Thu, 08 Feb 2018 10:31:48 +0000 By Philip Chirwa THE was the first European to join the African National Congress (ANC) of the then Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia) way back in 1951. Soon, he was to get embroiled in the fight against the introduction of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, prompting the colonial government to find it necessary to deport him. His name: Simon Ber Zukas, who was later to become a cabinet minister in an independent Zambia following his return from forced exile. Arraigned before the Livingstone High Court in April, 1952, he was asked by the white Chief Justice hearing his deportation case: “Why are you so much involved in the political moves in this country?“ And his prompt reply was: “I was educated here…I have always taken an interest in social affairs beyond myself. I am very interested in the affairs of the African people.” The white Chief Justice was apparently […]
