- Vol 54 No 7
- 29th March 2013
President Sata wants the political control that eluded him in 2011 and also the parliamentary majority that will allow him to change the constitution
- Vol 54 No 7
- 29th March 2013
If or when he stands down, many expect President Michael Sata to try to impose his choice of presidential candidate for the 2016 elections – widely thought to be Wynter Kabimba – on the Patriotic Front (PF).
- Vol 54 No 4
- 15th February 2013
Although the PF government is still trying to fulfil its economic promises, senior party figures are already looking forward to the 2016 polls
- Vol 54 No 4
- 15th February 2013
President Michael Sata’s promise to reduce mass employment is yet to be fulfilled. Although he has raised the necessary finance, public institutions are having trouble translating it into contracts and jobs.
- Vol 53 No 21
- 19th October 2012
The triumph of the bond issue and strong public spending plans may help revive a stagnant economy and the government’s political fortunes
- Vol 53 No 21
- 19th October 2012
The political landscape is changing and President Michael Sata’s Patriotic Front faces a new opponent. Having lost faith in his own party, the Movement for Multiparty Democracy, former President Rupiah Banda has secretly begun financing the United Party f...
- Vol 53 No 13
- 22nd June 2012
Controversy over the judiciary and a law suit over Zambian Airways show the PF and Banda still at war
- Vol 53 No 13
- 22nd June 2012
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Mutembo Nchito, has his sights on Henry Banda, son of ex-President Rupiah Banda, over his role in the US$257 million sale of most of the Zamtel network to LAP Green Networks of Libya .
- Vol 53 No 10
- 11th May 2012
Question marks are multiplying about Sata’s judgement, his choice of regional friends and his well-being
- Vol 53 No 10
- 11th May 2012
The growing influence of the Patriotic Front Secretary General, Wynter Kabimba, constitutes the starkest example of the PF’s statist tendencies. He has been a source of controversy both within and without government. One of President Michael Sata’s closes...