| 1 August | The Times |
| Police increase reward to K50 million for info related to Paul Tembo’s death | |
| Youths flood NR office in Mwansabombwe constituency of Kawambwa but they say many could not afford to pay K20,000 for transport | |
| The Post | |
| Sata says there is no substitute yet for Chiluba | |
| ECZ’s Priscilla Isaacs says 2,050,398 have registered as voters | |
| ZRP’s Ben Mwila says he will run for presidency | |
| Bishop Matabashi says that the VR extension did not help in Mwinilunga district as people were unable to obtain NRCs; mobile registration was done haphazardly | |
| Solwezi declaration | |
| 2 August | The Times |
| UNIP member of central committee Muhabi Lungu has hit out at Lusaka district chairman Donald Chilufya and called for his expulsion from the party. | |
| The Post | |
| Labour Minister Newstead Zimba dismissed Sata’s claim that there is no substitute for Chiluba and warns him against opening up another 3rd term debate | |
| HP Press Release justifying its symbol | |
| Sata says that inter-party talks will not be reconvened as opposition parties are insulting Chiluba | |
| Kasama declaration and statement by Women for Change | |
| 3 August | The Times |
| Inter-parte hearing of injunction obtained by 22 expelled MMD has been adjourned | |
| Ndola Town Clerk registers 110 -178 people | |
| 4 August | The Times |
| Chiluba directs Home Affairs Minister Peter Machungwa and Minister of Works and Supply Godden Mandandi to go on leave while court case re K2 million continues | |
| Full Tribunal proceedings in the High Court | |
| 5 August | The Times |
| A day in the life of a Bauleni (Lusaka) voter | |
| 6 August | The Times |
| Isoka East MP Robert Sichinga has applied for judiciary review of his seat being declared vacant | |
| 7 August | The Times |
| UPND V-P says he is prepared to stand in court to say that the Indep candidate - Robert Sichinga -for Isoka East is a UPND member | |
| ZIMT NYA call for no violence in Kabwata by-elections | |
| Daily Mail | |
| Solwezi West and Isoka East unopposed by UNPD | |
| ECZ will still go ahead with Isoka East polls | |
| MMD in Luanshya calls on NEC to announce Presidential candidate | |
| The Post | |
| Sata says that HP’s Gen. Myanda | |
| LAZ’s Nellie Mutti says Finance Minister Kalumba is equally guilty of the K2 million scandal | |
| FDD Kabwata candidate Major Richard Kachingwe says he will stop MM Drigging | |
| 8 August | The Times |
| Party cadre beat up UNIP member of central committee Muhabi Lungu when- after an earlier ban - he ventured into party HQ | |
| UPND party cadres defy party leadership not to take part in by-elections and V President Mulwila resigned. | |
| Justice Lewanika yesterday recused himself from case for 22 MPs saying his position was not ratified by Parliament | |
| ECZ’s PR dept declares it wills et up Conflict Management Committees in each of the 72 districts | |
| Indep Robert Sichinga challenges UPND to prove that he is a UPND member | |
| The Post | |
| In an interview which ZNBC says it will not air Kenneth Kaunda says that Zambia need honest leaders | |
| Lawyers force Judge Lewanika out of expelled MMD case | |
| Vice President Kavindele says its wrong for UNIP and other opposition parties to talk about military take over | |
| UNIP youths clobber Muhabi | |
| NCC rules out possibility of merger with Heritage Party | |
| 9 August | The Times |
| Hearing of 22 MPs adjourned until Friday | |
| Chiluba bails out Ndola council | |
| The Daily Mail | |
| UPND heads for a split as V-P Mulwila - 10 national management committee members and over 200 cadres resign | |
| The case in which former Finance Deputy minister Newton Ng’uni was summoned for defaming the President has been referred to the DPP. Ng’uni was summoned with Post editor Amos Malupenga | |
| MMD elections chairman Zimba scoffed at opposition parties for belonging to two parties | |
| Lawyers representing 22 MPs yesterday accused MMD of persuading Supreme Court to adjudicate over the matter | |
| Two opposition political parties and NOCE have dismissed ZIMT polls that elections be held next year to allow for continued voter registration | |
| The Post | |
| Former LG and Housing Minister Sejani says Chiluba should vacate State House by 29 November | |
| Kavindele assures that MMD will retain power in the elections | |
| NOCE take ZRP and Mwanijit to court over defamation of organisation | |
| 10 August | The Times |
| DPP drops proceedings against Mazoka (UPND) - Newton Ng’uni (FDD) -and Amos Malupenga (The Post) | |
| ECZ’s Bwalya criticised politicians for politicising electoral fraud related to Kabwata by-election | |
| Ex-NP Chairman Eddie Phiri intends to contests FDD presidency | |
| Negative article about Miyanda | |
| The Daily Mail | |
| ECZ’s Bwalya says at AVAP workshop that Chiluba can dissolve Parliament after 5 December. He also urged people to report deceased registered voters | |
| ECZ’s Bwalya told FDD to sit down at a Press Briefing held to address alleged voter buying in Kabwata | |
| The Post | |
| Chiluba seriously backs former Finance Minister Emmanuel Kasonde as presidential candidate. Sata claims he is not being sidelined. | |
| Nawakwi receives interim injunction from being evicted | |
| Nawakwi challenges Kavindele to public debate | |
| DPP drops cases… | |
| FDD takes 20 people who have sold their voters cards to MMD in Kabwatato the ECZ | |
| Zukas accuses MMD of ‘buying’ FDD cards | |
| August 10-16 | Monitor Elections Digest |
| Govt recently passed Statutory Instrument No. 55 of 2001 which will allow for voter registration throughout the year in line with the issuance of NRCs | |
| NCC urges ACC and ECZ to investigate vote buying in Kabwata | |
| SACCORD’s Habasonda urges ECZ to revise by-election dates | |
| ZRP calls for early dissolution of Parliament | |
| 1 page Coalition 2001 ‘Don’t Crush Democracy’ ad | |
| 1 page Coalition 2001 ‘Register and Vote’ ad | |
| Interview with ZRP’s chairperson for Information and Media Relations | |
| 11th August | The Times |
| The NCC insist that the praying hands logo legally belongs to them | |
| UPND Spokesman – Love Mutesa announces the postponement of UPNDs Party convention from 10th to 24th August. Tribalism will be one of the (main) issues of discussion | |
| FDD Presidential aspirant – Eddie Phiri calls for party convention | |
| Chief Chiwangala of Chilubi advises the MMD to stop imposing candidates on them | |
| National Youth Alliance disputes figures released by CSO Director Davies Diangamo of 3.6 eligible voters | |
| August 10 – 16 | THE MONITOR |
| The press contends that there is no law that should stop Chiluba from firing Machungwa and Mandandi from being found guilty over the K2 billion scandal | |
| Roman Catholic Priest of Ndola De Jong okays military coup against Chiluba | |
| Choma residents celebrate removal of their “arrogant” DA – Enoch Kasonkomona | |
