Zambia's opposition leader dies in S.Africa
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-05-24 15:41 Zambia's 63-year-old chief
opposition leader Anderson Mazoka has died in a South African hospital, an
official from his party said on Wednesday.
"Mr. Mazoka has died. All senior party executives are meeting now before a
media announcement," an official at his United Party for National Development
told Reuters.
Mazoka died of kidney complications early on Wednesday, a week after Lusaka
newspapers said he had been admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for a routine
medical check-up.
Mazoka lost narrowly to President Levy Mwanawasa in 2001 presidential
elections when Frederick Chiluba stepped down after his final five-year term as
president. He was expected to lead an opposition alliance challenging Mwanawasa
in elections later this year when the incumbent will defend his
post.
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