HIGHVIE Hamududu, the leader of the party for National Unity and Progress (PNUP), says any political party that will contest the August general elections without being part of an alliance will lose. In our opinion, he is very right and his message is timely. Going into these August elections, any serious opposition player that insists on “I will run alone, I will win alone” is not being brave, they are being unrealistic. Zambia has moved from the old days where a minority president could sneak through on 29% or 35% because the rest of the vote was scattered everywhere. Under the current majoritarian requirement, the winner must cross the 50%+1 line, and that changes the whole political maths. But the...