| Transparency International Executive Member – Kalungu Banda says Zambia should not be reduced to an animal kingdom because of corruption | |
| Opposition UPND 2nd Vice president – Sakwiba Sikota welcomes resignation of 1st VP – John Malwila | |
| MMD sets up team to persuade former Vice President Levy Mwanawasa to succeed Chiluba | |
| Expelled MP for Isoka East – Bob Sichinga challenges speaker of the NA – Amusa Mwanamambwa on his dismissal | |
| 12th August | SUNDAY TIMES |
| ZIMT ticks off Catholic Bishop - De Jong for insinuating dissent and violence in a country that has consistently practiced peace and democracy | |
| August 8 – 14 | TODAY |
| President Chiluba rewards Fabian Mumba (his hardworking 3rd Term campaigner) with a Mercedes Benz vehicle | |
| Anomalies surface in voter registration | |
| FDD in Chipata complain that police have been denying the party permits to hold rallies | |
| A paltry 2.5 million voters out of an estimated 3.6 million eligible Zambians register as voters to determine the country’s destiny | |
| The electorate doubt whether by elections in Isoka East and Kabwata Constituencies should be held on 6th September or not | |
| Political Parties and Monitors demand inter party talks to agree on election modalities | |
| 13th August | The Post |
| Zambias dream to be restored by FDD says the party’s Vice Chairperson– Christon Tembo | |
| NGOCC Chairperson Inonge Wina claims tension and conflict among political parties | |
| Opposition UNIP Secretary General – Muondwe Muzungu advises Chilubato hand over power peacefully | |
| NCC President – Nervers Mumba says Zambians are poor because leaders are stealing money | |
| Information and Broadcasting Minister – Vernon Mwanga says opposition political parties have nothing to offer | |
| ZRP President Dean Mungomba admits opposition parties failure to unite | |
| Former UPND interim chairperson – Standwell Mapara accuses UPND of tribalism | |
| The Times | |
| MMD Lusaka district executive have filled 16 positions left vacant due to FDD defections. All except district chairman and deputy have been filled. | |
| ZAP will field Dean Mung’omba in this year’s presidential election | |
| 14th August | The Post |
| Irate KTZ and NCZ workers distrupt MMD district elections | |
| There is no evidence of theft against Chiluba says Sata in response to FDD Vice Chairpersons allegation that Chiluba had stolen Zambia’s dream | |
| Mazoka (UPND) warns that Zambia is on a dangerous path as most people are frustrated with the situation in the country | |
| Former Finance Deputy Minister – Newton Nguni gives insight on the leadership crises within the MMD | |
| Former Tourism Minister Anoshi Chipawa resigns from the ruling MMD to join FDD | |
| ZAP President – Dean Mungomba says MMD Presidential candidate will come from among thieves | |
| FODEP Information Officer – Mwelwa Muleya urges Chiluba to dissolve Parliament by October to facilitate elections in November | |
| Lusaka High Court dismisses former Isoka East MP Robert Sichinga’s application for judicial review for his seat being declared vacant | |
| The Times | |
| Isoka East MP – Robert Sichinga loses application seeking judicial review over National Assembly Speakers decision to declare his seat vacant | |
| Catholic Bishop – De Jong dissociates himself from newspaper article linking him to subversive actions | |
| Over 120 opposition members mostly from UNIP defect to MMD in the Eastern Province | |
| Electoral Commission says there is nothing wrong with Heritage Party symbol as it is different from the NCC symbol | |
| The Daily Mail | |
| FDD cadres demand Nawakwis resignation from the party alleging that she is an MMD mole | |
| Police Inspector – Silas Ngangula says that the police will continue arresting politicians suspected to be involved in crimes of a political nature | |
| Lusaka MMD Commissioner for elections Kaunda Lembalemba tells party cadres to remain committed to the party and ignore defectors | |
| FDD Deputy Information and Publicity Chairperson – Fisho Mwale given 24 hour ultimatum in which to name the party’s presidential aspirant Eddie Phiri’s financiers or face legal action | |
| FDD Mobilisation Chairperson – Vincent Malambo asks Chiluba to cancel Kabwata and Isoka East by elections’ | |
| PEOPLE | |
| According to MMD sources Chief Government Spokesman – Vernon Mwangais the only notable government minister who is against Chiluba to rule | |
| Forum for Democracy and Development Chairperson – Edith Nawakwi says that the ruling party has stopped taking money from the state bank ZANACO and has switched to grabbing the little there is in the Ministry of Education | |
| Zambia Republican Party challenges Chiluba to dissolve parliament and name a day for the elections | |
| FDD innovates and speeds up its publicity gear by engaging some theatre clubs to publicise the party’s manifesto to the grassroot | |
| Police challenge public to testify against Sata | |
| ZRP promises all traditional rulers that it will provide legislative respect for land management - natural resources and environmental affairs and matters on civil law to enhance their authority | |
| UPND Leader – Anderson Mazoka emphasises the need for international help for successful voter registration | |
| Agenda for Zambia Leader – Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika says that President Chiluba is the only person that has been left off the hook in the K2 billion scandal tribunal | |
| The sitting cabinet including republican veep – Enoch Kavindele are all in the dark regarding whether President Chiluba will stand for a 3rd Term or not | |
| Opposition UPND Veep refutes speculations that party leader Anderson Mazoka hails from Zimbabwe | |
| One of the 59 October 28 - 1997 attempted coup plotters wins about K30 million compensation for illegal detention | |
| 15th August | The Times |
| MMD in Lusaka welcome former Tourism Minister – Anoshi Chipawa’s resignation from the party | |
| Government lifts ban on installation of rural television stations in Zambia using Constituency Development Funds | |
| Energy and Water Development Permanent Secretary – Josphine Mapoma dismisses claims that the on going ZESCO Bill Buster is a political move aimed at drumming up support for the ruling MMD | |
| The Daily Mail | |
| Government says that ZESCOs latest Bill Buster scheme to recover billions of kwacha owed by power consumers was not an MMD gimmick to win political support from the electorate | |
| Southern African Center for Constructive resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says that academicians should not blame politicians for the problems the country was facing | |
| ECZ says that cabinet ministers and high ranking government officials will not be allowed to use government transport during this years election campaigns | |
| The Post | |
