Vol 5 (AAC) No 1 | ZAMBIACHINA Underground and under threat 10th November 2011 Non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch launched the first in-depth report about abusive practices in Chinese-owned mines in Zambia on 3 November. It is based on the evidence of...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 1 | ZAMBIA Wylbur Simuusa 10th November 2011 Minister of Mines, Zambia Once known for his firey anti-Chinese rhetoric, Zambian President Michael Sata has moved on. He now refers to China as a partner who must behave responsibly in return...
Vol 52 No 23 | ZAMBIA Doubts about Sata’s zeal arise 18th November 2011 Two dubious appointments raise questions about whether the new President will be as hard on corruption as he promised President Michael Chilufya Sata won September’s election by making vigorous attacks on the corruption of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) government and promising one based on Christian...
Vol 52 No 21 | ZAMBIA The President starts purging 21st October 2011 After his presidential victory, long-time oppositionist Michael Sata is sacking his predecessor’s key officials in the name of clean government During his presidential campaign, Michael Chilufya Sata told electors: ‘I am allergic to corruption.’ After he won, he quickly set about trying to prove it. Anti-corruption rhetoric is...
Vol 52 No 21 | ZAMBIA A Scott in office 21st October 2011 Most onlookers perceive Michael Sata as the Patriotic Front and the PF as Sata. Most also acknowledge the pivotal role Guy Scott has played in Sata’s rise to...
Vol 52 No 21 | ZAMBIA How Banda got bounced 21st October 2011 A party insider told us how the President’s team fouled up his expected election victory Ex-President Rupiah Banda seemed to have everything on his side before the 20 September elections. The economy was strong, buoyed by record copper and cobalt export prices, and...
Vol 52 No 20 | ZAMBIA Troubled exit for Banda 7th October 2011 Sata owes victory to the fear of a return to rampant corruption; he must also thank those who persuaded Banda not to rig the election Rupiah Bwezani Banda was on the verge of declaring himself winner of the 20 September presidential poll after realising he had lost the elections to Michael Chilufya Sata’s...
Vol 52 No 19 | ZAMBIAUNITED STATES Too little, too late 23rd September 2011 The President’s promise to fight corruption after the elections seems to have convinced neither diplomats nor voters While publicly condemning corruption, President Rupiah Bwezani Banda gave United States diplomats various explanations of why he could do little about it, according to US State Department cables...
Vol 52 No 16 | ZAMBIA A vote about money 5th August 2011 Largesse from the copper boom rather than good policies boosts the President’s chances in next month’s polls The main challenger to President Rupiah Bwezani Banda in the elections he has called for 20 September is his arch-rival Michael Chilufya Sata: both agree that money will...
Vol 52 No 16 | ZAMBIA Some Banda backers exit 5th August 2011 In the last two months, some high-profile Movement for Multiparty Democracy personalities, including close friends of President Rupiah Banda’s, have crossed over to Michael Sata’s Patriotic Front (PF).