POLITICAL violence is not a new phenomenon of Zambian politics. During the fight for independence, the United National Independence Party (UNIP) launched a brief violent struggle known as the Chachacha.There were unfortunate victims of that violent struggle who included Ms Lillian Margaret Burton, a white settler killed in Ndola.Equally considered as victims were four youths accused of killing Ms Burton. The four known as the Livingstone Four were hanged by the colonial government and some UNIP leaders believed that the wrong people were killed for an offence they never committed.The chief planner of the Chachacha uprising Lewis Mutale Changufu refused to receive any honours from UNIP as well as the MMD governments as a protest over the wrongful hanging of John Chanda, 26, Robin Kamima, 18, Edward Ngebe, 27, and James Paikani Phiri, 20.Mr Changufu believed that the four should have been honoured as freedom fighters. He strongly believed that the colonial government hanged them […]
ELECTION 2021 – POLITICAL VIOLENCE NEVER WINS AN ELECTION!