| Vice President – Enoch Kavindele reveals that there is a power struggle within the MMD | |
| Opposition UNIP Veep – Rabinson Chongo summoned by police in connection with coup remarks | |
| ECZ considers setting up a fast track court to deal with election malpractices | |
| National Union of Industrial and Commercial Workers (NUCIW) accuses MMD Economic policies of causing suffering | |
| Former Agriculture Minister – Suresh Desai says Chiluba has turned to Satanism | |
| COMESA Consultant for peace and security – Siteke Mwale warns against conflict in Zambia | |
| Government lifts ban on the use of Constituency Development Funds to establish television stations in rural areas | |
| Former Tourism Minister – William Harrington apologises to Zambians for misleading them to vote for President Chiluba in 1991 | |
| Mandandi and Machungwa hearing to challenge the recommendations of the tribunal v probing the diversion of K2 billion set for 20th August 2001 | |
| 16th August | The Times |
| Ex Minister of Agriculture – Edith Nawakwi challenged to account for $4 million given to purchase relief maize from Canada in 1997 | |
| British High Commissioner – Thomas Young warns against hijacking elections | |
| MMD Chilanga Constituency MP – Mann Muyuni suspended for destabilising the party | |
| ZIMT refuses to apologise over it’s reaction to Bishop De Jong’s allegedly treasonable utterances | |
| The Daily Mail | |
| Government demands Nawakwi (FDD) to account for $4 million maize cash released in 1997 for the importation of maize as she was Minister in charge of Agriculture at the time | |
| MMD Commissioner for elections – Kaunda Lembalemba says that Kafue district and constituency elections were successful | |
| NGOs urged to sensitise villagers over political parties | |
| UPND President – Anderson Mazoka faces K22 million suit for damages caused to a retired army officers minibus by a cow from his farm near Kabwe | |
| Former Choma DA – Kasonkomona replaced by Choma Mayor as constituency chairman | |
| The Post | |
| Republican Veep – Kavindele demands an explanation over the disappearance of $4 million intended to purchase relief maize in 1997 from Edith Nawakwi who was then Agriculture Food and Fisheries Minister | |
| ZCTU President Shamenda vows that the union will ensure that criminals do not come back to government | |
| ACC seeks to block Machungwa and Mandandi’s judicial review | |
| AZ Leader- Aka calls for restoration of Zambias dream | |
| British High Commissioner - Thomas Young says that Britain condemns all use of violence for political ends | |
| FDDs Transport and Logistics Chairperson – William Harrington says that not even a miracle will save MMD from defeat in this years Presidential and parliamentary elections | |
| Major split looms in Choma MMD | |
| 17th August | The Times |
| UPND accuses former Veep – John Malwila and National Chairperson –Standwell Mafana of being moles planted by the party’s enemies | |
| Kavindele pressurises Nawakwi to explain to the nation the role she played in the $4 million maize scandal | |
| 53 people in Mpongwe defect from various opposition parties to join the MMD | |
| Feature story disputes preliminary findings of census report | |
| The Daily Mail | |
| Government fails to trace files at the Ministry of Legal Affairs which former minister Vincent Malambo was using to pursue the controversial 1997 maize order in London | |
| Government warns political parties against violence | |
| Britain suspends Zambias debt repayment of K6 billion after the country reaches HIPC decision point in December | |
| The Post | |
| Lusaka Central independent MP –Dipak Patel says President Chiluba stole the $4 million meant for the purchase of relief maize in 1997 and not Edith Nawakwi | |
| Former Home Affairs Minister – Aaron Milner contends that KK is the most authentic leader of our time | |
| Former Community Development Minister – Dawson Lupunga says that President Chiluba has institutionalised theft in the MMD | |
| Republican Veep – Kavindele warns that the MMD will expose the thefts of those that have left the MMD | |
| NGOCC Chairperson – Inonge Wina expresses worry over the lack of leadership in the Government | |
| Nawakwi (FDD) says that Chiluba has taken over former President Dr Kenneth Kaunda’s glory | |
| Lusaka high court sentences a 35 year old man who stole property valued at K4.4 million from UPND Publicity and Information Chairman - Love Mutesato 15 years imprisonment | |
| 18th August | The Times |
| President Chiluba intends to take legal action against attacks on him by opposition politicians over the $4 million maize deal | |
| FDD Presidential aspirant – Eddie Phiri has sued FDD for defamation over utterances that he was not a member of the party | |
| Mpulungu DA expresses disappointment with the way FDD treated two ZIS officers that were invited to cover their meeting in Mpulungu | |
| A village headman in Mphulungu appeals to government to limit the number of political parties in Zambia | |
| Sunday 19th August | |
| The Times | |
| FDD launched on the copperbelt as its leaders declare that they are ready to defend themselves against allegations of ills they committed whilsti n government | |
| MMD National Secretary – Michael Sata has charged that some FDD leaders now insulting President Chiluba have acquired too much wealth that their salaries cannot justify | |
| Speaker of the National Assembly – Amusa Mwanamwambwa formally writes to 22 MPs to exonerate themselves on allegations that they have joined two newly formed opposition parties | |
| Feature Story : Zambia – the search for the next President | |
| August 17 –23 | The Monitor |
| ZIMT President – Alfred Zulu accused of stealing 2 cell phones from a prohibited Nigerian immigrant currently detained at Kamwala Remand Prison | |
| Highly placed cabinet sources say that the figure of the maize scandal involving the former agricultural minister- Edith Nawakwi is $6.5 million and not $4 | |
| Mystery surrounds the non convening of parliament even though the mid session is due | |
| ECZ Chairman – Bobby Bwalya urges Zambians to assist police arrest ministers who use government vehicles for campaigning | |
| Kavindele tells Nawakwi (FDD) to stop insulting the ruling MMD leaders | |
| The opposition UPND charges that former vice president – John Malwilaand Chairman – Standwell Mapara were MMD moles | |
| SDP denounces the recent announcement by government that it will intervene in mealie meal prices | |
| MMD reported to be facing problems as they decide who will be Chiluba’s successor | |
| August 17 – 23 | Election Digest |
| Extraordinary congress will determine whether suspended UNIP Leader Francis Nkhoma will represent the party in this years Presidential elections | |
| Opposition parties claim that the electoral code of conduct is nonexistent | |
| 20th August | The Times |
