This is the sort of valuable information that VJ and his team use to plan ahead and develop strategies. So while UPND and PF have wasted time insulting and vilifying each other the MMD has been busy laying the foundation for 2011 and encouraging all its sympathisers and cadres to register as voters so that come 2011 they will have an inherent built in majority of core voters. This is the way democratic politics are played world over. If you look at the USA for example each party has what they call a base vote and elections are won on making sure your base voters come out and vote but you can only win by attracting what they call ‘swing voters’ and in Zambia these swing voters are the rural dwellers who are very conservative and tend to vote on ethnic lines and on basic issues like seeds, fertiliser and the availability of markets for their produce.

Senior Chief Mwamba of the Bemba says he never said there would be violence in Zambia if Michael Sata’s Patriotic Front  loses the general elections this year. Chief Mwamba has instead said he was misquoted by the reporters who went to his palace. Chief Mwamba has also apologized to President Rupiah Banda and the people of Zambia for the [...]