Vol 43 No 3 | ZAMBIA Levy limps in 8th February 2002 Even if the courts confirm his election win, parliament can block the President As President Levy Mwanawasa limped into State House, his month-old government waded into a political quagmire. In the National Assembly, which has not met since his election, opposition...
Vol 43 No 3 | ZAMBIA Down the mine, down the drain 8th February 2002 Political troubles were overshadowed on 25 January, when Anglo American announced that it was pulling out of the Copperbelt less than two years after reinvesting there. Copper had...
Vol 43 No 1 | ZAMBIA A not-so-fresh start 11th January 2002 The fragmented opposition had underestimated the Movement for Multi-party Democracy, which bounced back to power with less than 30 per cent of the vote. New President Levy Mwanawasa...
Vol 42 No 24 | ZAMBIA Too close to call 7th December 2001 The gap between the leading presidential contenders is narrowing fast in this landmark election It looks like Zambia's closest election ever, as eleven runners sprint, hobble and lurch towards the finish of the first-past-the-post contest on 27 December. The real prize is...
Vol 42 No 24 | ZAMBIA Maize power 7th December 2001 Maize meal helped drive Kenneth Kaunda from power and could do the same to the Movement for Multi-party Democracy which defeated him in the 1991 elections. When Kaunda...
Vol 42 No 21 | ZAMBIA Payback time 26th October 2001 The President's cheque is stolen and the election heats up The arrest of three men last week on charges of stealing President Frederick Chiluba's salary over the past 16 months is instructive. Apparently Chiluba hadn't noticed that 82...
Vol 42 No 21 | ZAMBIA Presidential runners 26th October 2001 Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD): formed 1990, governing since 1991. Support: Copperbelt and Bemba people, trades unions; endorsed by Dean Mung'omba's Zambia Alliance for...
Vol 42 No 18 | ZAMBIA Puppet or prince? 14th September 2001 The ruling MMD's new flagbearer seems too close to Chiluba and too far from the voters Levy Mwanawasa's emergence last month as the ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy's candidate for president is the least bad option for incumbent Frederick Chiluba, who has no intention...
Vol 42 No 15 | ZAMBIA Post-summit blues 27th July 2001 Everything is going wrong for President Chiluba's renewed bid for a third term President Frederick Chiluba must be disappointed that the relatively successful Organisation of African Unity summit in Lusaka has not immediately helped his subterranean campaign to win an unconstitutional...
Vol 42 No 14 | ZAMBIA Anglo accused 13th July 2001 Activists are challenging Anglo American's role in the messy copper privatisation Zambian activists accuse the mining giant Anglo American of breaching the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's code of conduct when the copper mines were privatised. In a...