Vice President Inonge Wina is hopeful that South Africa will hold free, fair and peaceful elections next month.
Mrs. Wina is also confident upcoming elections in Malawi and Botswana among others to be held in the SADC region this year will also be free and fair.
Speaking when she received Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji in South Africa today, Mrs. Wina commended the SADC region for growing its democracy.
South Africa will hold elections on 8th May 2019 to elect a new National Assembly and provincial legislatures in each province.
And Mr. Malanji who is also the Head of the SADC Electoral Observer Mission for the 2019 National and Provincial elections in South Africa, said President Edgar Lungu appointed 48 election observers drawn from the SADC member states.
He also disclosed that President Lungu has appointed former Minister of Foreign Affairs Kabinga Pande as his alternate as SADC Head of Electoral Observer Mission.
Meanwhile Mrs. Wina said she missed the auspicious occasion held to celebrate the 95th Birthday of First Republican President Dr. David Kenneth Kaunda.
She wished Dr. Kaunda many more happy returns and good health.
Mrs. Wina is in South Africa for a medical checkup after she was evacuated on Saturday for specialised medical treatment.
This is contained in a statement issued to the media by First Secretary for Press and Public Relations at the Zambian High Commission in South Africa, Naomi Nyawali.
there’s so much foreign (Russian) interference in many elections, what gives her the confidence that elections will be free and fair?
this’ a new error, what one reads isn’t necessarily the truth, with so much fake news and Russian trolls, how can she say that? or did she say that just to say something?
Mama Vice President,
Get some rest please. Politics will still be here when you recover. Give that vuvuzela a rest for now.
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
I love and respect this great woman! Wishing you a steady recovery Mama Inonge, God watch and protect over you.
Madam please just rest don’t try to justify your stay by pretending to work your health is more important
She is very jovial after a multidisciplinary health check that came after an encounter with her health challengers… as you can see she is in high spirits, regretting not being able to attend the 95th Birthday celebrations; she missed her flight in a moment of resilient laid back repose.
Our friends are privileged you get sick, book yourself in a five star hotel in a foreign country to recuperate.
That’s what I call living.
A person suffer heart attack; quickly flown to a foreign hospital and a day later the same is addressing the nation on regional politics!!!
Are we so naive and who do the system think we are? And if she succumbs to the illness ati pray for her bla bla?