Dear Editor,
Before Fred MMembe grew big headed..Here is an outline of this man’s hstory, how we helped him make the Post the biggest thing since Copper, before we happily destroy the same paper that we helped make popular. And that we will. When MIke Hall and MMembe formed the Post, we all found a viable alternative to the Kaunda Controlled Daily Mail and Times of Zambia. We were already tired of the UNIP era and we were looking for a saviour. Along came the Catholic newspaper (was it ‘Mirror?’..I forgot) that spoke out in a docile manner what was going on in Zambia politically, but thanks to Mmembe and team, the Post (Weekly Post as it was known that time), with a circulation of 40,000 copies injected fire into people bones and with the swag and charm of the Chiluba likes, Kaunda was easily and painlessly unseated after an embarasingly long 27 year tenure of a dictatorial Presidency.
It wasnt long aafter Chiluba took office with a zeal to limit independent media that M’membe turned against him and reported that MMD wanted to hold a referendum on constitutional changes. In turn MMD banned that particular edition,resulting in Mmembe serving jail time after being apprehended for being found in possession of the said edition.
In 1999, M’membe was acquitted on espionage charges when it was reported in the post that Zambia was not militarily prepared to withstand an Angolan attack. He was charged again in 2001 for defamation after he accused Chiluba of embezzlement…M’membe is considered a hero in his crusade to stop Chiluba from running for an unconstitutional third term, though he would yet again find himself entangled in conflict with Chiluba’s successor Levi Mwanawasa for echoing Opposition leader Dipak Patel that Mwanawasa was a cabbage, utterances that directly pinned Mwanawasa to an accident that left his speech slurred for the rest of his life. He also spent 4 months jail time in 2010 and was still known as a hero right into the Presidency of Mwanawasa’s successor Rupiah Banda.
The post, backed by many other media outlets, was the forerunner to making sure that Rupiah was unseated and ushering in PF candidate Michael Sata. Clearly at this point, many Zambians had realised the tremendous power and influence that M’membe exerted in Zambian politics. Any lingering doubt that Fred was not the most influential man in Zambia, would quickly be dismissed.
In a silent war with M’membe and an attempt to appease the post, Sata hired some of The Post’s employees into his government, which most interpreted as an attempt to break the Post’s teeth. This has resulted in the post becoming a mouth piece for PF and yet proves the political chessboard that Sata outplays others. This has not really been bad news since the post’s glory is slowly but surely fading, especially when people are turning to online news where The Post Online is no match compared to other outlets like Zambianwatchdog, Tumfweko.com and others.
Maybe M’membe deserves the glory that PF is shining upon him given the persecution he went through snce 1991, and how he sacrificed his life to bring the media to where it is right now, and like KK, turn a blind eye to the similarities and almost identical practices that PF shares with MMD. Maybe M’membe is tired of fighting every new government, maybe now that he is in his mid 50s its time for him to reap what he has sowed.
But what he forgot to do all those years was to tame a generation that looked up to him, he taught that generation to be fearless when something is smelly and wrong, and now this generation looks at M’membe and in his direction, something is smelly and wrong..and may be time looms for the Post’s exit.
Sidique Geloo
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With the birth of ZAMBIAN WATCHDOG, TUMFWEKO, LISAKA TIMES etc, I can’t waste my money and time to read the so called POST-MORTEM NEWSPAPER.
Post-mortem newspaper has lost its teeth
MWANA A TAU KI TAU.Even when it grows it remains a Lion .Luitumezi
Am told Fred Mm’embe fears Chanda Chimba, III to much because he believes that is his match in terms of digging and probing and the like. Am also told he never missed any episode of Stand Up for Zambia.
i agree, chanda chimba is great, just like Richard Sakala. R, Sakala is a winner, despite the many hardships he went thru unlawfully. the man is an inspiration to many of us. Keep it up and excellent mr sakala. CO-OLH
The author of this article is a dreamer. there s nothing wrong with dreaming except she/he wants everyone to dream with him/her. if u ve a problem with fred take it up with him and sort it out but i bet u u ll loose.
is fred your boyfriend
NO MATTER HOW MUCH U TRY, U WILL NEVER FINISH MEEMBE & THE POST. CHILUBA TRIED,MWANAWASA TRIED & WE HEARD BWEZANI PUBLICLY ANOUNCING THAT WHEN HE GET IN TO POWER HE WILL FINISH THE POST BUT WHAT HAPPEND? MEEMBE IS HARDWORKING & WHATEVER HAS ARCHIEVED, HE DESERVED IT. BY THE WAY WHO THE FUCK ARE U?
