speech: “Stellenbosch University subscribes to the principle of academic freedom. That principle is itself an extension of the right to freedom of speech enshrined in the Bill of Rights that is the foundation of the South African Constitution. SU defines academic freedom as the freedom to do academic work, namely teaching, learning, and research in the pursuit of knowledge. It includes the right of academic staff and students, individually and in collaboration, to reason, speak and write in accordance with what they believe to be true, free from undue institutional, political or commercial restraint, and subject to the standards of scholarship and research integrity appropriate to their academic disciplines. The assessment of whether academic work meets those standards is a matter for the relevant academic disciplines and established scholarly processes. It is not determined through public disagreement with a scholar’s views or conclusions.” The Legal Services division has also communicated its support for my right to academic freedom. It has been a joy working for @StellenboschUni and among supportive colleagues and leadership. Their unequivocal responses in support of academic freedom and freedom of expression is confirmation that I chose the right institution. I could not be happier. As was the case under previous ruling parties and their supporters, there has been a gradual attempt by the Zambian authorities to silence my voice. I have long held power to account since 2009. In the service of civic duty and the social responsibility of intellectuals, I have raised my voice against injustice, corruption, human rights violations, attacks on democracy, poor service delivery, abuse, etc. In Zambia alone, my views have earned coverage in the print, electronic, and broadcast media. These include, among others, The Post newspaper (until it was shut down in June 2016), News Diggers following its creation in 2016, Lusaka Times, Diamond and KBN television stations, and Hot Fm and Radio Phoniex. Then, following the 2021 election, those in power and their supporters, who used to back my right to academic freedom and free expression when in opposition, steadily found my voice inconvenient. They asked Diggers to silence my voice. I learnt of this and never complained after the publication of my articles and the coverage stopped. They asked Phoenix to silence my voice. I learnt of this and never complained after the interviews stopped. They asked Lusaka Times to silence my voice. I learnt of this and never complained after the publication of my articles stopped. They asked Twitter to silence my voice. I learnt of this and never complained. Fortunately, the social media company rejected their overtures. When I appeared on Hot FM and criticised the state of governance and human rights in Zambia under the current president, they asked the register to threaten the radio station, claiming that my “assertions [on the programme] have the potential to cause disunity in the country”! x.com/ssishuwa/statu… When I asked the judiciary to explain how court cases are allocated after noticing a concerning pattern in cases involving the main opposition party and in which the president had an interest, they asked the judiciary, through its spokesperson, to take the unprecedented step of issuing a press statement in which I was accused of ‘jeopardising the integrity of the legal system’, undermining ‘investor confidence’, and effectively branded an enemy of the state. diggers.news/guest-diggers/… After I criticised the president’s continued abuse of state institutions to fix his critics and political opponents, they formally asked the Inspector General of Police to arrest me for alleged hate speech against the president. mg.co.za/thought-leader… Under Zambian law, hate speech is a serious offence that refers to the act of expressing or showing hatred, ridicule or contempt for persons because of race, tribe, place of origin or colour. Conviction for hate speech carries a two-year prison sentence. More recently, they asked the Mail & Guardian, a newspaper that I have regularly written for since 2019, to silence my voice. I learnt of this and never complained even after the publication of my articles stopped and when I learnt of correspondence in which the new editor, who enjoys proximity to the Zambian presidency, is expressing his opposition to the publication of opinion pieces that he perceives as too critical of President Hichilema: "We don't want to run an anti HH campaign in the M&G." The implication was instructive. Now they are asking Stellenbosch University to silence my voice. It was both incriminating and enlightening that the formal complaint against me to the university was copied to State House in Zambia. There is a more effective way of silencing me: governing Zambia better! I do not mean any harm to Zambia or its leadership. My criticism of elected leaders is a matter of principle, rooted in my very poor background that nurtured certain fundamental values, a background that I have previously shared. diggers.news/guest-diggers/… I know all too well the realities of grinding poverty and illiteracy, especially among rural folk, and this makes me even more determined that it should not be mere chance that rescues people. This background explains why I hold to account elected public officials. The government policies and the actions of our ruling political elites that condemn many of our fellow citizens to poverty, disease, superstition, ignorance, hunger, want, and ill health must be opposed. I have been doing this and intend to do so with every fibre of my being, as long as I live, and to do so without seeking any financial reward or personal benefits. It is my belief that intellectuals must act out of conviction, based on understandable reasons and the intrinsic value of their actions, not out of anticipation of material gain, political or personal favours. I do what I do out of a deep conviction, motivated by the belief that if knowledge is worth acquiring, it is also worth sharing; that the acquisition of specialist knowledge should result in its application to causes and communities that need it most. Zambia’s intellectuals, though few in numbers, have a duty to publicly share their knowledge and expertise on issues of public interest. Zambia lacks a public intellectual culture, and I provide regular media commentaries in the hope that in my own modest way I could contribute to the creation of one. I do what I do in furtherance of the belief that a better Zambia is possible, not out of a desire to drive anyone in or out of State House. Former president Lungu leant this lesson late and only regretted how he and his government treated me after losing power, as his handwritten letter below shows. x.com/ssishuwa/statu… Even the then leadership of the University of Zambia has since regretted its actions towards me. After reading my current employers' defense of my right to academic freedom, Prof Luke Mumba, who was the Vice-Chancellor when the University of Zambia disavowed me, contacted me, apologising for how I was treated: "It’s time for me to render my apology for writing a similar letter to you in the past. Your consistency as a matter of principle has stood a test of time and I have come to appreciate you and what you do for the many voiceless Zambians. You will overcome this empty threat from UPND surrogates. I do not think that the administration at SB University will take this posting seriously. Good night." I was happy to receive this message and indeed slept well, but not before I responded to the former Vice-Chancellor: "I welcome and accept your apology. I can only imagine the pressure you might have been under at the time. I harbour no hard feelings against you and have not forgotten your kindness before that incident. It is not lost on me that you are the one who gave me the research leave to UCT and even extended it. That opportunity contributed to getting me where I am today. I am also grateful that you have been supportive even in recent years under renewed attacks from the current administration. We should all play our part in acting the belief that a better Zambia is possible." The lesson is clear: it is always better to do the right thing. Since the 2021 election that ushered in the current government, I have received many apologies and words of encouragement from former officials and others who previously could not withstand my voice and even sought to silence me. These apologies and words from people who proved unable to defend the principles of their office in the past are welcome. The only sad part is that they always come after the officials have left the position, while the current occupants of that position behave in much the same manner. I note too that the letters are always public but the subsequent apologies are mostly private. If all the apologies were public, then it might encourage the current occupants of the positions to reflect on their actions, and see that this pressure from government is not an individual concern but a way of governing that survives changes of party. I insist that a better Zambia is possible. My activism is conducted in pursuit of the realisation of that simple aspiration.

