Zuma joined Zambian nationals in wishing the former statesman a happy birthday.
Former president Jacob Zuma alongside the ANC sent well wishes to the former president of Zambia Dr Kenneth David Kaunda who celebrated his 95th birthday on Sunday.
“It was from Zambia that the combined forces of Umkhonto WeSizwe, the military wing of the ANC together with the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army of ZAPU infiltrated then Southern Rhodesia to fight the occupation army of the settler regime led by Ian Smith and supported by the Apartheid regime of South Africa in the Wanki and Sipolilo Campaigns in 1967 and 1968.
As we celebrate 25 years of freedom we recall that South Africa’s transition to freedom and democracy owes a lot to the contribution that President Kaunda made personally and the role that the Zambian people played to ensure that South Africa was finally liberated. The role that President Kaunda played in our liberation struggle is indeed immeasurable. When the ANC moved towards negotiations with the apartheid regime President Kaunda supported that initiative, and did not put pressure on the ANC to adopt a settlement at all cost. He took a principled stand and backed the ANC demands as spelt out in the Harare Declaration. This support was crucial at the Organisation for African Unity , which adopted those guidelines as preconditions for negotiations.
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