He is working hard today in a wrong way.All that he fought for are the same things he is fighting…he is working hard in supporting evil.
Today M’membe sees nothing wrong in all the things which he criticised in previous Govts.
Yes,M’membe was a good man but today he is very bad and supports evil.
Think about LUCIFER,the once Angel of God,turned away from the righteousness and opted for evil life.So is M’membe.
This homosexual will certainly have his day and the day is coming very very soon.
One of Kenneth Kaunda’s illegitimate children. He is just a bastard having coming to terms with fact that Kaunda is his biological father he put huge pictures of super ken all over the corridors of the Post newspaper offices. Bastard indeed!
This ka Fred used to screw Chansa Kabwela like no ones business. He would arrange a trip for her to go to Vienna Austria or some other place out of Zambia then follow a few days later. You can only imagine what used to happen there, sex of all sorts. When Chansa Kawela’s first child was born Fred was the first at the hospital even before Henry Ngilazi got there because he believed Chansa was carrying his child. That’s how sick Fred is. This bisexual chap even screws around with Namatama and Maluba. As for Yvvone Shibemba, who is now in foreign service in Germany, even the husband who is a medical doctor knows. He even doubts the parentage of his son.
@ Ndime You must be Fred Mmembe!
Most of us know of Chansa Kalwela’s bonking with Fred
liars will not inherit God’s kingdom so says God’s word the bible. you know,in future, when you suffer misfortune, just remember the lies you have been spreading. your lies will indeed catch up with you, its just a matter of time. God fights for his own.
Watever may hapen 2 post newspaper in future, Membe will remain a hero. Membe cant fear chanda chimba how and why? Chanda chimba cudnt bring sata down even with the help of RB govt. But membe brot RB down with tears in public. Chimba may be clever but definately not a match with membe.
@Democrat you must be one of Fred’s yakumbuyos no matter what or Fred Mm’embe himself. Very dirty i pity you. Yak!
Fred waba itole chikala
Had the postnl not being in suport of the current govt nga fingi twaumfwa. Nomba balanyantilila.
M´membe <kuyabebele
chanda chimbwi cant be compared to a hero fred, wen fred spkeaks the whole country listens, where is chanda chimbwi today? destroyed by sir fred, where is RB today? destroyed by sir fred, iwe tumfweko be careful when u write something about sir fred because in no time u will be vanished like dew when he speaks to the nation about U.
Psycholigist chikala, Chanda Chimba, III is a hero whether you like him or not. Matole yobe chikala.
U are pressing a wrong button,M’membe is such a hard nut to crack.
I can see that a lot of pipo are really frustrated with what is happening in our country. For sure the Post that I knew way back is a total different from the current one. And one wonders whether M’membe I knew is still there,anyway, that is life. But the question is,are the online media able to compete with the Post? And how many pipo visit these sites? I think they can if they can work on the tribal words which are often used on this sites & which are found to be very offensive.
Whatever goes up must come down. Mmembes paper has turned into vuvuzela for govt. Shame u guys at post
Chanda Chimba III has great opportunity to emerge the next and better hero than fred. if he can find some strong funders, let him go ahead highlighting all the ills of king cobra and fred. its clear fred is compromised. cobra knows something about fred, therefore fred is vulnerable. May be its the airline debt, may be the underworld stuff, your guess is as good/bad as mine. ANYWAY, WATEVER THE TRUTH FRED HAS BEEN HELD TO RANSOM BY COBRA HAS WEAKENED FRED AND ITS A NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT. PIECE OF ADVICE TO U ALL, STOP READING POST OPINION- THATS HOW FRED BRAINWASHES HIS READERS. HE WANTS U TO THINK LIKE HIM. THIS TIME MR FRED, U HAVE LOST IT
@kenboy Chanda Chimba, III is my hero, he stood up to Fred and Sata. He will go down in history as the only one who ever dared the two. He did his part that is why all he said even about Fred is coming tom pass. I agree with you Chanda Chimba, should find some serious funders. Fred is really compromised.
