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The newspaper arose from the Central African Mail, which was bought by the government from David Astor in 1965. It was renamed the Zambian Mail and subsequently the Zambia Daily Mail in 1970. The paper soon became a mouthpiece for the government, publishing official statements and press releases, while being instructed to become an "instrument ...
In 2002, there were only 4 newspapers in Zambia, two of which were nationally owned. As of 2020, there are 36 newspapers and news websites. [3] [29] One of the biggest Zambian newspapers with a growing digital platform is the Lusaka Times. The Lusaka Times launched its website in 2007 and has gone through many updates and changes since then.
When the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) came to power in November 1991, it went to court claiming UNIP had illegally taken over the newspapers. The courts found in favour of the MMD, and ruled that the papers' ownership be transferred to the Zambian Government. The Times of Zambia is now owned by the Zambian Government.
Freedoms of expression and of the press are constitutionally guaranteed in Zambia, but the government frequently restricts these rights in practice. [1] Although the ruling Patriotic Front has pledged to free state-owned media—consisting of the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) and the widely circulated Zambia Daily Mail and Times of Zambia—from government editorial control ...
The Ministry of Information and Media is a ministry in Zambia. It is headed by the Minister of Information and Media. The ministry controls two publicly owned newspapers, the Times of Zambia and the Zambia Daily Mail, and has a seat on the board of the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation. [1]
With Hall's help, M'membe went on to found Post Newspapers Limited in 1991, as well as a printing company, Independent Printers Limited, which would be responsible for printing The Zambia Post, Post Newspapers' flagship publication. [1] The pair modelled the paper's design on South Africa's liberal Weekly Mail and Lisbon, Portugal's daily ...
Violent outbreaks occurred in Lusaka after the government made the decision to suspend the operations of The Post newspaper (one of the several independent newspapers in the country) on 10 June. [13] As a result of the violence, the Election Commission suspended campaigning in Lusaka and Namwala for ten days, and the ban on the newspaper was ...