{"id":42135,"date":"2021-06-18T18:31:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T16:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=42135"},"modified":"2021-06-18T16:59:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T14:59:49","slug":"mdc-alliance-mourns-pan-african-leader-kenneth-kaunda-full-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-alliance-mourns-pan-african-leader-kenneth-kaunda-full-statement","title":{"rendered":"MDC Alliance Mourns \u2018Pan-African Leader\u2019 Kenneth Kaunda \u2013 Full Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><b>CONDOLENCE MESSAGE ON THE PASSING OF HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT KENNETH DAVID KAUNDA<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The MDC Alliance has learnt with profound sadness of the passing of Zambia\u2019s founding President and pan-African leader par-excellence, President Kenneth David Kaunda, at the age of 97 years.<\/p>\n<p>We extend our deepest condolences to the Kaunda family and the people of Zambia on this loss.<\/p>\n<p>President Kaunda lived an extraordinary and exemplary life that embodied the pan-African values of selflessness, service, sacrifice and solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>The liberation history of southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, can never be written without acknowledging the important role played by President Kaunda.<\/p>\n<p>Affectionately known as \u201cKK\u2019, President Kaunda worked tirelessly with other leaders of the frontline states to ensure that the region was liberated from the shackles of colonial domination and apartheid.<\/p>\n<p>He was a founding father of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). President Kaunda was also one of the first African leaders to hand over power peacefully following an electoral defeat in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>He dedicated his postpresidency era to worthy causes including the fight against HIV\/AIDS. Africa has lost a great statesman and one of its iconic giants!<\/p>\n<p>In the true sense of our African philosophy of ubuntu and in recognition of the immense contribution of this great son of the soil to Zimbabwe\u2019s independence, Zimbabwe must immediately declare a period of mourning.<\/p>\n<p>Rest In Peace, KK.<\/p>\n<p>One Zambia, One Nation!<\/p>\n<p><b>Gladys Kudzaishe Hlatywayo<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Secretary for International Relations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. CONDOLENCE MESSAGE ON THE PASSING OF HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT KENNETH DAVID KAUNDA The MDC Alliance has learnt with profound sadness of the passing of Zambia\u2019s founding President and pan-African leader par-excellence, President Kenneth David Kaunda, at the age of 97 years. We extend our deepest condolences to the Kaunda family and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,10,15],"tags":[1493,2189,2575,2576,5189,664,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-42135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-parties","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-gladys-hlatywayo","14":"tag-gladys-kudzaishe-hlatywayo","15":"tag-kenneth-kaunda","16":"tag-zambia","17":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MDC Alliance Mourns \u2018Pan-African Leader\u2019 Kenneth Kaunda \u2013 Full Statement - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CONDOLENCE MESSAGE ON THE PASSING OF HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT KENNETH DAVID KAUNDA The MDC Alliance has learnt ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-alliance-mourns-pan-african-leader-kenneth-kaunda-full-statement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MDC Alliance Mourns \u2018Pan-African Leader\u2019 Kenneth Kaunda \u2013 Full Statement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CONDOLENCE MESSAGE ON THE PASSING OF HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT KENNETH DAVID KAUNDA The MDC Alliance has learnt ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-alliance-mourns-pan-african-leader-kenneth-kaunda-full-statement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-18T16:31:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-18T14:59:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/img-60ccb4bcc7f35.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-alliance-mourns-pan-african-leader-kenneth-kaunda-full-statement\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-alliance-mourns-pan-african-leader-kenneth-kaunda-full-statement\",\"name\":\"MDC Alliance Mourns \u2018Pan-African Leader\u2019 Kenneth Kaunda \u2013 Full Statement - 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