Given Lubinda says people attacked have no evidence to link PF as more victimised
Reprisal attacks on staunch MMD supporters carried out by suspected PF jubilant cadres in Lusaka have continued to emerge. MMD Kanyama constituency Mobilizing Chairperson, Goliati Ngosa’s house was broken in to by the PF slogan chanting youths who stole One Million Kwacha and a home theater. Mr Ngosa’s wife Mary confirmed the incident to MUVI TV News today saying [...]
Foreign miners in Zambia shouldn’t “lose sleep” about their investments because newly elected President Michael Sata won’t change mining and tax laws without consulting them, his party said today. The Patriotic Front party is considering introducing a tax on copper exports, “but only when prices are higher than normal,” Sata spokesman Miles Sampa said today by phone. [...]
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Patriotic Front cadres led by PF losing Monze Central parliamentary candidate Giver Nsanzya, on Friday stormed Monze District Commissioner Joyce Nondo’s office and demanded that she leaves office immediately, as the reign of terror intensifies. And Gwembe District Commissioner Raymond Nampindi has handed over the keys to his office for fear of working under the leadership of [...]
Continue reading …Former Patriotic Front Secretary General Edward Mumbi has gone in to hiding. Others who have gone underground for fear of their lives under the new regime are Gregory Chifire, Edwin Lifwekelo and Elvis Nkandu the president of the Zambia National Marketeers Association based in Kitwe. Yesterday as new ruler Michael Sata was being sworn, PF [...]
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The Zambian election has provided an important lesson for the people of Zimbabwe and Sadc that peaceful power transfer is possible, analysts said on Friday, wrote the Newsday of Zimbabwe The Zambian election, which saw opposition leader Michael Sata, nicknamed “King Cobra”, oust incumbent Rupiah Banda, whose Movement for Multiparty Democracy had run Zambia since [...]
Continue reading …Canadian media: Leadership Change in Zambia Is Bad News for First Quantum
September 24, 2011 116 CommentsThe victory of Sata, who has pledged to squeeze foreign miners for additional cash, marks a disappointment for First Quantum, which we expect will derive 73% of 2011 revenue from the country and will continue to depend on Zambia for a significant portion of its earnings, even after the launch of commercial operations in Australia and Finland.
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Chinese officials have given a cautious endorsement of Zambia’s presidential election results, where the winning candidate was highly critical of his predecessor’s economic policies with China, according to the Voice of America, Beijing has been watching this week’s election results in Zambia closely and anxiously. The African country’s pro-China president, Rupiah Banda, was voted out [...]
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