{"id":40735,"date":"2026-07-27T10:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=40735"},"modified":"2026-07-27T10:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:15:19","slug":"zambia-election-campaigns-underway","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zambia-election-campaigns-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia election campaigns underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Election campaigning is underway in Zambia, where incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema is seeking a second term<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">However, the opposition parties are determined to unseat Hichilema.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Zambians will go to the polls in August 13 to elect a President, members of the National Assembly, councillors and Council Chairpersons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">As the campaign gathers pace, voters are expressing mixed views about the country&#8217;s direction and the upcoming election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13882,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-40735","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Election campaigning is underway in Zambia","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40735","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\/40735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40736,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40735\/revisions\/40736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=40735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}