Michael Sata
Michael Sata
Michael Chilufya Satawas a Zambian politician who was the fifth President of Zambia, from 23 September 2011 until his death on 28 October 2014. A social democrat, he led the Patriotic Front, a major political party in Zambia. Under President Frederick Chiluba, Sata was a minister during the 1990s as part of the Movement for Multiparty Democracygovernment; he went into opposition in 2001, forming the PF. As an opposition leader, Sata – popularly known as "King Cobra" – emerged as...
NationalityZambian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 July 1937
CountryZambia
Dr. Kaunda, although he was running a one-party state, was very close to the West, and that is why he achieved as much as he did. But we drifted away from the West to look for new friends.
Every hour I spent on manual work, every hour I was humiliated in England or degraded has helped me because that's the same way other people feel in the townships here. People are still walking long distances and are working long hours.
When I joined politics, I was arrested in Luanshya... In 1960, I was with great people like Justine Chimba, Mazimba from Ndola and Dingiswayo Banda.
I have got my very own cadres in uniform (police).
Mugabe hasn't done anything wrong. It is the imperialists, the capitalist-roaders, who say he is a villain.
We have formed an alliance and we will now consult our members to determine which way forward.
To be a parent, you must be authoritarian. If the Zambians want to succeed, they must learn to work hard, and they should not expect to be treated with kid gloves.
They only reason with their guns, not with their brains.
Africa, and Zambia in particular, drifted away from the West for a long time, and we have to reconcile.
This is a big lesson to the opposition. It will be worse as we approach elections.
I have to try and uplift the standard of living for the people in Zambia. If I cannot do that, I will have failed.
In our own country, we are being harassed. We came here voluntarily with few cadres but we are being blocked.
This is our country. You are treating me like an animal, like it's not my country.