As Zambia goes to the polls on 13 August President Hakainde Hichilema first elected in 2021 is seeking re-election in a contest shaped as much by disputes over electoral rules as by political competition...
THE GROUND GAME GETS TOUGHER To win the presidency both Hakainde Hichilema and Brian Mundubile must secure core voter blocs in rural areas as well as in Lusaka and the Copperbelt...
Just in time for national elections on 13 August a noisy debate has broken out in Lusaka about the extent to which President Hakainde Hichilema who is seeking a second five-year term is doing the bidding of foreign backers especially Canada's First Quantum Minerals (FQM) by cutting taxes and in the allocation of prime mining leases...
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The deal coincides with the manifesto launch of President Hakainde Hichilema's United Party for National Development ahead of August's general election...
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Its verdict was largely positive stating that President Hakainde Hichilema's government has made ‘substantial progress in restoring macroeconomic stability' while accessing $1...
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012bn in health funding requires President Hakainde Hichilema's government to hire 40 000 new health workers and contribute an additional $400m in health services over five years...
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The big risk is that President Hakainde Hichilema's government breaks with the current financial strictures to ramp up spending ahead of the polls...
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President Hakainde Hichilema has got his constitutional amendment bill over the line a move that will increase the size of the National Assembly and scrap term limits for mayors and council leaders...
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Vol 66 No 19 |
- ZAMBIA
- CHINA
President Hakainde Hichilema's government has upped the ante in its dispute with Sino-Metals demanding more compensation for a collapse at the dam that resulted in more than one million tonnes of toxic waste spilling into Kafue River...
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Vol 66 No 14 |
- GHANA
- ZAMBIA
- DEBT
Like Ghana President Hakainde Hichilema's government is expected by the IMF with whom its 38-month loan facility ends in October to increase revenues...
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President Hakainde Hichilema is under fire for his laggardly response to ex-President Edgar Lungu's death following claims by the opposition that he prevented his predecessor from travelling abroad for cancer treatment...
