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Aug 30, 2012 · Michael Sata: His Mouth, His Greatest Enemy (Stand Up For Zambia) In this edition of the documentary series Stand Up for Zambia, journalist Chanda Chimba examines President Michael Sata's...
President Michael Sata's story is an extraordinary one. CCTV's Jane Kiyo takes a look at the inspiration and the controversy of the late Zambian president.
Oct 29, 2014 · The legacy of Michael Sata. eNCA. 1.47M subscribers. 32. 10K views 8 years ago. Subscribe to eNCA for latest news. No Fear. No Favour: http://bit.ly/eNCAnews Who was Michael Sata, the Zambian...
- Early Years
- Personal Life
- Early Politics
- Formation of Patriotic Front
- 2006 Election and Afterwards
- Mwanawasa's Death and The 2008 Election
- Presidency
- Illness and Death
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Michael Charles Chilufya Sata was born on 6 July 1937, and brought up in Mpika, Northern Province. He worked under the Zambian Police Service as a police officer, then later as railway man and trade unionist during colonial rule. He spent some time in London working on the railway as a cleaner. Among other things, he was a porter at Victoria railwa...
Sata's first marriage was to Margaret Manda. He later married his second wife, Christine Kaseba, who became First Lady of Zambia during his presidency.Michael Sata reportedly had at least ten children between his two marriages. In 2016, Sata's widow, Christine Kaseba, denied claims by another woman that she too had also been married to Michael Sata...
After Frederick Chiluba defeated Kaunda in 1991, Sata became one of Zambia's most instantly recognisable faces. Under the MMD, he served as minister for local government, labour and, briefly, health where, he stated that his "reforms brought sanity to the health system".[citation needed] In 1995, he was appointed minister without portfolio, the par...
In 2001, President Chiluba nominated Levy Mwanawasa as the MMD's presidential candidate for the 2001 election. In frustration, Sata left the MMD and set up a new party, the Patriotic Front (PF). He contested the 2001 election but did not do well—his party only won one seat in parliament. Sata conceded defeat and continued to campaign
Sata contested the September 2006 presidential election as a populist championing the causes of the poor in the face of Mwanawasa's economic reform policies. While others on the slate of candidates contesting the election frequently resorted to personal attacks and insults, Sata's remarks were at times quite equally scathing. At one campaign event ...
After Mwanawasa suffered a stroke and was hospitalised in France, Sata questioned the official claims about Mwanawasa's health on 15 July 2008, and he called for a team of doctors to be sent by the Cabinet to examine Mwanawasa; this team would then disclose Mwanawasa's actual condition. Mwanawasa died in office in August 2008. On 25 August, Sata at...
Sata ran for President for a fourth time in the election held on 20 September 2011. In the early stages of the campaign he was more vitriolic in his anti-Chinese rhetoric, but he later toned down his rhetoric. Results showed him receiving about 43% of the vote against 36% for Banda, and Chief Justice Ernest Sakala accordingly declared that he had w...
Concerns about Sata's health grew during 2014 and some suggested that he was no longer really running the government due to his condition, although the government denied that. He stopped appearing in public, which seemed jarringly uncharacteristic for the notably extroverted and outspoken president. Observers thought he seemed unwell when he opened...
Presidency of Zambia (State House) Archived 19 June 2005 at the Wayback MachineOfficial WebsitePhoto of Sata[permanent dead link]Obituary in The Independent by Marcus WilliamsonOct 29, 2014 · Michael Chilufya Sata, Zambia's fifth president who has died in London at the age of 77, will be remembered with equal affection and derision as "King Cobra". Gravelly-voiced as a result of...
Oct 29, 2014 · Michael Sata, the president of Zambia, who once swept British railroad station platforms for a living and whose reputation for a sharp tongue and abrasive manner earned him the nickname “King...
Oct 29, 2014 · Michael Sata, who has died aged 77, was the fifth president of Zambia during the half century since the country became independent. A charismatic, forceful but controversial figure, he led the...
