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for the work.

A publication that will not say who is responsible for it is asking for a trust it has not offered to earn. This page says who.

Editorial

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Alfred Mwamba

Sets editorial direction, approves what publishes, and is accountable for every correction. Editorial decisions belong to the newsroom and to nobody else, including advertisers, subjects of coverage, and anyone who has ever offered money for either.

VersaCorp Media is independently owned and currently operates as a small team. We would rather state that plainly than imply a newsroom we do not yet have. Our second standard is to say what is verified and say what is not, and that applies to claims about ourselves first. Contributor bylines carry the contributor’s name.

Brands

VersaEditsThe newsroom

Zambian music, film, celebrities, fashion, events and pop culture. The daily record.

VersaCreatorsCreator coverage

The young talent building Zambia's online culture, covered in the language and on the platforms that audience actually uses.

Ku Chalo MagazinePremium editorial

Zambian excellence at the level it deserves. The archive of the country's moguls, elite creators and cultural icons.

VersaPaFilimbaVisual promotion

Creative work for Zambian artists and their teams. Commissioned, and kept separate from what the newsroom decides to cover.

VersaPopThe export arm

African and global pop culture for international audiences. Zambia ku chalo, pointed outward.

VersaAnimation is announced but not in production. It is parked until 2027 rather than run at half attention, and we would rather say so here than let you find an empty channel.

Reference products

The RecordReference archive

Sourced, dated entity files. What someone finds in ten years when they need to know what happened.

VersaBoardThe chart

Zambia’s weekly music chart, with a published methodology and permanent, citable archive URLs.

VersadenceConfidence system

How we label what is confirmed, reported, unconfirmed or rumour, so readers can weigh a claim themselves.

Accountability

Standards

The ten things we hold to, published so they can be held against us.

Editorial policy

Originality, fact-checking, corrections procedure and rights.

Corrections

Every published correction, newest first, dated and linked to its story.

Contact

Think we have fallen short of one of our standards? Say so. Corrections are published, dated, and never made quietly.

Ownership

VersaEdits, Ku Chalo Magazine, VersaBoard and The Record are properties of VersaCorp Media. Registered entity details and the reason this company exists are on the About page.

Independent since 2023Registered in Morocco, reporting on ZambiaKu Chalo