Michael Charles Chilufya Sata (King Cobra)

Two leaders of much larger opposition parties Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front (PF) and Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND) have formed an electoral alliance which will compete fiercely against the MMD next year...

The main threat to the MMD comes from the alliance between Michael Sata and Hakainde Hichilema...

There will be populist calls from opposition figures such as Michael Chilufya Sata for a windfall tax on the industry as mining growth underlines the need for foreign investment in Zambia's huge hydroelectric potential...

Opposition leader Michael Sata accused Chinese companies of gross exploitation of Zambian workers at the last election and delighted in goading Beijing’s ambassador to Lusaka into some very undiplomatic utterances...

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...

Michael Sata responded to the news of the Zambian deal with typical bluster saying Beijing’s ‘imaginary’ investments would not win President Rupiah Banda any new votes ahead of next year’s polls...

Opposition leader Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front described Banda as a ‘Zambian President based abroad’ because he spent much of February and part of March on international trips...

The battle for the presidency is between incumbent President Rupiah Banda and the main opposition leader Michael Sata who heads the Patriotic Front...

In October 2008 Banda beat his closest rival Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front by just 35 000 votes; Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development came third...

The undisputed leader of urban Zambia is Michael Sata populist leader of the Patriotic Front (PF)...

There is also debate about whether Banda 71 should stand again or make way for a younger politician to face Michael Sata the populist leader of the Patriotic Front...

Neither age nor ill-health seem to dampen the fire in the belly of Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata...

From early on Michael Sata has sided with the winner...