The ruling Patriotic Front's Lungu's main rival as on two previous occasions is Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND) with the Socialist Party's Fred M'membe publisher of the now closed The Post newspaper trying to make an impression on the national scene for the first time (AC Vol 57 No 13 Not the last Post)...
The Mast is owned by Mutinta M'membe wife of Fred M'membe Publisher/Editor of The Post...
On 15 February an arrest warrant was issued against Fred M'membe for not declaring The Post's assets to Mosho...
When the Lusaka High Court 'provisionally' closed independent newspaper and website The Post on 2 November its Editor and owner Fred M'membe told his confidants 'It's time to move on; you can't fight endlessly...
A group of benefactors have pledged to meet the paper's financial obligations according to sources close to its editor Fred M'membe but the continued freezing of its bank accounts make it difficult for it to pay its bills...
Former Presidents Rupiah Banda and the late Frederick Chiluba tried to close down the paper which is edited and published by Fred M'membe...
Zulu is said to have pushed for the arrest of Post Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Fred M'membe for supposedly publishing classified information...
'What is happening now is discrimination of us on the basis of our editorial policy and our own convictions ' editor in chief Fred M'membe told workers outside the company's office '…they have thrown their last shots; we still have a few arrows in our cupboard...
Kabimba has depended on the favour of Post newspaper publisher Fred M'membe to keep his party alive but the two men have been arguing over major political differences we understand (AC Vol 56 No 18 The party rebrands for the polls)...
'We know Bembas especially those who worked closely with the late President Sata are now targets of humiliation and victimisation by the Lungu administration ' said Alex Bwalya Kanyelele a member of the Bemba Royal Establishment in a statement sent to the The Post which is published and edited by left-winger and former 'cartel' member Fred M'membe...