@HCzarrina @mog_russEN AI am sure people these days would do anything to get alot of views

@mog_russEN Looks like a fake clip to me. You moron actually think they stuffed that baby between those bars? And you can’t even see a hand holding her. Just looks fake.

Heroic 18-year-old girl saves her 7-month-old cousin from a 5th-floor apartment fire by holding him out the window to protect him from smoke and toxic gases until rescuers arrived.

@MwapePerfect @ssishuwa Open your eyes and ears Life is Spiritual and so is Politics

@SakalaJeff @ssishuwa Boss what exactly are you taking about? Wake up we’re discussing politics here. If it’s church you want to talk about am inviting you to Winners Chapel Libala at my church. But right now the topic is politics and won’t change the fact that am voting HH with my whole community

To all the dads out there – Happy Father’s Day! Nothing we do is more fulfilling!

Funny fact: During Chief Mpezeni’s funeral BM and Makebi stopped and gave way to the republican president… which i think is a sign of how much they respect the president

@FumaiGavin @ssishuwa Thats because you are a nobody ECL had a great spirit and soul

@SakalaJeff @ssishuwa And when dead I will be buried there and then not 1 year or2 years later because of Vodoooo

@jzl_za63 @DrCh0nya @HHichilema We are We

@DrCh0nya Wrong always ubukopo mudala. When you we all know opposition is poised to remove @HHichilema: who is we? Have you gone around Zambia to create we?

Army Commander Zyeele has warned that security forces will suppress election-related disruptions and hate speech before, during, and after the 13 August polls, while assuring the public of their readiness to safeguard peace and democratic participation. There’s a high chance of confusion being created by the UPND to allow Zyeele to do what happened in Tanzania. Zyeele is preparing the international community not Zambians because we all know opposition is poised to remove Mr. Hakainde and would not start any fracas. Something is cooking here, Zyeele is preparing to move in when Mr. Hakainde will be losing This now becomes highly suspect that Zyeele is preparing the international community of the army moving in at the slightest fracas created by the UPND to give the army a chance to send everyone away from the polling centres and we know what happens when the votes are not protected. I don’t trust the fumigators Zyeele, I hope opposition is consulting with all the former service chiefs. Opposition cannot ignore this, the way Zyeele is talking consistently about this issue at the ballot is cause for concern.

@DrCh0nya When did Soldiers started Policing Elections?Cornelius Mweetwa is an Accessory in Kambwili's Hate Speech instead not jailed.