Let him do it now.Where was Chanda Chimba when Fred took up FTJ ?
this article can only be written by a tonga. Fya chabe chabe ifi
@ ifi tonga. Iwe have you heard a Tonga called Sidique Geloo? This is a Tanzanian, I guess!
sidique is a tumbuka. his name is sidiq gondwe geloo but his father was an indian coloured
U must be a tribalist bemba, Is Geloo a Tonga name???
Author of this article and All of you complaining about Fred’s Post and praising Chanda Chiimbwi. Why can you get get Chanda Chiimbwi & the likes of Lifwekelo and Siulapwa to make their (or your) own newspaper like The Post and compete. Why do you want to force your views on Fred and his Post! There are free to write what they please and if sells plummet its their ndaba not yours! Ask yourselves who takes online publications seriously. Ba Tumfweko go the the press and put hard copies Tumfweko on the streests and count how many copies you will sell. I stopped visiting repugnant Zambian watch imbwa years ago. LT and tumfweko articles I read with A LARGE PINCH OF SALT! SHAAA!
@Theoretician no wonder you call yourself that because it is clear you are the one who wants to force you views on others, just like Fred Yakumbuyo Mm’embe. I hope you are not one of his yakumbuyo partners. If Fred is you hero surely Chanda Chimba,III is also someone’s hero whether you like it or not. I am one of the people who did not vot for Mr. Sata and the PF because I believed what Chimba,III told us and now we are seeing it every day that’s why others call him a prophet.
Ask the boys on the street right now…they are waiting to join Given Lubinda’s Party once Kabimba manages to expel him from the PF. They are sayin all the opposition parties are useless they want a new party…
Praising one has no problems.
But the one being praised must be very careful because others praise to gain,or benefit.
Zambians are very good at that. my opinion.
I agree with you 100%.
some people even become emotional over Fred and Chimba.
They benefit from these people. Why insult each other?
Simple minds!
Wakalamba Vumbwe Zimpita Pakamwa….. Post goes down Pafwa Fwanya
walila mvula walila matope, kulaloleshakofye fyakuifwaila
@ Practical. Why become so emotional and resort to insults? I refuse to engage in insults or into debates about peoples’ and sexuality or sex positions.I am not a depraved person fascinated/obssesed with peeping into peoples bedrooms which seems to be your preoccupation. And just for the record I AM STRAIGHT and not preoccupied by matters relating to sex!If it hurts so bad go hang yourself!
*’HE WHO PRAISES YOU INSIDE IS SOMETIMES THE SAME ONE WHO NAILS YOU OUTSIDE’
*’HUMAN BEING HAS A FRAME OF MIND THAT CAN’T BE CONTROLLED FULLY’
*IN THIS LIFE YOU CAN’T BE LOVED OR HATED BY ALL;YOU CAN’T GET ALL AND YOU CAN’T MISS ALL’
intresting comperison but we all know whos greater,chimba went to bed with MMD like HH when zambians wanted to stop bad governance,sham
@chinyama what good governance is there under the PF regime come on be serious. As for the comparison yes it is interesting indeed but as @truthhates has observed no need to insult each other Both Fred and Chimba are heros in their own right.
@Theoretician I do not agree that @Practical is being emotional it looks like you are the one who is because you even tell him to go hang himself. I think he only replied to your earlier posting which is a fair comment.
Continued: On a lighter note, in English: ” go hang yourself, go to hell etc mean “fuck off” or fokofu in Chibemba
M’membe realized the post is gradually losing ground, then he introduced what he termed “FRIDAY POST” where we see half naked gals. i buy the post only on fridays and saturdays to site-see our beautiful village like thighs of our zed gals..Americans say sex sells but pa zed we say hot “thighs rocks”.you the man fred.
lol
lol… crazy
If there people that I admire, Fred is the man and if you think that you can bring the man down keep on dreaming and you will have you big a** to blame. If this country can have 20 of this kind of people then this country can be better. Fred, I look forward to see you and if I can have the chance to be trained with you I can be very happy.Let the dreamer keep on dreaming and we see were they will go.
