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@BuyoyaJonah The referees and VAR didn't pay attention and now that they know, they will do the needful in the round of 32. Africa will be lucky to atleast one team remaining.

A pretty good showing by African teams at the World Cup. All but one have made it out of the group stage. That’s brilliant! Let’s hope for the same success into the round of 16!

@SizweLo Imagine, these enclaves needs to join SA

South Africa needs to grow some balls and fix this. No serious country allows mini countries inside it.

@BuyoyaJonah 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 next 5 years they will remove the xstian nation close

JWs who had booked the Heroes Stadium for their three day convention will now have to hold Sunday’s meeting virtually, to pave way for the UPND campaign launch. The UPND says it’s grateful for their understanding.

@Mike42726245 He wants by Monday DEC to remove restrictions on his bank accounts.

Those two from CF

@Mike42726245 @Danildonn Don't mind them. They are callous individuals who hated ECL so much.

@Danildonn The case was won two days ago,didn’t you say the family will lose?

One year later , they still don't have a plan and place of burial

@18Chomba @Anarchy_Me_ @SeverinoTheWolf This is very interesting

Tate @SeverinoTheWolf go and cut a cheque. I just want 10%

@Lela_Mal Next up PhD. I cam walk with you on this journey

Master of Arts in Development Studies❤️😍 The National Graduation is happening today❤️ I’m grateful oh Lord🥰 #2025graduate #imasteredit

@Mike42726245 Kikikikiki naika ku Zambia 🇿🇲 zoona. Their is no opposition in Zambia said Haimbe. Well we have seen the opposite

Loti don’t look back

@Mike42726245 @MtongaAndrew5 I remember Haimbe saying there is no opposition.

@MtongaAndrew5 Yama that looks like it’s the wind

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@SimumbaTrevor @ngomabest196 It's as simple as that

@ngomabest196 Mundubile has dominated all media for the last 2 weeks! No publicity is ever bad publicity. The more they spread propaganda against the stronger he comes out in the eyes of the silent majority.

We have a lot of dunderhead here trying to run a narrative but thanks My KATETE and Chipata people said, they're not buying paperwork economy anymore

@DrCh0nya Naikaba zoona

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)

@mlambo_thobias @waltermzembi @AfricaFfCD Get facts correctly before making wild claims

@waltermzembi @AfricaFfCD You have nailed everything they need to know, emotions aside! The former first lady could not be buried in SA if she dies. I think she never thought about it but was thinking about HH whom she hates. They first abused HH b4 he became President and same scripts nw, they're crying

I am stepping into the Lungu burial saga as President of the African Forum for Cultural Diplomacy ( AFFCD) @AfricaFfCD appealing to the Family to take the remains of the late 6th President of the Republic of Zambia for burial on Zambian soil , notwithstanding the Bloemfontein Supreme Court ruling which allows the family to bury Mr Edgar Lungu in South Africa . The Family whatever the motivation and grievances has made its point ; where the issue is now is beyond point scoring , and bar the politics this matter is very spiritual , it is cultural and futuristic , and I will invoke some biblical references to underscore this public plea to the Lungu Family , Christians as far as I know , and to Zambia itself a declared Christian Nation. I also know the State @HHichilema has been very patient but this is no time for fatigue , we should all continue to nudge the family to do the reasonable ; Genesis 49 v 29-31 speaks to Jacob’ s final burial request ; 1. Location - Cave of Machpelah, Family Burial site . Every African family has its own Machpelah Cemetery , a burial site of Patriachs and Matriachs , the Lungu family certainly has one , so does the State . So if there are disagreements between Family and State as is the case , the Family Machpelah is a decent compromise. 2. Family lineage - Jacob requested to be buried alongside his great grandfather Abraham, his father Isaac , his grandmother Sarah, his mother Rebecca and his wife Leah , this is custom , this is tradition even amongst us Africans , the logic is very simple in this dispute , if Mrs Lungu passes on as we shall all do will she be buried in South Africa , the children and all ? I leave it here . 3. Covenants - by accepting that we are all descendants of Abraham it means our countries of birth are covenanted to us as an inheritance through Abrahamic Covenants with God . No one is a second class citizen in their country of birth , we all have an equal opportunity and inheritance in the country of our birth including right of burial, notwithstanding brawls and disagreements of the survivors and living , no negotiation here . It’s Covenantal . Zambia is the land of inheritance of the Lungus not South Africa and here all emotions should cease and the family do the decent cultural and religious thing to give Edgar his peaceful home in the land of his ancestors, Zambia . Period. These three arguments should be shared with the family before they do the unbelievable to bury such a patriotic man in a Country whose citizens are threatening to desecrate his grave should he be buried there ahead or after the class action of June 30 that demands all foreigners to vacate South Africa - Why would a former First Family exhibit such cultural insensitivity and intransigence in the face of xenophobia even to the dead ? Another lesson from Genesis is about heritage vs luxury vs sustainability; Jacob could easily have had one of those Pyramids built for him , his body embalmed and honored but the home call , the home soil future implications & destiny was stronger than convenience . When the “Pharaoh who didn’t know the history of Joseph” as the Bible reports took over , all hell broke lose for Jacob’ s descendants , so would it have broken lose for his Pyramid if one had been built for him. End of plea …

@zizipho50 These drunkereds

Press briefing took a wrong turn, tensions rise between the journalist asking questions and the Movement leaders!! They said the Journalist is not even South African😳

@bbmhlanga Vigilantes Empty heads

This is not a press conference this is noise. Communicating nothing absolutely nothing

@ssishuwa @18Chomba Don't mind Aka, he is overzealous and he overrates himself so much. Oneday he will come to apologise but it will be too late. Alikula umutwe such that logical reasoning is alien to hispublic engagement.

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.

@chischans It's a fair and factual judgement

@Mike42726245 This girl will commit a felony very soon and she will go inn for gee. She is overstepping her freedoms

At this point not even her knows what she is doing

@LaBabyScientist Thankyou for saying the truth. Zambia has a callous population

This will be an unpopular opinion but it is mine to hold! Zambians are vengeful and hateful, they are superficially friendly especially to foreigners but in reality the majority exhibit what we have seen at play at a national level scale.

@SubiyaCryolite They should just bury in SA. Any attempt to bring the body here will attract the muscle of govt. The govt will send police and soldiers to make sure they don't bury Lungu anywhere other than embassy park

This should have been their answer from the start. Though, they'd then say that he was denied a state funeral.

@Mike42726245 The same people who refused to host the memorial. They should just concentrate on twerking, they long lost the Loci standi on this matter and surely they should allow the family to bury their loved one privately as per his wishes.

The church should just stay out,they failed aswell