Prosecuting the prosecutor: the collapse of Zambian Airways has not only led to job losses and a missing link in the economy, but also a protracted battle in which the airline's owners, politicians and a popular private newspaper are engaged. While the fall of the airline is a business matter, politics is also playing a role in this whole saga. Austin Mbewe reports.

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Prosecuting the prosecutor: the collapse of Zambian Airways has not only led to job losses and a missing link in the economy, but also a protracted battle in which the airline's owners, politicians and a popular private newspaper are engaged. While the fall of the airline is a business matter, politics is also playing a role in this whole saga. Austin Mbewe reports.

It is a multifaceted piece of political and business drama that has been as absorbing as it is controversial and whose end for now is as unknown as a twisting and turning detective novel. Mutembo Nchito, a youthful Lusaka lawyer, is the chief prosecutor on the Task Force against Corruption and has made quite a name for himself by successfully prosecuting several ex-government officials, some of wh...

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