Vol 43 No 9 | ZAMBIA Who's got the money? 3rd May 2002 It still isn't clear just who won the election and who stole the cash President Levy Mwanawasa has bounced back from his stolen election in December and is surprising his many detractors by fending off both the opposition (which holds 81 of...
Vol 43 No 9 | ZAMBIA Cobalt cash 3rd May 2002 An audit report will soon be released on how Zambia's state mining company lost as much as US$60 million exporting cobalt to the Bahamas-based Metal Resources Group. That...
Vol 43 No 6 | ZAMBIA Levy's trials 22nd March 2002 President Levy Mwanawasa is at war with his predecessor, Frederick Chiluba, who resents his independent spirit. Chiluba, who is still President of the governing Movement for Multi-party Democracy,...
Vol 43 No 3 | ZAMBIA Levy limps in 8th February 2002 Even if the courts confirm his election win, parliament can block the President As President Levy Mwanawasa limped into State House, his month-old government waded into a political quagmire. In the National Assembly, which has not met since his election, opposition...
Vol 43 No 3 | ZAMBIA Down the mine, down the drain 8th February 2002 Political troubles were overshadowed on 25 January, when Anglo American announced that it was pulling out of the Copperbelt less than two years after reinvesting there. Copper had...
Vol 43 No 1 | ZAMBIA A not-so-fresh start 11th January 2002 The fragmented opposition had underestimated the Movement for Multi-party Democracy, which bounced back to power with less than 30 per cent of the vote. New President Levy Mwanawasa...
Vol 42 No 24 | ZAMBIA Too close to call 7th December 2001 The gap between the leading presidential contenders is narrowing fast in this landmark election It looks like Zambia's closest election ever, as eleven runners sprint, hobble and lurch towards the finish of the first-past-the-post contest on 27 December. The real prize is...
Vol 42 No 24 | ZAMBIA Maize power 7th December 2001 Maize meal helped drive Kenneth Kaunda from power and could do the same to the Movement for Multi-party Democracy which defeated him in the 1991 elections. When Kaunda...
Vol 42 No 21 | ZAMBIA Payback time 26th October 2001 The President's cheque is stolen and the election heats up The arrest of three men last week on charges of stealing President Frederick Chiluba's salary over the past 16 months is instructive. Apparently Chiluba hadn't noticed that 82...
Vol 42 No 21 | ZAMBIA Presidential runners 26th October 2001 Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD): formed 1990, governing since 1991. Support: Copperbelt and Bemba people, trades unions; endorsed by Dean Mung'omba's Zambia Alliance for...