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- Vol 51 No 17
- 27/08/2010
Copper-bottomed but leaky
Booming mines and farms, and a government beset by talk of corruption and strange legal decisions
- Vol 51 No 17
- 27/08/2010
Strong investment, weak prosperity
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 million in the same period in 2009. If the flow continues at that rate, it will...
- Vol 51 No 9
- 30/04/2010
The battle around Banda
Even his own party cannot agree on whether to back the President for the coming election campaign
- Vol 51 No 9
- 30/04/2010
Tax and spend
The IMF advises the government to raise taxes to finance public investment; the mining companies beg to differ
- Vol 50 No 25
- 18/12/2009
Prospering yet parlous
The economy is looking up but scandals and regional tensions upset the governing party’s election hopes
- Vol 50 No 5
- 06/03/2009
A new federation
In Malawi, the President seems to be blundering towards a new version of the Central African Federation
- Vol 50 No 3
- 06/02/2009
Copper slide
Three months after his tiny election win, President Banda finds his country running out of money and jobs
- Vol 49 No 23
- 14/11/2008
Banda, the successor
The new President Banda will have to tackle rising inflation and falling export revenue
- Vol 49 No 23
- 14/11/2008
Banda boxes clever
Once the promoter of Lottie Mwale, Zambia's Commonwealth boxing champion (1974-83), President Rupiah Bwezani Banda rolls with the punches in Southern Africa's difficult politics. In his long career, he has jumped from party activist to ambassador to f...
- Vol 49 No 21
- 17/10/2008
Pre-presidential discord
Claims of vote-rigging sour the atmosphere for the poll that acting President Rupiah Banda looks likely to win
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