| The DPP has given consent for the arrest and prosecution of politicians Edith Nawakwi and Dipak Patel as well as 2 Post newspaper staffers for defamation of President Chiluba | |
| Government suspends Radio Phoenix broadcasting with immediate effect due to non renewal of their broadcasting license | |
| UPND - ZAP - ZRP and UNIP condemn former Agriculture Ministers attempt to pass back on a dead person over the alleged $4 million scandal | |
| The Daily Mail | |
| FDD Secretariat Chairperson Edith Nawakwi manages to escape police dragnet in Kabwe | |
| UNIP issues a general amnesty to all members facing disciplinarian action but maintains ban on party president Francis Nkhoma | |
| ZCTU condemns politics of insults | |
| MMD Chairman for publicity to hold press conference where candidates for Isoka East and Kabwata Constituency by elections will be announced | |
| Katele Kalumba analyses the current political scene in news in depth | |
| The Post | |
| Agenda for Zambia President - Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika say she resigned his post as cabinet minister because of President Chilubas thefts | |
| Government closes Radio Phoenix for the non renewal of their operating licence | |
| Nawakwi charges that Chiluba lied that he was not responsible for the purchase of petroleum for the country | |
| DPP sanctions prosecution of M’membe (Post) - Patel (Independent MP) and Nawakwi (FDD) | |
| Over 30 heavily armed police officers on Saturday fired several shots at the gate of post editor Fred M’membe as they attempted to re arrest him after Lusaka Magistrate court released him. In the same incident the police harassed and threatened to kill the Post editors children. M’membeon the other hand has responded to this by saying that it was very inhumane for Chiluba to unleash his brutal policemen on his innocent and defenceless children | |
| Writers to the Post bag condemn the arrest of M’membe | |
| 21st August | The Times |
| Inspector General of Police – Silas Ngangula says that politicians Edith Nawakwi and Dipak Patel as well as two Post newspaper journalists wanted for defamation of president Chiluba should surrender themselves to the police or face the law | |
| The Christian Council of Zambia – CCZ lashes out at politicians for insulting President Chiluba | |
| MMD adopts businessman – Dominic Nyirongo as its candidate in the Kabwata Parliamentary by election and Patson Simwawa in Isoka East | |
| Radio Phoenix management apologises to government for failing to renew the company’s operating license | |
| The Post | |
| First Lady – Vera Chiluba sued for divorce by the Presidents cousin– Besters Chola who is claiming to be her lawful husband | |
| UPND President – Anderson Mazoka charges that Chiluba and his gang of robbers have bankrupted the nation | |
| Lusaka Division Assistant Commissioner – Robert Nyumbu expresses annoyance over the insulting of Chiluba by Dipak Patel | |
| Close to 2000 people have joined in calling President Chiluba a thief by signing a petition | |
| IMB Minister – Vernon Mwanga says that The MMD will announce the successor to President Chiluba later this month | |
| UNIP Central Committee charges that President Chiluba and his ministers cannot account for billions of public funds | |
| UNIP nominates former Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director –Kamoyo Mwale as candidate for the Kabwata Constituency by election | |
| The Social Democratic Party calls for international pressure on government for the continued harassment of the Post editor – Fred M’membe | |
| Opposition ZAP president – Dean Mun’gomba - former Lusaka Deputy Mayor – Bwalya Ng’andu and the ACC have been joined to the action in which two ministers – Mandandi and Machungwa (K2 billion scandal) are challenging the recommendations that they be removed from office | |
| AFRONET Executive Director – Ngande Mwanajiti condemns the harassment of Post Editor in Chief – Fred M’membe’s children | |
| Lusaka Central Constituency MMD members to demonstrate for the deportation of Dipak Patel | |
| Former Transport Minister Mann Muyuni says African leaders have a big craving for dictatorship | |
| ZAP President Dean Mun’gomba says that his party is against the retrenchment of workers and the abandonment of state companies without providing alternative means of livelihood | |
| 22nd August | The Times |
| FDD Presidential aspirant Eddie Phiri files an injunction restraining five party officials including Edith Nawakwi from speaking or acting on behalf of the party | |
| Former Minister – Edith Nawakwi - Post Editor – Fred M’membe and reporter– Bivan Saluseki surrender themselves to police as independent MP Dipak Patel is located at a medical center in Lusaka | |
| HP pulls out of Kabwata by elections | |
| Expelled UNIP Leader Francis Nkhoma predicts the collapse of the party if its current crop of leaders continues to ignore him as legally elected president | |
| The Daily Mail | |
| FDD member Eddie Phiri files an application for an injunction in the Lusaka High Court seeking to invalidate the membership of Edith Nawakwi- Vincent Malambo - Suresh Desai and Newton Ng’uni | |
| The Heritage Party withdraws from contesting the Kabwata by elections | |
| MMD National Secretary directs all party cadres to report anyone found insulting President Chiluba to the police | |
| Opposition politician - Edith Nawakwi and two post newspaper journalists give themselves up to the police to face charges of defamation of the President and criminal libel | |
| The Post | |
| Nawakwi (FDD) surrenders to the police and says that she is ready to say all that she knows about President Chilubas diversion of millions of dollars meant for the purchase of relief maize in 1997 | |
| Chief Bwalya Ponda of Samfya charges that President Chiluba and his Ministers are thieves | |
| UPND President – Anderson Mazoka says that President Chiluba is creating a political crises so that he can declare a state o emergency and cancel elections | |
| An Indian Government official says that honourable Dipak Patel is not an Indian citizen as he has not been given an Indian passport | |
| Healing Word Ministries Church’s Pastor Moses Chiluba says that disrespect for President Chiluba must end | |
| Opposition leaders question why civil cases are being handled more seriously than criminal cases | |
| FDD Executive member – Dr Boniface Kawimbe accuses the MMD government of being wasteful and extravagant | |
| FDD vice chairperson – Christon Tembo says that the intimidation by the MMD will not scare the opposition this is a reaction to an attempt made to abduct FDD Secretariat Chairperson – Edith Nawakwi on Saturday | |
| HP Leader Godfrey Miyanda says that his party will scrap the defamation law once his party comes into power | |
| The ruling MMD - opposition UNIP and FDD yesterday successfully file in nominations for the Kabwata by elections to be held next month | |
