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- Vol 48 No 5
- 02/03/2007
The bitter side of the boom
As the price of copper edges downwards, Zambia's trades unionists and opposition politicians are pressing to secure higher mining royalties and better working conditions. Many targeted companies are Asian-owned: last month, protests forced China's Pres...
- Vol 48 No 5
- 02/03/2007
Zambia's big new investments
India's Vedanta Resources has pumped nearly US$1 billion into Konkola Copper Mines. KCM incorporates four mining companies: Nchanga Mine in Chingola, Konkola Mine in Chilabombwe, Nampundwe Mine in Lusaka and the Nkana Smelter and Refinery in Kitwe. Wit...
- Vol 48 No 4
- 16/02/2007
China in Chambeshi
Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the Copperbelt was cancelled at the last minute amid reports that several hundred miners working for the Chinese-owned Non Ferrous Corporation had organised a protest. Nevertheless Hu signed a deal with the Zambi...
- Vol 47 No 21
- 20/10/2006
The Titanic sails at dawn
The opposition offered its voters refuge on Noah's Ark, but it sank and Mwanawasa is back
- Vol 47 No 19
- 22/09/2006
Enter ex-Presidents
Former Presidents, Kenneth Kaunda and Frederick Chiluba, have each picked an opposition candidate for the presidential election on 28 September. President Levy Mwanawasa of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), who is standing for another term,...
- Vol 47 No 18
- 08/09/2006
A bull in China's shop
With its threat to cut diplomatic ties with Zambia if Michael Sata, the opposition leader, wins the 28 September general elections, China has at last lost its political virginity in Africa. The remarks by Beijing's Ambassador to Lusaka, Li Baodong, ri...
- Vol 47 No 17
- 25/08/2006
Starter's orders
President Mwanawasa remains ahead of his rival Sata in next month's presidential vote
- Vol 47 No 16
- 04/08/2006
Levy and King Cobra
Presidential elections set for 28 September 2006 will pit incumbent President Levy Mwanawasa of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) against veteran bruiser Michael Sata on the Patriotic Front ticket.
- Vol 47 No 13
- 23/06/2006
Candidates wanted
Sickness and death have taken the front-runners, leaving politics leaderless as elections loom
- Vol 47 No 9
- 28/04/2006
Where sick men rule
Mwanawasa's apparent recovery does not resolve worries about elections - and prosecutions
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