Vol 52 No 19 | ZAMBIAUNITED STATES Too little, too late 23rd September 2011 The President’s promise to fight corruption after the elections seems to have convinced neither diplomats nor voters While publicly condemning corruption, President Rupiah Bwezani Banda gave United States diplomats various explanations of why he could do little about it, according to US State Department cables...
Vol 52 No 16 | ZAMBIA A vote about money 5th August 2011 Largesse from the copper boom rather than good policies boosts the President’s chances in next month’s polls The main challenger to President Rupiah Bwezani Banda in the elections he has called for 20 September is his arch-rival Michael Chilufya Sata: both agree that money will...
Vol 52 No 16 | ZAMBIA Some Banda backers exit 5th August 2011 In the last two months, some high-profile Movement for Multiparty Democracy personalities, including close friends of President Rupiah Banda’s, have crossed over to Michael Sata’s Patriotic Front (PF).
Vol 52 No 12 | ZAMBIA Banda brothers on the attack 10th June 2011 President Banda remains favourite to win the elections but the ructions caused by his sons’ activism are chipping away at that margin of victory President Rupiah Banda’s dismissal of his friend and campaign manager, Vernon Johnson Mwaanga, at the urging of his sons James and Henry, demonstrates their growing political weight in...
Vol 52 No 12 | ZAMBIA Sata rises in the west 10th June 2011 The electoral fortunes of Michael Sata are improving, in what has become a two-horse presidential race. The conventional wisdom had been that Sata could not defeat President Rupiah...
Vol 52 No 10 | ZAMBIAMINING Glencore connection 13th May 2011 The serenity of Glencore’s Initial Public Offering on the Hong Kong and London Stock Exchanges remains undisturbed by revelations of inflated costs and transfer-pricing by Zambia’s Mopani Copper...
Vol 52 No 6 | ZAMBIAMINING Taxing problems for Zambia 18th March 2011 Some US$66 million in tax revenue owed to the Treasury are missing, according to the mid-February report on Zambia published under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The...
Vol 52 No 2 | ZAMBIA Banda on the backfoot 21st January 2011 Despite a faster-growing economy, opposition parties are winning support by pushing nationalism Facing growing dissatisfaction, President Rupiah Bwezani Banda and the governing Movement for Multiparty Democracy have a fight on their hands to win this year’s national elections. The MMD...
Vol 52 No 1 | ZAMBIA Challenging Banda 7th January 2011 President Rupiah Banda is facing an increasingly strong challenge in the upcoming elections since Michael Sata’s Patriotic Front (PF) made common cause with the United Party for National...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 12 | ZAMBIAASIA Ties will remain strong, says Sata 5th October 2011 Slating bad Chinese investment in Zambia was a major plank of oppositionist Michael Sata’s electioneering but Beijing’s businessmen are not worried Immediately after Michael Sata’s election as President of Zambia on 22 September, global copper prices fell to their lowest point in almost a year, hitting US$7,500 per tonne, amid fears...