ZAMBIA: AFRICAN FREEDOM MOVEMENTS SET UP OFFICES IN LUSAKA

Record ID: 230355

  • Title: ZAMBIA: AFRICAN FREEDOM MOVEMENTS SET UP OFFICES IN LUSAKA
  • Date: 14th April 1965
  • Summary: 1. GV PAN CAIRO ROAD, LUSAKA 0.12 2. AV PAN DOWN ZAPU OFFICE, MR GEORGE SILUNAKA EMERGES 0.20 3. CU MR. SILUNAKA (2 SHOTS) 0.24 4. AV PAN DOWN ZANU OFFICE, PAN TO MR JOHN MATAURE 0.31 5. CU MR. MATAURE 0.34 6. LV EXT. SWAPO OFFICE 0.37 7. CU SIGN ON DOOR, MR. SAM NUJOMA EMERGES 0.44 8. GV EXT. FRELIMO OFFICE 0.46 9. SV SIGN OUTSIDE 0.48 10. SV PAN. MR M.K. NYAMUMPAMBADZAH ARRIVES 0.54 11. SV PAN DOWN EXT. PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS BUILDING, MR. NTLOEDIBE OUTSIDE. 1.07 Initials JT/VS/MR/OS JT/VS/MR/SGM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th April 1965 13:00
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  • Location: LUSAKA, ZAMBIA
  • Country: Zambia
  • Reuters ID: LVA6ZL2B5XA0KY453LJULKDF7EXW
  • Story Text: SEVERAL AFRICAN FREEDOM MOVEMENTS HAVE ESTABLISHED OFFICES IN LUSAKA, CAPITAL OF ZAMBIA.THEY MOVED IN AFTER ZAMBIA, FORMERLY NORTHERN RHODESIA, GOT ITS INDEPENDENCE LAST YEAR.

    THE MOVEMENTS, ALL BANNED IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES, HAVE OFFICES ON CAIRO ROAD, ONE OF LUSAKA'S MAIN STREET.AT THE OFFICE OF ZAPU - ZIMBABWE AFRICAN PEOPLE'S UNION - MR.GEORGE SILUNAKA HANDLES ALL PUBLICITY AND INFORMATION.

    ZANU - ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION - IS ANOTHER ORGANISATION STRIVING FOR AFRICAN RULE IN NEIGHBOURING RHODESIA.ITS CHIEF REPRESENTATIVE IN ZAMBIA IS MR.JOHN MATAURE.

    SWAPO - SOUTH WEST AFRICA PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION - IS REPRESENTED BY MR.SAM NUJOMA, LEADER OF WHAT HE CALLS THE NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLE OF SOUTH WEST AFRICA.

    FRELIMO - MOZAMBIQUE LIBERATION FRONT - ORGANISES RAIDS AGAINST PORTUGUESE TROOPS IN THE NEIGHBOURING COLONY.ITS SECRETARY IS MR.M.K.NYAMUMPAMBADZAH.

    ONE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S MANY ANTI-GOVERNMENT MOVEMENTS IS THE PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS, WHICH IS OUTLAWED IN THE COUNTRY IT WANTS TO FREE OF APARTHEID.ITS LUSAKA REPRESENTATIVE IS MR.NTLOEDIBE.
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