- Zambian Elections. 2011
A Patriotic Front supporter in the capital Lusaka holding placards near Soweto Market protesting at the delays in announcing the results of the poll. He is holding his forefinger to his mouth symbolising the Opposition party’s main slogan ‘Don’t Kubeba’ meaning ‘Don’t Tell’. Following allegations that the incumbent party had been trying to bribe and cajole voters in other ways to vote with them, the Opposition PF party responded by telling supporters to accept these gifts and to pretend to vote the incumbent party’s way – but in the secret ballot to actually cast their votes differently. Lusaka, Zambia. 2011 - Zambian Elections 2011
A supporter of the Opposition party and its newly elected President wearing the colours of the Patriotic Front and celebrating into the early hours of Saturday 24th September at a nightclub in Lusaka. She is holding her forefinger to her mouth symbolising the Opposition party’s main slogan ‘Don’t Kubeba’ meaning ‘Don’t Tell’. Lusaka, Zambia. 2011 - In the early hours of Friday 23rd September though, Michael Sata – the leader of the Main Opposition party – the Patriotic Front (PF) – was finally announced the clear winner of general elections held in Zambia on 20th September 2011. With 43% of the vote, Mr Sata beat the incumbent President Rupiah Banda and his party – the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) by a clear margin. It was Sata’s 4th attempt at the Presidency having been beaten by the narrowest of margins in the previous polls in 2006. The inauguration ceremony on the grounds of the Supreme Court was a chaotic affair and was witnessed by over 5000 jubilant supporters. Lusaka, Zambia, 2011
- Posters of the incumbent, President Rupiah Banda torn down in the city centre of the capital Lusaka a few days before Presidential and Parliamentary elections held in Zambia on 20th September 2011. And that were followed by 2 days of tension created by the delays in announcing final results. Lusaka, Zambia, 2011
- A young boy holding up a 5000 Zambian Kwacha note to his face. Great North Road, Central Province, Zambia, 2011
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