| UPND Chairman of Youths calls on Zambians to show solidarity towards a cause by demonstrating en masse | |
| 22 – 28 August | TODAY |
| HP President Miyanda says he knows a lot about the US$4 million relief maize scandal and once he spills the beans all the people now talking will shut up | |
| Radio Phoenix General Manager – Elizabeth Pemba receives anonymous calls threatening her life | |
| Opposition parties describe the detention of political opponents a san act of desperation and desire to cling on to power by President Chiluba | |
| UPND charges that President Chilubas attempts to detain political opponents on flimsy grounds would lead the nation into political turmoil | |
| Heritage Party spokesman – Joe Chilaizya dismisses accusations by some people that party president - General Miyanda is using the church in his political ambitions | |
| The upcoming Kabwata Constituency by elections will gauge contesting parties popularity among residents | |
| Lack of police posts adversely contribute to the increased crime rate in Kabwata Constituency | |
| Kabwata residents suggest that aspiring candidates to the forthcoming Kabwata by elections should under go HIV Tests before being declared eligible | |
| The British government hopes the Zambian presidential - parliamentary and local government elections scheduled for sometime this year will be free and fair | |
| Southern African Centre for Conflict Resolution and Dispute Coordinator– Lee Habasunda says that this years tripartite elections will not be free and fair | |
| ZCTU says it will not force any individual labour movement to support a particular party in the forthcoming elections | |
| The British High Commission in Zambia says that Britain has never issued a passport to Lusaka Central MP – Dipak Patel as claimed by MMD National Secretary – Michael Sata | |
| Observers say Zambias volatile political situation spiced by killings of opponents might derail the countries dream to develop the emerging capital market say sources at the Lusaka Stock Exchange | |
| ZIMA strongly condemns the arrest and charge of Post Newspaper Editor in Chief Fred M’membe with defamation of President Chiluba | |
| 23rd August | The Daily Mail |
| Scores of Lusaka based MMD cadres outraged by opposition politicians who are insulting and disparaging President Chiluba hold peaceful demonstration | |
| Edith Nawakwi (FDD) - Post Reporters – Fred M’membe and Bivan Saluseki plead not guilty of charges of defaming President Chiluba | |
| Opposition parties propose to form coalition | |
| University of Zambia Students Union – UNZASU says it will launch a countrywide campaign on conflict resolution and violence during the run up to this years general elections | |
| FDD youths threaten to report presidential aspirant – Eddie Phiri to the police for having a forged party card | |
| The Post | |
| MMD cadres invade Dipak Patels business – Sams Sports Café for allegedly insulting President Chiluba | |
| Leaders of 7 opposition parties agree to form government of national unity the parties include UNIP - UPND - NCC - FDD - ZAP - AZ and SDP | |
| Central independent MP – Dipak Patel says that now that the carlington maize deal was out in the open the truth would come out and fingers will point directly at President Chiluba | |
| Law Association of Zambia Chairman – Christopher Mundia says that posterity will judge the nation very harshly if the citizens do not rise to the occasion and oppose injustice | |
| Central independent MP says that state owned Media organisations such as The Times - Daily Mail and ZNBC should also be shut down as they owed Zambia Revenue Authority billions of kwacha he said this in reaction to the closure of Radio Phoenix which has been closed due to non renewal of its broadcasting license | |
| The British and Canadian High Commission deny claims by MMD National Secretary that Dipak Patel was their national | |
| MMD National Secretary – Michael Sata orders the police to arrest all those who are allegedly insulting President Chiluba | |
| Lusaka DA – Stephen Bwalya warns that the MMD will not allow the courts to wilfully adjourn cases of those insulting President Chiluba | |
| UNZASU advises president Chiluba to prove his innocence in the theft of public resources rather than arrest innocent citizens | |
| UPND Head of secretariat – Edith Nawakwi and Post reporters Fred M’membe and Bivan Saluseki deny defaming President Chiluba | |
| 24th August | The Daily Mail |
| Former Republican Vice President - Levy Mwanawasa named as the MMD Presidential Candidate in this years elections | |
| Members of the MMD welcome Levy Mwanawasas choice as the MMD presidential candidate | |
| Chief Government Spokesman – Vernon Mwanga advises the US Government to respect the sovereignty of other nations he was speaking in reaction to the US Government request to grant Radio Phoenix back its operating license and drop the charges against 3 persons charged with the defamation of President Chiluba | |
| Government advises the nation against further reference and comment on the Carlington Report since the matter was before the courts | |
| The Post | |
| MMD Presidential Candidate – Levy Mwanawasa declares that MMD will defeat all the political parties in this years elections | |
| Chief Government Spokesman – Vernon Mwanga says that people should stop commenting on the controversial carlington report as the matter is still in court in London | |
| Christian Council of Zambia embarks on a nation wide civic education and election programme to sensitise the electorate | |
| The US Government asks the Zambian Government to demonstrate its commitment to freedom of the press and tolerance for other political views | |
| UPND Isoka East candidate – Robert Sichinga complains that the MMD has deployed 5 government motor vehicles for political campaigns in the Isoka East parliamentary by elections | |
| Newly elected Chawama MP – Geoffrey Samukonga wonders whether he will set foot in parliament considering the unpredictable nature of president Chiluba | |
| 25th August | The Daily Mail |
| Opposition National Party MP – Ludwig Sondashi amongst hosts of people who have welcomed the MMDs choice of presidential candidate – Levy Mwanawasa- says that he will campaign for Mr Mwanawasas victory in the forthcoming elections | |
| Radio Phoenix records losses of about K183 million after it was shutdown for the non renewal of its operating license | |
| Lusaka High Court throws out application for an injunction seeking to invalidate the membership of Vincent Malambo - Edith Nawakwi - Suresh Desai and Newton Ng’uni | |
| 26th August | The Times |
| State House confirms that it has received a petition from MMD National Secretary – Michael Sata over the election of Mr Levy Mwanawasa as the MMDs presidential candidate | |
| Kavidele says he did not attend the ceremony where Mr Mwanawasa was introduced at the Information Ministers Office because it was against protocol | |
