Vol 44 No 19 | ZAMBIA Zamtrop and the politicians 26th September 2003 The courts are crowded with politicians and public servants who served under the previous President. Frederick Chiluba himself was arrested on 5 August to face 96 counts of...
Vol 44 No 14 | ZAMBIA The Fund's no fun 11th July 2003 President Levy Mwanawasa's government agreed a budget for 2003 with the International Monetary Fund and overspent it by 612 billion kwacha; the IMF's man in Lusaka, Mark Ellyne,...
Vol 44 No 12 | ZAMBIA Sacking the veep 13th June 2003 Frayed tempers and shoddy deals lie behind President Mwanawasa's political cull In an unexpected reshuffle on 28 May, President Levy Mwanawasa sacked Vice-President Enock Kavindele, long-time friend and Finance Minister Emmanuel Kasonde and Information Minister Newstead Zimba. Two main...
Vol 44 No 5 | ZAMBIA Poison and bankruptcy 7th March 2003 Arresting the former President sets a precedent and splits the ruling party The arrest of former President Frederick Chiluba on 24 February, to face 66 charges of corruption, will make a lot of African leaders even keener to hold on...
Vol 43 No 22 | ZAMBIA Undoing the rigging 8th November 2002 Was the election rigged? Must there be a fresh election? Later this month, the Supreme Court will resume hearing a petition on those questions.
Vol 43 No 19 | ZAMBIA Corruption club 27th September 2002 Mwanawasa's anti-corruption claims are in doubt as evidence of election-rigging emerges 'I will gladly step down if the court rules that I was elected fraudulently,' announced President Levy Mwanawasa on 19 September. Anderson Mazoka, the runner-up in last December's...
Vol 43 No 17 | ZAMBIA Looking for clues 30th August 2002 Zambia's under-paid detectives are no match for the sophisticated networks built up by ex-President Frederick Chiluba. The taskforce on allegations of plunder by him (AC Vol 43 No...
Vol 43 No 15 | ZAMBIA No immunity 26th July 2002 Zambia's parliament voted unanimously on 16 July to lift ex-President Frederick Chiluba's immunity from prosecution. A criminal investigation will now open into those said to have benefited corruptly...
Vol 43 No 14 | ZAMBIA Levy at war 12th July 2002 As the new President fights the old crowd, even mattresses are weapons President Levy Mwanawasa has declared war on Frederick Chiluba, the man he replaced at the election last December. Chiluba's friends regard Mwanawasa as weak and ungrateful; they say...
Vol 43 No 12 | ZAMBIA Cobalt crunch 14th June 2002 This week, Finance Minister Emmanuel Kasonde receives the final audit report explaining how Zambia lost at least US$60 million in a cobalt marketing agreement with Bahamas-based Metal Resources...