In 1990, receiving a thunderous welcome on his first trip outside South Africa after release from prison, President Nelson Mandela said of Lusaka and Zambia: “Because of the important contribution of this city in the freedom struggle of the people in South and elsewhere, it no longer belongs to Zambia alone. It belongs to our continent as a whole. ” And Dr M Muhammad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia observed: “We know that Lusaka has been the birth place of many struggles.” Says Zambias First President Dr Kaunda: “Obviously, that was a risk we had to take. It was either we decided to completely support the cause of liberation or go into it half-hearted and do nothing. And having decided to go full scale in support of the liberation movements, we had to take that risk. Indeed, as we all know, the Zambian people and the country of Zambia paid that high price.” Is South African President Jacob Zuma forgetting too soon when he looks down on the thinking of other Africans?
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:43:30 +0000
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