| The Mail | |
| President Chiluba explains to the satisfaction of MMD National Secretary– Micheal Sata who had petitioned the election of Mr Mwanawasa as the MMDs presidential candidate - that Mr Mwanawasa had been elected appropriately | |
| Police have been deployed in strategic areas of Lusaka’s Kabwata constituency to ensure peaceful campaigns in the run up to the parliamentary by election | |
| Over 230 members of six opposition political parties defect to the ruling MMD in support of the adoption of Mr Levy Mwanawasa as the MMDs presidential candidate | |
| The Features article analyses the challenge before Mr Levy Mwanawasa | |
| 27th August | The Times |
| The Daily Mail | |
| MMD Presidential candidate says once elected into power he expects nothing less than self discipline | |
| MMD Presidential candidate – Levy Mwanawasa says he will push for the republican constitution to be amended to strengthen existing democratic institutions | |
| MMD Presidential candidate – Levy Mwanawasa calls for a stop to the current charade in which political opponents are trading insults | |
| FDD Presidential aspirant – Eddie Phiri alleges that his opponents within the party have organised a group of party cadres to sort him out | |
| Daily Mail reporter gives an analysis on whether The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions should back a one political party in this years general elections | |
| The Post | |
| Mwanawasa says that those accusing President Chiluba of stealing will be arrested together with him if he is proved to be guilty | |
| President Chiluba is considering to dissolve parliament early so that he can surprise the opposition with early elections now that the MMD has chosen its presidential candidate | |
| Chief Bwalya Mponda has been summoned by – Lusaka Province permanent Secretary – Ronald Mukuma in connection with the chiefs allegation that Chiluba is a thief | |
| Heritage Party President – Godfrey Miyanda says that his party does not support the so called government of National Unity as a matter of principle | |
| Managing Director – Errol Hickey complains about the closure of Radio Phoenix over the non payment of its license fees when ZNBC owes the Zambia Revenue Authority billions of money | |
| UPND Vice President Sakwiba Sikota says Mwanawasas health is not good enough to enable him to rule the country | |
| Heritage Party Leader – Brig. Gen. Godfrey Miyanda says that the adoption of Mr Levy Mwanawasa as MMD presidential candidate is an act of desperation | |
| National Citizens Coalition President – Mr Nevers Mumba says that MMD presidential candidate – Mr Levy Mwanawasa is a wrong sacrificial lamb | |
| 24 –30 August | The Monitor |
| The Monitor reports that Anti Corruption Commission is infiltrated by agents who are sabotaging investigations into the source of wealth of Finance Minister Katele Kalumba and the two Ministers – Godden Mandandi and Peter Machungwa who were found guilty of diverting K2billion by the Lewanika Tribunal. As a result close to K10million kept as exhibit for various corruption cases has gone missing | |
| The Office of the President Director – Enoch Desmus Kabila who was in charge of the procurement of 50 Mercedes Benz Limousines that were used by African Presidents during the OAU Summit dies mysteriously | |
| Dipak Patel disclaims reports that - himself - Edith Nawakwi (FDD) and reporters Fred M’membe and Bivan Saluseki were on the run | |
| Republican Veep – Enoch Kavindele says he is not aggrieved with the nomination of state counsel Levy Mwanawasa as successor to President Chiluba and has offered to give him maximum support | |
| Lusaka DA – Stephen Bwalya has says that the courts of law should expedite cases involving those alleged to have insulted President Chiluba | |
| The ruling MMD has allegedly paid a lump sum (K15 million) to FDD presidential aspirant – Eddie Phiri to ensure that 20 seats held by FDD members are declared vacant | |
| UNIP Kabwata constituency candidate - Kamoyo Mwale charges that the closure of Radio Phoenix and the arrest of journalists and politicians are a government strategy to incite the public to demonstrate so that a state of emergency can be declared and elections postponed | |
| National Council for Catholic Women (NCCW) Chairperson – Theresa Nyirenda pleads with the Heritage Party to change its symbol of clasped hands to avoid unnecessary confusion | |
| The Social Democratic Party has observed that Zambians have been turned into beggars and destitutes in their own country | |
| The University of Zambia Students Union (UNZASU) describes the MMD government as the most corrupt and scandalous Zambia has ever had | |
| MMD youths in Lusaka beat up old men who attended a press briefing at the Lusaka Hotel by opposition party presidents concerning the arrest of Former Labour Minister – Edith Nawakwi - Post Managing Editor – Fred M'membe and reporter - Bivan Saluseki | |
| August 24 – 30 | Elections Digest |
| UPND Chairman for Publicity – Mr Love Mtesa says that President Chiluba is a liar because he has told a lot of lies about a lot of people | |
| UPND Interim President – Anderson Mazoka says that his party is not tribal as there is a constitutional provision for each province to be represented by three people in the National Management Committee | |
| Zambian Republican Party (ZRP) President – Ben Mwila and his entourage denied accommodation at a government guest house in Kasempa - North Western Province | |
| Several Kabwata constituency residents say that they will not vote in the forthcoming by election unless they receive offers for the flats and houses before election day | |
| National Party (NP) Lusaka Secretary –Reverend Richard Kambulu says that Zambians should exhibit maturity and desist from politics of mudslinging and insults | |
| UPND Deputy National Youth Chairperson accuses the MMD of neglecting Itezhi tezhi in Southern Province | |
| Director of the Anti Corruption Commission – Judge Robert Kapembwa says that District Administrators have no official role in elections | |
| UNIP charges that District Administrators who are mere “call boys” are the ones manipulating the electoral code of conduct | |
| The Social Democratic Party says that the buying of voters cards has increased in Kabwata constituency | |
| Youths from various political parties including the ruling MMD forman alliance ahead of the forthcoming elections | |
| The Coalition 2001 starts airing voter education programmes on Radio Icengelo on the Copperbelt | |
| The Voters Voice August 25 – September 6 | |
| Social Democratic Party Leader – Gwendoline Konnie charges that Zambia is in a very deep crisis and that it is the only country where criminals walk freely | |
