Vol 57 No 15 | ZAMBIA Kaizar the kingpin 22nd July 2016 Presidential advisor Kaizar Zulu is the architect – or is blamed for – a ruthless re-election strategy Most people in Lusaka see Kaizar Zulu merely as President Edgar Lungu's State House sidekick but as the top aide puts it himself, nobody gets to see his...
Vol 57 No 14 | ZAMBIA A close political race gets angrier 8th July 2016 The government has closed the leading independent newspaper which uncovered plans to rig next month's election Credible claims of bias at the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and the suspicious inflation of the number of registered voters are heating up the campaign ahead of... READ FOR FREE
Vol 57 No 13 | ZAMBIA Not the last Post 24th June 2016 Ahead of national elections on 11 August, the government has shut Post Newspapers, publisher of the country's biggest selling daily, claiming the company has failed to pay its...
Vol 57 No 5 | ZAMBIA Lungu schemes to survive 4th March 2016 In an unpredictable political landscape, the President is pulling out the stops to win the next elections Elected by a narrow margin in January 2015 and presiding over an economy in free fall, President Edgar Lungu is trying to strengthen his position through constitutional amendments...
Vol 56 No 25 | ZAMBIA Lungu hangs on 18th December 2015 President Edgar Lungu told the International Monetary Fund delegation which left Lusaka on 3 December that he intended to call general elections well before they are due next...
Vol 56 No 23 | ZAMBIA PF scrambles for support 20th November 2015 As the copper price goes into free fall, the crisis in the governing party grows ever more severe The latest rupture in the front ranks of the Patriotic Front came when former presidential aspirant Miles Sampa resigned as Deputy Commerce Minister at the end of October....
Vol 56 No 21 | ZAMBIA Wing and a prayer economics 22nd October 2015 Battered by rising debt and deficits as copper mines close, the government searches desperately for alternatives Despite looming elections, a sliding copper price, critical power shortages, the world's worst performing currency and record borrowing costs, Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda has described his goal of...
Vol 56 No 18 | ZAMBIA The party rebrands for the polls 10th September 2015 President Lungu wants to purge his party of its association with his predecessor but the plunging economy offers far bigger challenges Under the growing influence of former President Rupiah Banda, President Edgar Lungu is turning the governing Patriotic Front away from the left-leaning legacy of the late Michael Sata....
Vol 56 No 12 | ZAMBIA Prosecuting the prosecutor 12th June 2015 Some corruption cases could be dropped if the government succeeds in sacking its chief prosecutor Mutembo Nchito Activists, oppositionists and now Western governments are alarmed at the Lusaka government's efforts to dismiss the suspended Director of Public Prosecutions, Mutembo Nchito. After his defenders claimed that...
Vol 56 No 7 | ZAMBIA Lungu returns the favours 3rd April 2015 The new President’s health problems and his pursuit of political vendettas are not inspiring political confidence President Edgar Lungu has been having trouble fulfilling his reported promise to ex-President Rupiah Banda to get the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Mutembo Nchito, off his back....