POLITICAL analyst Dr Neo Simutanyi says President Hakainde Hichilema will easily get 50 percent plus one in the August general elections. But Dr Simutanyi says the UPND will get less that the 2.8 million votes they got in 2021. In an interview, Wednesday, Dr Simutanyi said the political dynamics had shifted since the death of former president Edgar Lungu who was the galvanising figure for the opposition. “Do you remember when I said that? It was April or May 2025, so the configuration, the political dynamics have shifted since that time. And the consideration then, when I was interviewed, was that Edgar Lungu was a factor. Because he was more or less the galvanising figure for the opposition. The opposition...




