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==Masterminding the Cha Cha Cha Uprising== | ==Masterminding the Cha Cha Cha Uprising== | ||
[[File:First cabinet - with names.jpg|350px|thumbnail|left|First Cabinet: Lewis Changufu (second in top row from left) with [[Kenneth Kaunda]]'s [[United National Independence Party]].]] | [[File:First cabinet - with names.jpg|350px|thumbnail|left|First Cabinet: Lewis Changufu (second in top row from left) with [[Kenneth Kaunda]]'s [[United National Independence Party]].]] | ||
As | As a way of compelling the British government to end the unpopular Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, the [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) embarked on a campaign dubbed ''[[Cha Cha Cha]]'' meant to make the then Northern Rhodesia ungovernable.<ref name=dailymail/> | ||
Initially, there was a ‘war cabinet’ which was constituted to oversee the whole operation. Its members were Lewis Changufu as leader, first independence [[:Category:Ministers of Finance|Minister of Finance]] [[Arthur Wina]] and an Irish party member, Mr Edmund. The committee was to identify targets for attack, and to do so, they engaged a group of youths to execute the scheme. One of the targets was a fleet of new government vehicles that were parked at the former Mechanical Services Branch (MSB) premises in [[Lusaka]].<ref name=dailymail/> | Initially, there was a ‘war cabinet’ which was constituted to oversee the whole operation. Its members were Lewis Changufu as leader, first independence [[:Category:Ministers of Finance|Minister of Finance]] [[Arthur Wina]] and an Irish party member, Mr Edmund. The committee was to identify targets for attack, and to do so, they engaged a group of youths to execute the scheme. One of the targets was a fleet of new government vehicles that were parked at the former Mechanical Services Branch (MSB) premises in [[Lusaka]].<ref name=dailymail/> |
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