Vol 41 No 17 | ZAMBIA Copper politics 1st September 2000 Long-delayed and undersold, the bungled mines privitisation will have consequences Zambians' belief in the brand new Republican Party faces its first test on 26 September. By contesting seven by-elections, the party hopes to give a voice to the...
Vol 41 No 16 | ZAMBIA Copper quarrels 4th August 2000 Government and business still argue despite the long awaited copper sell-off Zambia's ruling politicians had hoped that selling off the government's ailing copper-mines would bring benefits in time for next year's elections (AC Vol 41 No 14). The slow...
Vol 41 No 15 | ZAMBIA Cash yes, reform? 21st July 2000 Promises of dollops of money at the Consultative Group meeting in Lusaka on 16-18 July (AC Vol 41 No 14) dispelled fears that Finance Minister Katele Kalumba was...
Vol 41 No 14 | ZAMBIA The race to succeed 7th July 2000 Since President Chiluba promised to go, the race to follow him is on - covertly The knives are out as the ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy, bereft of a natural successor to President Frederick Chiluba, begins its pre-election finagling. Chiluba could yet cancel...
Vol 41 No 14 | ZAMBIA Clean up for donors 7th July 2000 Lusaka is buzzing with preparations for a crucial meeting of the Consultative Group of donors in the city on 16-19 July. The government is hoping for US$605 million...
Vol 41 No 8 | ZAMBIA Post-KK traumas 14th April 2000 The old leader has gone and the new ones have not yet arrived So strong was the personality cult around the Independence leader and Father of the Nation, former President Kenneth Kaunda, that his United National Independence Party has been thrown...
Vol 40 No 23 | ZAMBIA Chiluba and after 19th November 1999 The President, tempted by another term, would face rivals within his own party President Frederick Chiluba has had a surprisingly good six months. He brokered a seemingly impossible peace deal for the Democratic Republic of Congo, signed in July and now...
Vol 40 No 23 | ZAMBIA Gunmen at the gate 19th November 1999 KK's aspiring politicial son, Wezi, was murdered. On whose orders? Four unknown gunmen at the gate of his house fired four shots and then disappeared. After a few hours in intensive care at the government hospital, he was...
Vol 40 No 12 | ZAMBIA Paris to Lusaka 11th June 1999 The usual bashing of non-governmental organisations followed the World Bank's Consultative Group on Zambia in Paris on 26-28 May (AC Vol 40 No 11). Zambia's Finance Minister...
Vol 40 No 11 | ZAMBIA Down, not out 28th May 1999 The mines are still not privatised but the opposition is at last taking shape Zambia had little to show the World Bank's Consultative Group in Paris on 26-28 May. The future of the government may hang on this meeting. ...