Sun, 09 Jul 2017 11:33:50 +0000 Govt of national unity with the UPND a non-starter Dear Editor, I agree that dictatorship, coups, armed rebellions, free-and-fair elections and now in vogue power-sharing – Africa has seen it all. But as Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu revealed that aggressive foreign monopoly capital was agitating for regime change in Zambia, South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe to regain their lost business empires by employing local opposition political parties which they funded and supported made a sad reading indeed. As expected, however, having failed to gain power in last year’s elections through their proxy, the UPND in Zambia, their efforts were now directed at gaining power by forcing a government of national unity – power sharing whereby or thereby teaching Zambian politicians that even if you lost the cup final you still walked away with a hand on the trophy (“No unity Govt – Lungu”, Daily Nation, July 7, 2017). As […]
