Levy Patrick Mwanawasa

Part of the opposition seems to stem from nostalgia for his predecessor the late Levy Mwanawasa and part from suspicions about his relations with another ex-president Frederick Chiluba who has just won a judgment in Lusaka allowing him to keep assets which are widely seen as stolen...

Rupiah Bwezani Banda came to office by accident in November 2008 on the death of President Levy Mwanawasa (AC Vol 49 No 23)...

The late President Levy Mwanawasa was seen as one of the new crop of progressive African leaders...

After a few years as a private consultant he was called to public service by President Levy Mwanawasa who backed him to run on the MMD ticket for the Lunte constituency...

It was an outburst that cost China goodwill though in the end not enough to cost Levy Mwanawasa victory...

Nawakwi was a key ally of Banda’s during the 2008 elections after the death of President Levy Mwanawasa in July 2008...

When Hastings Banda then Bakili Muluzi ruled Malawi and Kenneth Kaunda then Levy Mwanawasa ruled Zambia the issue had little significance for domestic politics...

In the 30 October election triggered by the death of President Levy Mwanawasa (AC Vol 49 Nos 17 & 18) he lost in five of the nine provinces including the crucial ones of Lusaka the capital and the Copperbelt mining towns...

After winning last October’s presidential election he has made just five changes to the late President Levy Mwanawasa’s last cabinet (AC Vol 49 No 23)...

He was MMD National Secretary and a Minister without Portfolio under Chiluba but broke with the party in 2001 after Levy Mwanawasa was chosen as its presidential candidate...

The winds fall The government of late President Levy Mwanawasa tried to get Zambia a bigger share of mining revenues during the boom raising corporate tax to 30% from 25% and increasing tax on profits from 0...