South African High Commission to
Zambia Moses Chikane has implored Zambians to use the country’s 48th independence
anniversary to celebrate the life and legacy of Mama Betty Kaunda, who
died last month.
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And Mr. Chikane says time has
come for the African continent to use its political independence as a
springboard for economic emancipation.
Mr. Chikane said although the
independence struggle is synonymous with the role Dr. Kenneth Kaunda and other
freedom fighters played, Mama Betty Kaunda also represents a rare class of
heroines of the struggle.
The South African envoy told the
Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in an interview today that South
Africans and the continent will always remember the role Zambia played in
liberating the region.
Mr. Chikane has extended his
congratulations to Zambians for consolidating democracy as evident by last
year’s smooth transfer of power from the MMD to the Patriotic Front-PF .
He urged Zambians to continue
working together in ensuring that the country achieves all its developmental
targets and other national goals.
And Mr. Chikane has also implored
the African continent to harness its abundant natural resource in fighting poverty,
disease, hunger and other social ills.
Mr. Chikane called for
developmental strategies that see the total transformation of the continent
from being under-developed into a prosperous one.
He noted that the continent has
arable land and water bodies that can support agriculture and feed the whole
continent.
ZANIS
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