Guy Scott

Guy Lindsay Scott (1 June 1944 – 15 July 2026) was a Zambian politician who served as acting president of Zambia from 2014 to 2015 and was the 12th vice president from 2011 to 2014. Scott became acting president upon Michael Sata's death in office on 28 October 2014.This made him the first head of state of European descent in mainland Africa since F. W. de Klerk in 1994. Quotes I like to understand the world. And I like to prove that I understand the world by changing it. “I’m a problem-solver by temperament. I see myself as a problem-spotter first of all. I see problems where others don’t see a problem and having spotted the problem, I like to solve it to show that it was a problem. Guy is Guy,” he adds. At 67, Guy Scott can look a little weary and his shoulders sag a little, but he still believes in his childhood ‘Superman’ dream and continues to rake his mind for answers. “I’m still sure there is a fraud in the middle of Western science. I want to get to it. The South Africans are very backward in terms of historical development," he said. "I hate South Africans. That's not a fair thing to say because I like a lot of South Africans but they really think they're the bees' knees and actually they've been the cause of so much trouble in this part of the world. The problem with this guy going on television was that we had to do something because if we had done absolutely nothing we would have got a bollocking from all these evangelical churches plus damn idiots. On the other hand, we didn't want to give him a particularly hard ride. I was very unpopular for [being anti-racist] at the all-white boarding school where they still thought whites could keep power for 100 years. I disagreed and they used to attack me very often. I think the generation of the rumours is malicious. I know the people are always concerned and I am hardly responsible for the people who spread rumours on the basis of nothing, on the basis of what they wish were the case. The South Africans are very backward in terms of historical development. I hate South Africans. That's not a fair thing to say because I like a lot of South Africans but they really think they're the bee's knees and actually they've been the cause of so much trouble in this part of the world. External links