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Down from Heaven. The High Court's ruling posed a severe dilemma for moderate President Kenneth Kaunda. He was caught between his respect for an independent judiciary and the nationalistic outrage of his black citizens over the Portuguese, who have been bombing Zambian villages in order to hit the guerrillas...
Under the circumstances, Kaunda had no choice. In an uncharacteristic outburst, he accused the all-white High Court of behaving like "some organization from heaven looking down on us," while "my people are being slaughtered by the Portuguese." He demanded an explanation from Irish-born Chief Justice James Skinner, a longtime friend, and one of 600 of the country's 65,000 whites who have bothered to become Zambian citizens. Unruffled, Skinner backed up his fellow judge: the ruling had not been politically motivated, he replied. Skinner asserted the judiciary's right to "criticize the executive...
...next day Kaunda's followers decided to deal with the High Court in their own way. Four hundred members of the Zambian Youth Service gathered in front of Lusaka's red-brick High Court. At the sound of a whistle, they stormed inside. Skinner and Evans locked themselves into an office while the youths pounded on the door and broke up furniture. There were more demonstrations in other towns against the High Court, and a number of Europeans were beaten. Posters reflected the angry mood: "The Only Good White Man Is a Dead One" and "One Zambia...
...coming, that good man." The Kampala police band, its drummers in leopardskin overalls, played the Uganda national anthem as President Milton Obote greeted the Pontiff. Heads of four other African states stood by in a LandRover: Tanzania's Julius Nyerere, Zambia's Kenneth Kaunda, Burundi's Michel Mi-combero and Rwanda's Gregoire Kayi-banda. Then the Pope was off, in an open Lincoln Continental, for the 28-mile ride into Kampala, past welcoming signs saying, "Papa from the Vatican" and "Holy Father, Bless Our House...
Principle and Pocketbook. If Kaunda fails to arouse the nation to vote his ticket overwhelmingly, he intends to eliminate other parties by parliamentary means. The President is certain, when the new Parliament meets next month, of the two-thirds majority necessary for a constitutional amendment abolishing all parties except...