| Chief Chimuka of the Lenje people - Central Province - says that President Chilubas government has failed to rule Zambia hence the need to boot them out through the ballot during the presidential and general elections | |
| 28th August | The Times |
| MMD women in Kitwe stage a demonstration march in solidarity with the election of Levy Mwanawasa as the MMD Presidential candidate | |
| The FDD disassociates itself from politics of hatred and violence and pledges to work with various stakeholders to promote democracy in the country | |
| Police deploy officers in Kabwata and Isoka East constituencies ahead of the September 6 parliamentary by elections | |
| The Daily Mail | |
| Government says that Radio Phoenix will undergo the same scrutiny in its reapplication for a radio license like all other new applicants | |
| Some opposition parties concede that MMD presidential candidate - Levy Mwanawasa poses a great challenge but they will go ahead and face him in this years general elections | |
| The Post | |
| Minister in Charge of the Vendors Desk at State House – Mr Josiah Chishalasays that the adoption of Mr Levy Mwanawasa as the MMD Presidential candidate is testimony of democracy in Zambia | |
| ZUFIAW acting general secretary says that the adoption of Levy Mwanawasa as the MMD presidential candidate has put to rest fears that President Chiluba will seek a third term | |
| UPND candidate for Isoka East – Robert Sichinga says that the MMD wanted to cut him off from the people by calling for stupid elections | |
| Seven opposition presidents file an application to the High Court asking the police command to arrest all those who have signed the citizens petition calling President Chiluba a thief | |
| Police arrest and charge Lusaka Central independent MP – Dipak Patel with defamation of President Chiluba immediately after leaving the Italian Hospital where he underwent an operation | |
| Former Finance Deputy Minister – Newton Ng’uni warns MMD presidential candidate Levy Mwanawasa not to start arguments that he cannot finish this was in reaction to the statement made by Mr Mwanawasa in which he said that those that had recently left the MMD had no moral right to criticise or call President Chiluba a thief | |
| Police Spokesperson – Lemmy Kajoba says that the police is geared to combat violence in Kabwata and Isoka East parliamentary by elections | |
| FDD Chairperson – Simon Zukas says that his party is yet to come up with a formula to see how a government of National Unity cam work | |
| August 28 –
September 4 |
TODAY |
| Chifubu residents and many other Zambians charge that Levy Mwanawasa the MMD presidential candidate is unfit for republican presidency | |
| Opposition party leaders remain mute on the need to support one presidential candidate | |
| Ndola residents claim that - despite the MMD selling houses atK10 - 000 it does not stand a chance of winning the elections in Chifubu Constituency | |
| Residents of Chifubu Constituency where MMD presidential candidate Levy Mwanawasa was area MP have described their former MP as a failure | |
| National Citizens Coalition Leader – Nevers Mumba says that former President Kenneth Kaunda had a lot of humility and tolerance and that is why people will remember him for many years to come | |
| UPND Charges that Home Affairs Minister – Peter Machungwa has no remorse about the criminal charges that he faces and the role that he played inthe diversion of K2billion to the MMD convention | |
| UPND Secretary for Mambwe District in Eastern Province – John Mbeweurges the electorate not to vote for either the FDD Or The Heritage Party because both parties are replicas of the ruling MMD | |
| The Electoral Commission decides to use surplus Yellow Cards left over from the 1996 presidential and parliamentary elections raising concerns of possible rigging by the ruling MMD | |
| Presidential and Legal Affairs Minister – Eric Silwamba is disappointed with the nomination of Levy Mwanawasa as MMD candidate for this years presidential elections | |
| Confusion haunts the Electoral Commission of Zambia as 250 data entry clerks are dismissed for voicing their concerns over unpaid dues | |
| 29th August | The Times |
| Forum for Democracy (FDD) Presidential aspirant – Eddie Phiri challenges party spokesman – Fisho Mwale to publish the FDD Party card numbers of five officials he has sued as MMD members | |
| Solicitors for the firm representing Nedcor Bank Limited against Carlington Sales Company have warned the Post Newspaper that it risks being cited for contempt by publishing confidential arbitration proceedings before a London Court | |
| FDD and UNIP officials have not been sworn in to act as elections agents in the September 6 Kabwata parliamentary by election | |
| Primary school teachers and some former UNIP Members have welcomed the decision by the MMD executive committee to adopt Mr Levy Mwanawasa as their presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections | |
| The Daily Mail | |
| Some FDD members say that they are shocked that the party has adopted provincial chairman – Major Richard Kachingwe as its candidate in the September 6 Kabwata by election | |
| Solicitors for the firm representing Nedbank Limited in relation to proceedings in the London Court of International Arbitration against Carlington Sales Company of Canada warn the Post Newspaper of court action including an injunction should it continue to reproduce documents related to the matter | |
| Former Information and Broadcasting Minister – Stan Kristafor has joined scores of opposition leaders endorsing the candidature of MMD presidential candidate – Levy Mwanawasa | |
| The Post | |
| Former Health Minister – Nkandu Luo says that Sata has been taught a lesson by the MMD not being elected as the partys presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections | |
| Seven opposition political party leaders call on the police to expedite the arrest of MMD cadres who stoned and destroyed property at Sams Sports Café owned by Lusaka Central Independent MP – Dipak Patel | |
| The state owned and government controlled Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) cancels a civic education programme sponsored by the Coalition 2001 shortly before it went on air | |
| 30th August | The Times |
| The police challenges the people who have joined the list of a petition regarded as defamatory of President Chiluba to surreder themselves to the police and make written submissions individually | |
| UNIP Chairman for Economics and Finance – Mr Muhabi Lungu tells the High Court that some members of the Central Committee who were opposed to the election of suspended President Francis Nkhoma conspired to illegally remove him from his position last year | |
| The Zambia Independent Monitoring Team (ZIMT) formally petitions the Chief Justice to convene a tribunal to investigate the alleged diversion of $4 million by the then Agricultural Minister – Edith Nawakwi | |
