Vol 47 No 18 |
- ZAMBIA
- CHINA
With its threat to cut diplomatic ties with Zambia if Michael Sata the opposition leader wins the 28 September general elections China has at last lost its political virginity in Africa...
In order of strength they are: incumbent President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD); his main rival Michael Chilufya Sata of the Patriotic Front (PF); wealthy businessman Hakainde Sammy Hichilema of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA); former Vice President General Godfrey Miyanda of the Heritage Party (HP); and former parliamentarian and businessman Ken Wright Kamwili Ngondo of the All People's Congress (APC)...
Presidential elections set for 28 September 2006 will pit incumbent President Levy Mwanawasa of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) against veteran bruiser Michael Sata on the Patriotic Front ticket...
Outside the opposition alliance Michael Sata leader of the Patriotic Front (PF) is a grassroots type mainly supported by the young the unemployed and the less educated; he controls the slums and streets and Zambia's elite dreads the prospect of him becoming president...
His stroke it seemed had apparently not been so severe as to make him unfit for office although the acting President Lupando Mwape turned down the request for a medical inquiry proposed by opposition leader Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front...
The most formidable challenger would be Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front...
The Patriotic Front (PF) headed by the veteran former minister Michael Sata will probably merge with the Chiluba-backed Party for Unity Democracy and Development (PUDD) before the elections...
The biggest casualty of Chiluba's political manoeuvres is Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front whose members are steadily resigning to join PUDD...
Katumbi was also linked to the funding of Michael Sata's opposition Patriotic Front (PF)...
Veteran politician Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front is the opposition leader who now makes sense to many ordinary Zambians...