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Zambian journalist, Fred M'membe is born

Zambian journalist, Fred M'membe is born

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22 Aug 2019
Zambian journalist, Fred M'membe is born

Fred M'membe is a Zambian journalist who founded the country's first independent newspaper, Zambia Post. As the only independent newspaper in Zambia, Zambia Post constantly clashed with the government, from the time of President Kenneth Kaunda up until President Rupiah Banda's rule. He has been arrested and prosecuted several times for his reporting. M'membe is the third recipient of the Media Institute of Southern Africa's Press Freedom Award in 1995. That same year, he also won the International Press Freedom Award. However, M'membe had been accused of being an ally of President Michael Sata, leader of the Patriotic Front, who died in London of an undisclosed illness on 28 October 2014.

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South African History Online. (2019, August 22). Zambian journalist, Fred M'membe is born. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149092

South African History Online (2019) 'Zambian journalist, Fred M'membe is born', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149092 (Accessed: 5 August 2026).

South African History Online, Zambian journalist, Fred M'membe is born [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149092, (accessed 5 August 2026).

"Zambian journalist, Fred M'membe is born." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149092. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Zambian journalist, Fred M'membe is born." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149092.

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