President Sata, who was being treated in the UK, died in London's King Edward VII hospital on Tuesday night.

The President was a very fine leader and it was a shame he did not come into power a few years ago.

RIP

Sorry to hear the bad news Andrew.

Will this have an adverse affect on Zambian hunting in your opinion?

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Originally posted by surefire7:
Sorry to hear the bad news Andrew.

Will this have an adverse affect on Zambian hunting in your opinion?

It will most likely delay things.

Andrew, Interesting to see that he got a bit of a beating in the international press (Cobra Sata) for his sometimes very direct and brisk approach to things.

Min of Defense shortlisted as his successor as opposed to the Vice President ?!

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Originally posted by Charlie64:

Min of Defense shortlisted as his successor as opposed to the Vice President ?!

A very interesting political situation in Zambia.

The Zamibian Vice President, Guy Scott, was sworn in today as acting-president until elections can be held in 90-days. Scott, who is a white African of Scottish decent, is ineligible to run for president. A clause in the constitution dictates that only those whose parents were born in Zambia can be president.

Scott is the first white African leader since FW de Klerk stepped down as president of South Africa in 1994. "I am the acting president at the moment. It has just been passed by cabinet," Scott said in a news conference. He went on to comment that this made him Africa's first white president of a democratic government ever "except maybe the Venetians in the days when they ran the world". (That's not exactly true: In 2003, Paul Berenger - a white African of French extraction - was sworn in as the first non-Hindu Prime Minister in the history of the Indian ocean island of Mauritius.)

Zambia achieved independence in 1964 and is the former British Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia.

Sorry to hear the news. With leaders like him there is still hope for Africa.

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Originally posted by fairgame:
President Sata, who was being treated in the UK, died in London's King Edward VII hospital on Tuesday night.

The President was a very fine leader and it was a shame he did not come into power a few years ago.

RIP

Probably the best Zambia ever had.

RIP

What a step forward for Africa. This is true democracy in play lets see how it is accepted by the masses.

Sad news. Why does the good ones die and other presidents who will be unamed (you all know who) live until they are 100

Zambia's succession battle at full throttle ahead of 2016 elections
By Prince Ofori-Atta

The Late Michael Sata (R) and Interim President Guy Scott. Photo©Lusaka Voice

The Late Michael Sata (R) and Interim President Guy Scott. Photo©Lusaka Voice
The appointment of Guy Scott as Zambia's interim president following the death of President Michael Sata is only the beginning of a long internal succession struggle.

Sata's death in London on Tuesday may have lifted the lid on a succession struggle in that country but it remains unclear if his party will stay united ahead of the next election.

The southern African country has a constitutional provision stipulating that upon the death of a serving president, an election must be held in 90 days.

Vice-president Guy Scott was appointed as interim president until the next elections after cabinet deliberations on Wednesday morning.

Sata's death came shortly after a succession battle saw two names emerge as his Patriotic Front party presidential frontrunners for the next elections.

The ruling Patriotic Front was split into two factions with one group led by Finance minister Alexander Chikwanda on the one hand and Scott as well as Justice minister Wynter Kabimba on the other.

Scott would not qualify to contest for the presidency because of his Scottish parentage and is likely to back Kabimba. A constitutional clause states that a president should be of Zambian parentage.

Although analysts suggest the protagonists might be in a precarious situation as Sata's death risks exposing an undisciplined party, Scott's current position could empower Kabimba, despite the latter not being from the majority Bemba ethnic group.

Chikwanda's faction in the party is mostly Bemba.

Despite acting as president in the absence of Sata, Chikwanda was side-stepped and Defense minister, Edgar Lungu was appointed acting president before Sata left for London.

Both Edgar Lungu, who stepped aside for Scott as acting president, and Chikwanda, are likely to contend for the ruling party's ticket.

Sata, who took office in September 2011, had been unwell for several months.

A mid-September appearance at a parliamentary session where he announced that he was "not dead" did little to mitigate the succession fervour in his own party.

The parliamentary address saw the president making his first public appearance after disappearing in mid-June.

Sata failed to attend a crucial US-Africa summit in early August this year and was also absent from the annual Southern African Development Community summit held during the same month in Zimbabwe.

Sata became the second Zambian president to die in office after Levy Mwanawasa who died in 2008.

The Zambian leader also became the 11th African president to die in office since 2008.

Am I missing something here Andrew, Was Pres Sata not the guy who ordered the release of 670 odd poachers from Jail a few years ago,therefore Pres Sata was ‘tacitly condoning poaching'

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Originally posted by Peter Barnard:
Am I missing something here Andrew, Was Pres Sata not the guy who ordered the release of 670 odd poachers from Jail a few years ago,therefore Pres Sata was ‘tacitly condoning poaching'

Minor offenders.

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Will he get thru the next elections ?

Seems there is a lot of noise already about what he is doing ?!
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