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Zambia's Second Republic —the Establishment of a One-Party State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Jan Pettman
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Zambia inherited a system of government and administration in 1964 which was ill-suited to the tasks of political development to which her new leaders were dedicated. What little national unity and mobilisation had been achieved in the independence struggle declined with the removal of the common enemy. The Government rested on a fragile base, without the support of agreed rules and practices to limit and contain conflict, and without adequate instruments available for the implementation of its policies. So the search began for a more suitable political system, which could cope with the new needs of independence, and provide for the stability of the state and the survival of the Government.

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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , June 1974 , pp. 231 - 244
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Page 232 note 1 Cf. Kaunda, Kenneth and Morris, Colin, A Humanist in Africa (London, 1967), pp. 105–9;Google ScholarWina, Sikota in Nshila (Ndola), 13 08 1968;Google Scholar and Republic of Zambia: Debates of the National Assembly (Lusaka), 12 07 1967, cols. 912–1083.Google Scholar

Page 232 note 2 For example at the U.N.I.P. Conference, Mulungushi, August 1967, and at the U.N.I.P. National Council, Lusaka, April 1968.

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Page 234 note 2 The Times of Zambia, 23 August 1971.

Page 234 note 3 Ibid. 28 August 1971.

Page 234 note 4 Ibid. 10 May and 2 June 1971.

Page 235 note 1 Ibid. 5, 14, and 26 February 1972.

Page 236 note 1 Report of the National Commission on the Establishment of a One-Party Participatory Democracy in Zambia (Lusaka, 1972).Google Scholar See also the reports and comments in The Times of Zambia, 3 March to 17 june 1972.

Page 237 note 1 Ibid. 26 April 1972.

Page 238 note 1 Ibid. 25 March and 1 September 1972.

Page 238 note 2 Ibid. 10 July, 2 August, 2 September, and 17 October 1972.

Page 239 note 1 Ibid. 2 October 1972.

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Page 239 note 3 The Times of Zambia, 18 December 1972.

Page 240 note 1 The Constitution of Zambia Act, 1973.

Page 240 note 2 Summary of Recommendations Accepted by the Government.

Page 241 note 1 The Constitution of the United National Independence Party, annexed to the Constitution of Zambia Act, 1973.

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Page 242 note 1 The Times of Zambia, 27–29 August 1973.

Page 243 note 1 Ibid. 23 January, 6 March, 6 April, and 14 August 1973.

Page 243 note 2 A.A.P.-Reuters, 6 December 1973; and The Times, 7 and 8 December 1973.

Page 243 note 3 Ibid. 20 December 1971. Cf. Molteno, loc. cit. pp. 13–15.

Page 244 note 1 Rasmussen suggests, loc. cit. p. 416, that the main area of political competition since independence has been within U.N.I.P., rather than between it and opposition parties, and that it is ‘likely to experience special problems in direct proportion to its success in reducing political competition outside itself’.