Vol 54 No 4 | ZAMBIA Kabimba looks ahead 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 Zambia’s next elections are not until 2016 but Wynter Kabimba, the Justice Minister and Secretary General of the governing Patriotic Front, is positioning himself to succeed Presid...
Vol 54 No 4 | ZAMBIA Jobs on the roads 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 ...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 12 | ZAMBIACHINA Controversy over contracts 1st October 2013 Irregularities in the award of multimillion-dollar telecommunications contracts to two Chinese companies lead to their cancellation
Vol 6 (AAC) No 7 | ZAMBIACHINA Reality replaces Sata’s rhetoric 2nd May 2013 On President Sata’s inaugural trip to China, Beijing’s former critic welcomed Chinese investment as long as it produces clear benefits for Zambia In opposition, he lambasted the role of Chinese companies in the Zambian economy, but President Michael Chilufya Sata’s April state visit to China marked a point of closure on his ...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 7 | ZAMBIACHINA The grass is greener in Beijing 2nd May 2013 In April, Zambian President Michael Chilufya Sata was in China praising the Beijing government. Vice-President Guy Scott was doing much the same thing in mid-March – but at an inve...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 5 | ZAMBIACHINA Collum Coal Mine takeover 7th March 2013 The government finally takes action on the problems besetting the Chinese-owned mine – just after announcing Sata’s first official visit to Beijing After declining previous invitations, on 15 February President Michael Chilufya Sata announced his maiden trip to China would finally take place in April. China has invited the Pre...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 5 | ZAMBIACHINA Compensation for smelter pollution 7th March 2013 According to a mining industry expert, much has changed since the September 2011 election of President Michael Sata and the Patriotic Front government. ‘Under the MMD [Movement for...
Vol 53 No 21 | ZAMBIA Big budget, big promises 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 One year after taking the helm, President Michael Chilufya Sata and his Patriotic Front (PF) face mounting pressure from electors upset at their apparent failure to deliver on ambi...
Vol 53 No 21 | ZAMBIA Ex-President Banda switches horses 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, fo...
Vol 53 No 13 | ZAMBIA Sata takes on the judges 22nd June 2012 Controversy over the judiciary and a law suit over Zambian Airways show the PF and Banda still at war President Michael Sata has sparked a political storm by forcing out Zambia’s most senior judge, Chief Justice Ernest Sakala, on 15 June. The opposition accuses Sata of politicising...
