Opinion
The next government inherits a fragile recovery — not a finished one
Zambia has clawed back stability through painful choices on subsidies, exchange-rate transparency and debt. The temptation to spend the dividend will be enormous.
MUVI Editorial Board·1 day ago
EDITORIAL — Zambia's economic recovery is real but unfinished. The kwacha is back below K28, inflation is easing and copper receipts are climbing. None of this is reason for the next government to spend the dividend.
A credible second-term plan — UPND or otherwise — must keep the fiscal anchor, finish the debt restructuring and resist the urge to roll back painful but necessary subsidy reforms. The country has been here before. It has paid the price twice. There must not be a third time.