Vol 51 No 23 | ZAMBIACHINA Mining for votes 19th November 2010 Firebrand politician Michael Sata’s anti-Chinese rhetoric is helping the opposition’s campaign ahead of next year’s elections Opposition politicians and trades unionists have gone on the offensive since Chinese managers at the Collum coal mine shot protesting Zambian workers on 21 October. The charge is...
Vol 51 No 23 | ZAMBIA Taking on the journalists 19th November 2010 President Rupiah Banda and his Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) are struggling to control the mass media before next year’s general elections. The private media, especially the popular...
Vol 51 No 17 | ZAMBIA Copper-bottomed but leaky 27th August 2010 Booming mines and farms, and a government beset by talk of corruption and strange legal decisions Fuelled by rising world demand for copper and cobalt and by a bumper maize harvest, the economy is growing at a roaring 7.5%. Yet President Rupiah Banda, who...
Vol 51 No 17 | ZAMBIA Strong investment, weak prosperity 27th August 2010 According to the latest figures from the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA), foreign direct investment totalled a record US$2.4 billion in the first half of 2010, up from $959...
Vol 51 No 9 | ZAMBIA The battle around Banda 30th April 2010 Even his own party cannot agree on whether to back the President for the coming election campaign Rupiah Bwezani Banda came to office by accident in November 2008, on the death of President Levy Mwanawasa. He hopes to win another election next year and has...
Vol 51 No 9 | ZAMBIA Tax and spend 30th April 2010 The IMF advises the government to raise taxes to finance public investment; the mining companies beg to differ The big mining houses are predictably grumbling about the Zambian government’s plans for a 25% windfall tax on copper and cobalt production. President Rupiah Banda is standing firm,...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | ZAMBIACHINA Shoot first, negotiate later 21st October 2010 Opposition politicians lambast the Lusaka government’s timidity after Chinese managers shoot Zambian mine workers Mayhem broke out on 15 October at the Collum Coal Mine in southern Zambia after Chinese owners shot workers protesting over dangerous and difficult working conditions. The workers...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 11 | ZAMBIA Felix Mutati 22nd September 2010 Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia For companies eager to secure a share of the wealth in Zambia's mines, a call on Felix Mutati is obligatory. Mutati oversees much of the investment that drives Zambia's mineral-dependent economy....
Vol 3 (AAC) No 7 | ZAMBIACHINA Beijing digs deeper into Zambian mines 20th May 2010 Oppositionist Michael Sata’s rhetoric against China is not slowing down Chinese investment plans ahead of Zambia’s national elections, which are due in 2011. Chinese companies operating Zambian mines will now have...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 5 | ZAMBIACHINA Banda bags a billion 15th March 2010 Zambia does not always get what it wants or what it wants at the right time. President Rupiah Banda went on a 10-day official visit to China in...