FORMER president Edgar Lungu has congratulated South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma for winning a court bid to contest upcoming elections, saying Zambia must take a leaf out of that country’s book. Commenting on the South Africa’s Electoral Court’s decision that Zuma could contest upcoming elections as an uMkhonto weSizwe party candidate, in a Facebook post, Lungu described the ruling as commendable, admirable and inspiring. “Greetings colleagues and comrades, as we celebrate the win and qualification of our beloved Copper Queens to the Paris 2024 Olympics, allow me to extend my heartfelt congratulations to President Jacob Zuma and the South African Judiciary on the decision by the Electoral Court of Appeal to allow the former President to contest upcoming elections...

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