ZAMBIA is under global spotlight as the country mourns the great statesman and acclaimed African liberator Kenneth Kaunda, who devoted his life to creating a just society with equal opportunities for all.Indeed, the vigour and steadfastness with which Dr Kaunda crafted his plans in his life-time paid off in many instances locally and beyond the national frontiers.He stood apart from many world leaders, some of whom opposed his hardline stance against Southern Rhodesia’s Ian Douglas Smith and South Africa’s racist and pro-apartheid leader John Vorster.Yes, his spirited efforts did not go unscathed as Zambia suffered rebel bombings in which citizens and African freedom fighters died while infrastructure such as the Tazara’s Chambeshi Bridge was destroyed.All the while KK, as he was famously known, focused on the future, opting to suffer the consequences at the time and preserving the joy for generations ahead.This subsequently paid off as Mozambique and Angola gained independence in 1975, both from […]
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