{"id":35193,"date":"2026-05-23T08:27:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=35193"},"modified":"2026-05-23T08:27:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:27:42","slug":"zambias-ruling-upnd-expels-15-members-over-alleged-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zambias-ruling-upnd-expels-15-members-over-alleged-misconduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia&#8217;s ruling UPND expels 15 members over alleged misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zambia&#8217;s ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) has expelled 15 members accused of insulting and undermining a party member who has chosen to contest a local government position as an independent candidate in Mazabuka.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The member at the centre of the dispute is Gary Nkombo, a former Minister of Local Government and long-serving Member of Parliament for Mazabuka district.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The expulsions come amid growing political tensions ahead of local electoral contests, with the party taking disciplinary action against members accused of bringing the organisation into disrepute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The UPND has not released full details of the alleged misconduct, but party officials say the action was necessary to uphold discipline and respect among members.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14657,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-35193","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Zambia's ruling United Party for National Development has expelled 15 members","published_date":"2026-05-23 08:25:01","news_description":"Zambia's ruling United Party for National Development has expelled 15 members","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35194,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35193\/revisions\/35194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=35193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}