[This is actually very important. I saw this guy on TV. He actually won the election. This is BAD NEWS. Zambia has been toying with Socialism for a long time… but now… we seem to have a hardcore commie in power. I heard him speak. He’s scary stuff. This is another Mugabe clone. This is the kind of thing I warned about in the chapter the Marxist Brotherhood in Government by Deception. I warned to the spread of communism into Africa.

So keep watching… Zambia is now anti-Western… and what little economy it has left after years of toying with socialism… will now be gone.

There are a few thousand whites in Zambia… remember the BOOM in agricultural output which occurred when some white Zimbabwean farmers fled there? Now where will they go? Jan]

Here’s something to look out for:

Zambian poll contender praises Mugabe
By: Paul Richardson

LUSAKA ” Zambians voted yesterday in an election that may bring an end to low taxation policies that have attracted millions of dollars in foreign investment and boosted growth, while leaving much of the country in poverty.

The election pits President Levy Mwanawasa, who has presided over growth in excess of 5%, against Michael Sata, who has criticised foreign investors ” particularly China ” and promised to give Zambians a greater share of the country™s wealth. Analysts say this is the closest election race since independence from Britain in 1964.

As he voted yesterday Sata, who has mounted a strong challenge to Mwanawasa, praised the policies of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.

He hinted that, like Mugabe, he would stand up to both the west and foreign investors.

œWhat Robert Mugabe has done is sensible. He hasn™t roasted any white persons. He has just taken back what belongs to Zimbabweans, Sata said.

Mwanawasa urged voters to give him a second and final five-year term, pointing to an economic record which has seen Zambia win about $7bn in debt relief, cut poverty and push economic growth above 5%.

The polls were open for 12 hours and speculative results over the radio have been banned. First results are expected to be announced today and the final result is expected on Sunday, according to the Electoral Commission of Zambia.

Zambia, a former British colony with a $5,4bn economy, was ruled by Kenneth Kaunda from independence in 1964 to 1991, when he was beaten in polls by labour union leader Frederick Chiluba. Mwanawasa became president in 2002.

Radio Phoenix, an independent radio station in Lusaka, reported that a number of polling stations had opened late because of delays in the delivery of ballot papers and equipment.

Dan Kalale, head of the Electoral Commission of Zambia, said some delays were caused when officials seized ballots at Lusaka airport, which were en route from SA. The papers had not been declared. Kalale said he was arrested when he arrived at the airport to complain.

œI went to the press to say how disgusted I was with the behaviour of the police and a senior official said he would arrest me. I told him he could go and arrest his mother, and then he set 10 officers on me, Kalale said.

Source: Business Day
URL: http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/world.a…br>
MH, USA