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Mmembe will remain my hero.He is a very hard working man,and has no match in the media.Most of the on line and print media are paid to write fake stories about Mmembe,but they will fail to achieve what they want.They will soon be be known,they are liers.It is the wish of Watch galu,UPND and Sakala’s National to see the Post close,but it will never happen.No matter what lies against Mmembe by these haters,the Post will continue growing.Mmembe can easily be won by truth,but no hater has any of it.Even the corrupt Judges they know this.All fake stories against him will slowly fade away.Finish Sata project by Watch galu before elections failed.Already,the finish Mathani project is failing.The finish Mmembe project will definately fail,very soon lies to tell against Mmembe will dry
you can say whatever you want to say but fred needs to clean up his act
No one, not even the ruling party can take down Mmembe and his post. Period
Sidique r u related to the famous Zarina geloo? Then u must learn somethinhg from her: Research. Your infor is sumtimez incomplete and sumtimes false. Mmembe was in MMD. Chiluba didn’t recognise him when he named his cabinet so Mmembe rbelled thru his newspaper. Mmembe has never served a jail term.His current marriage wit The PF just shows he is an oppotunist politician who just found a hidng place in journalism
Simon, Sidique is a master researcher. M’membe and Mwape surrendered to authorities in March 1996 and were sentenced to 24 days in a maximum security prison on charges of contempt of Parliament.In August 2001, M’membe was arrested again following an article in which he accused Chiluba of embezzlement. You are the one that needs to do your research
Zarina is well known, not famous
Kwena Mulasabaila! ZWD (for those that still read it) & Tumfweko are interactive news fora. A picture of the future. The Post, Time & Daily Mail are all slowly coming down. Did you know that Newsweek has folded up? Its coz Online is the thing.
That aside, if you think the post is failing, does that not give you an opening in the dieing print business? So Geloo partner with Michael TKC & let us see you M’membe with your publications. Ati this Homo alipela abanakashi amafumo????
I was Fred’s girlfriend from 1995 to 2001 and that’s when I really believed that the man was a homosexual because he enjoyed anal sex. He used to say the anus was tight and warm and that my pussy was to wet and wide. I had never had anal sex before Fred introduced it to me and it was a very horrific experience such that I hate the man. He is a dog.
Yashupa nkani iliko baaaaaad!
@Theoretician ulimbwa sana chikala chobe waba itole kolokombwa iwe. You are the chaps who cause fights in drinking places because you do not know how to discuss all you know is telling people to go to hell and hang themselves. You are such an idiot. You say you are straight in one of you comments but I think you are one of Fred Mm’embe’s male partners and Mutinta is sick and tired of seeing you going upstairs with her husband at the Nangwenya road house on the pretext of discussing business yet he is bonking you from the ass chikala.
Rfed Mm’embe picked up up from chit chat restaurant in August 2006 and we had sex in his car. It was the first time I anal sex and I cried but he seemed to enjoy it. He is a sick. I have never been to chit chat again because it reminds me of that terrible experience.
why ma lies so?
@yaba, lies you think, there is no smoke without fire. Fred should come out in the open simple as that.
were you there????????? u must be M’membe’s boyfriend.
If this is true then I agree Fred is sick.
THIS WRITINGS IS FROM HH,OR UPND SUPPORTER
YOU WILL NOT STOP MMEMBE
Nor by sitting at the heath of his fire place doth man escape his appointed doom.Everything has a beginning and an end, only God almighty is everlasting.
On a point of correction the Mirror was not Catholic but an ecumenical paper run by multimedia zambia. If simple facts like this are missed by the author how about the allegations made in her piece. I am very much disappointed by the online publications like Zambiawatchdog, Tumfweko and LusakaTimes. They are petty and shallow and boarder on sensational news with some pitch of tribalism. I would rather read the post than pieces from a disgrutled lot who lost the favours of M’membe who had mentored them.
Fred will remain one of the most powerful journalists this country has ever produced. For Chanda Chimba a hero to who? A hero only to fools who always fail to disquist a good thing to a bad one. For Mr Mmembe, journalism is like military where you cover stories amidst gun shots. Thumb up Fred without the Post this country would have been ruined long time ago.
Isaac Chanda Chimba, III is my hero like it or not. Fred like Mulongoti did what he did for his survival that is why the Zambia Airways saga has died a natural death at least for now.
Why do you ignore my comments?
Whatever his weakness Fred Mmembe has courage. He is not like others who run newspapers who anonymous basis. First you say he gay next you say he is bonking Chansa Kabwela,since when did Chansa become a man? Spare us the nosense please!
@William have you ever heard if the word bisexual, Well this means that if apart from having sex with the opposite sex you also have it with people of the same sex. Could you be one of them because without a doubt that is what Fred is but he enjoys it with men than Mutinta or Chansa Kabwela
look at the hand shake….isnt that an Illuminati greeting?
Boring….
Meanwhile life and other programmes must continue…baane..