| About 145 members of various political parties have resigned to join the Zambia Republican Party | |
| UPND finally confirms the holding of the party’s first general assembly after numerous postponements | |
| The Daily Mail | |
| The National Organisation for Civic Education (NOCE) condemns calls made by opposition parties to form a government of National Unity saying a bitter power struggle at the expense of development would be inevitable if they assumed control | |
| Former Zambia Army Commander General – Nobby Simbeye congratulate sthe MMD Presidential candidate – Levy Mwanawasa on his selection to lead the party in the tripartite elections | |
| The Zambia Police says that some people whose names are appearing on the petition allegedly defaming President Chiluba have revealed that they gave their names to people who cheated them that they were being enlisted to join neighbourhood watch associations | |
| Zambia Independent Monitoring Team President – Alfred Zulu has officially petitioned the Chief Justice to set up a tribunal to probe Nakonde MP –Edith Nawakwi’s alleged involvement in the US$4 Million maize purchase deal | |
| The Post | |
| FDD Chairman – Simon Zukas challenges President Chiluba to prove that he is not a thief | |
| Nawakwi says that President Chiluba is being bruised by his people who think they are impressing him by harassing her | |
| Agenda for Zambia President – Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika criticises the MMD for abusing the state owned and government controlled media | |
| Suspended UNIP President – Francis Nkhoma says his suspension was a culmination of a conspiracy that started at the congress with links to former republican president Kenneth Kaundas family | |
| FDD Chairman Siomon Zukas says that MMD presidential candidate – Levy Mwanawasa must ask himself whether the body that nominated him had the moral right to do so on behalf of the party members | |
| The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) alleges that cases of corruption in the run up to the Kabwata by elections have emerged involving particularly the MMD | |
| The secretary to the tribunal which probed two ministers over the diversion of K2billion from government coffers is unable to shed light on the incompleteness of the record before the Lusaka High Court | |
| 31st August | The Times |
| Radio Phoenix management and The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting meet in an effort to find a solution to the suspension of the radio licence | |
| Government condemns the move by the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) to support an individual political party in the forthcoming tripartite elections | |
| A Traditional leader in Thendere area of Isoka East Constituency calls on his subjects to vote for a candidate who will identify himself with the local people during the September 6 parliamentary by election | |
| A Lusaka man denies that he signed a petition in a newspaper claiming that was defamatory of the President | |
| The UPND in Lusaka’s Kabwata Constituency says that it is not backing the FDD candidate in the Kabwata by election | |
| FDD Youths on the copperbelt adopt the Chairman for mobilisation –Vincent Malambo to contest the party presidency | |
| The Daily Mail | |
| Some political parties championing the government of national unity say the process is a complex one which had proved disastrous elsewhere because of diverse and contradicting ideologies maintained by constituent parties | |
| The government criticises the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions for trying to influence affiliate unions to back a political party of its choice in this years presidential and parliamentary elections | |
| Masaiti MP – Jazzman Chikwakwa commends the MMD National Executive Committee (NEC) for adopting former Veep Levy Mwanawasa as President Chiluba’s successor | |
| About 100 Non Governmental Organisations apply for the K760 million Electoral Fund that the European Union has set aside for those to be involved in increasing voter participation this year | |
| The UPND abandons it’s plans to air a live television transmission of its general assembly because of the exorbitant fees involved | |
| The Post | |
| MMD presidential candidate – Levy Mwanawasa says that he is not a cabbage as most people are insinuating | |
| Chief Muyombe of the Tumbuka people says that President Chiluba is to blame for the demise of Zambia as a country | |
| FDD Head of Secretariat – Edith Nawakwi says that President Chiluba will be dumped the way he has dumped MMD National Secretary – Michael Sata | |
| Opposition Crisis Watch Deputy Chairperson – Henry Mtonga says that the police should start by arresting all the prominent personalities appearing on the petition that is calling President Chiluba a thief | |
| Southern Africa Center for Co ordination and Resolution of Disputes Executive co-ordinator – Lee Habasonda says the habit of providing services and distributing materials during elections is a form of abuse - exploitation and disregard of human dignity | |
| Finance Minister Katele Kalumba says the HIV/AIDS pandemic is one of the key concerns that should receive due attention from the UPND during the Second Country Co corporation Framework on Zambia | |
| Opposition President – Anderson Mazoka charges that MMD members are thriving on stealing | |
| August 31 –
September 6 |
Elections Digest |
| Mumbwa West MP says that Chiluba should not hide behind the law of defamation but tell the nation what he knows about the $6.5 million relief maize scandal | |
| Chief Kapijimpanga of the Kaonde people has bemoaned the underdevelopment in his area | |
| Opposition Zambia Republican Party President Ben Mwila expresses sadness at the current political situation of insults by politicians against politicians | |
| Opposition UNIP candidate for Kabwata constituency – Kamoyo Mwale says that the by election fight is between his party and the ruling MMD | |
| Opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) promises to create over one million jobs through agriculture when voted into power | |
| Due to massive vote buying in the Kabwata constituency by election campaign - some residents have devised ways of benefiting from all the political parties especially those to be seen to be open handed | |
| UPND Publicity Secretary – Love Mutesa says that he will never go back to the MMD even though a good friend has been adopted as presidential candidate | |
| Preparations for the UPND national convention are complete | |
| Newly formed Zambia inter party youth alliance (ZIPYA) - an alliance of youths from various political parties has embarked on a country wide tour sensitizing and identifying youth candidates that can contest this years tripartite elections | |
| Police urged to institute measures that will prevent political violence during the forthcoming elections |