- Title: ZAMBIA: PRO-DEMOCRACY GROUP LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO END ONE-PARTY RULE
- Date: 19th August 1990
- Summary: KABWE, ZAMBIA (AUGUST 18, 1990) 1. SVS CROWD CHANTING SLOGANS AS PEOPLE WALK TO RALLY (2 SHOTS) 0.10 2. GVS/PAN VERNON MWAANGA, LEVI MWAWAGA AND FREDERICK CHILUBA BEING CARRIED BY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTERS (2 SHOTS) 0.30 3. GV/PAN CROWD LIFTING ARMS AND CHEERING AS VOICE SPEAKS OVER PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM ASKING PEOPLE TO REMAIN SEATED SEATED 0.37 4. SV SIGN SAYING "T
- Embargoed: 3rd September 1990 13:00
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- Location: KABWE, ZAMBIA
- Country: Zambia
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA3ENQEBEGI3TEWDJX3FTS6J2AZ
- Story Text: KABWE, ZAMBIA
Zambia's pro-democracy movement launched its campaign to end one party rule on Saturday (August 18) with a call for President Kenneth Kaunda to resign.
Arthur Wina, chairman of the month-old Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) urged a crowd of 100,000 to vote against the ruling National Independence Party (UNIP) in a referendum on multi-party politics scheduled for next year.
Speaking at the rally in Kabwe, a copper mining town in northern Zambia, Wina accused Kaunda's party of political and economic mismanagement during his 17 years of rule since the country's independence from Britain.
Vernon Mwaanga, MMD chairman of publicity, Levi Mwawaga, chairman of MMD's legal committee and Frederick Chiluba, MMD vice-chairman were warmly welcomed at the rally.
Kaunda, who opposes multi-party rule for Zambia because he says it would accentuate tribal divisions, agreed to hold the referendum after riots in June over food price rises.
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