Letter from Zambia (chapter 2)high noon at ok corral for rb and the king cobra!

The Thursday edition of the Zambia Daily Mail leads with a screaming headline 'Sata collapses'. 

The story is that Michael Sata, leader of the Patriotic Front (PF) and touted as the main challenger to President Rupiah Banda collapsed while disembarking from a helicopter in Nalolo, Western Province.  Unlike in Botswana, here even opposition candidates fly to rallies across this vast country of 782,000 square kilometres. Though there is no state funding for political parties, the big organisations seem to have money in abundance. The story goes on to explain that Sata's collapse was caused by cabin pressure.