- Ukhenketho lwase-Afrika, ukuTshintsha kweMozulu kwakuyinxalenye yombono womongameli owaseka. Mamela ingoma ayibonisileyo ebhiyozela uxolo ngoKhenketho.
- Umongameli waseZambia ufile, eneminyaka engama-97 ubudala. Ubonwa njengegorha lesizwe, iqhawe lesizwe, intshatsheli engekuphela kweZambia awayeyithanda kakhulu kodwa kwiAfrika iphela.
- Ibhodi yoKhenketho yase-Afrika ivakalise uvelwano kuRhulumente naBantu baseZambia nakusapho lakwaKaunda ngokusweleka kwalowo wayesakuba nguMongameli waseZambia uKenneth Kaunda ngeengxelo ezikhutshwe nguMongameli kunye noSihlalo we-ATB.
Iqhawe laseZambia kunye nomongameli owasungula ikholelwa kukhenketho njengomqhubi woxolo lwehlabathi, usweleke eLusaka namhlanje. UKaunda wayenguMongameli waseZambia ukusukela ngo-1964 ukuya ku-1991.
Ngo-Meyi ka-2011, uMongameli wokuqala wase-Zambia, u-Kenneth Kaunda, wenza intetho kumsitho wokuvula IIPT (IZiko laMazwe ngaMazwe loXolo ngezoKhenketho) inkomfa eLusaka. Wazisa umbono wakhe ngeZambia kunye noXolo ngokuKhenketho ngengoma.
Cuthbert Ncube, uSihlalo we IBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseAfrika, uthumele umyalezo othi, “I-Afrika ilahlekelwe ligosa eliphambili, iPan-Africanist - UGqirha Kenneth Kaunda - uyise Zambia. Ngamana angaphumla ngoXolo. Kwaye sisaqhubekeka ukulwela i-United Afrika ngezoKhenketho njengecandelo elimanyanisayo. ”
“Owayesakuba nguMongameli uKaunda wayengumxhasi othembekileyo wezokhenketho eZambia nakwiAfrika iphela. Wayengummeli kumcimbi wotshintsho lwemozulu, ngokunjalo noXolo ngezoKhenketho, ”utshilo World Tourism Network Usihlalo uJuergen Steinmetz, naye othathe ividiyo kamongameli ongasekhoyo ecula kwinkomfa ye-IIPT ngo-2011.
“Ndibe novuyo kunye nembeko yokuhlangana noMongameli uKaunda kwizihlandlo ezininzi kwimisebenzi yam eyahlukeneyo njengoMphathiswa waseSeychelles ojongene noKhenketho. Wayeyindoda yabantu, kwaye xa wayephephezelisa itshefu yakhe emhlophe njengophawu lwentengiso, wabalekela kwiinkomfa kwizithethi zesithethi rhoqo enobabalo olufanayo nokuthobeka. Iingxoxo zethu malunga neAfrika kunye nomoya wePan-Africanism bezisoloko zisikhanyisela kwaye zivuza buqu, utshilo u-Alain St. Ange. uMongameli weBhodi yezoKhenketho ye-Afrika.
UMongameli Kaunda udibene noMongameli we-ATB iSt. UNWTO INdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo yama-20 eyayiququzelelwa ngokubambisana yiZambia neZimbabwe.
U-Louis D'Amore, uMseki kunye noMongameli weZiko laMazwe ngaMazwe loXolo ngezoKhenketho (IIPT) uxelele eTurboNews Namhlanje: “I-IIPT ibuhlungu ngokusweleka komhlobo osenyongweni we-IIPT notata waseZambia.” I-IIPT inike uMongameli uKaunda iXabiso loXolo ngo-2008 eZambia kwaye kwakhona ngo-2013 ngomhla wokuvulwa kwe-20. UNWTO INdibano kaWonke-wonke eZambia nase-ZImbabwe.
Watyala umthi wakhe wokuqala woxolo kunye noGqr. Taleb Rifai, UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele ngelo xesha.
Enkosi ku Mongameli ongasekhoyo, yayilixesha lesithathu iZambia ikwiZiko loXolo ngezoKhenketho ngo-2013. Emva kokubamba imisitho emibini yamazwe e-International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT), nasemva kokunikezela iVictoria Falls njengePark Park 3 Kwiminyaka engaphambili, iZambia iqinile ukuzibophelela kwayo ekuxhaseni uxolo nokhenketho.
UWalter Mzembi, owayesakuba nguMphathiswa Wezokhenketho eZimbabwe, wathumela umyalezo kuTwitter: “Imizobo kasolusapho, uBawo onguMseki, uMthetheli, uMkhululi, uBuntu kunye nePhilanthropist! Sasifuna i-100, kodwa siyambulela uThixo uSomandla ngentsikelelo yakho iminyaka engama-97. Izulu lifumene ilahleko yethu engenakubuyiselwa. ”
Uphawu lwentengiso likaMongameli uKaunda xa wayephuma kwaye edibana nabantu baseZambia yayiza kutshangatshangisa itshefu yakhe emhlophe.