Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:14:00 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO A FRAMEWORK which allows citizens liberty and the full expression of their capabilities is what we need to overcome our challenges and not a radically socialist regime, says former UPND vice president for politics Canisius Banda. Among the aims and principles of the newly formed Socialist Party, led by Cosmas Musumali, is to promote and defend the class interests of the Zambians and build a socialist state in Zambia because capitalism had allegedly brought misery and oppression among citizens. According to the party principles, real changes in the miserable social, cultural, economic and political lives of the working masses cannot come only through parliament and a few reforms but through a revolution made by the majority of working masses. But in an interview with the Daily Nation yesterday, Dr. Banda said Zambia should neither embrace capitalism nor socialism in their most pure and radical forms as […]
