{"id":43318,"date":"2026-08-20T17:15:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43318"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:15:48","slug":"former-zambian-minister-kafwaya-killed-in-lusaka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/former-zambian-minister-kafwaya-killed-in-lusaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Zambian Minister Kafwaya killed in Lusaka \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Zambian Cabinet Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya has been shot and killed during a joint security operation in Lusaka, police confirmed late on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by Inspector General of Police Graphael Musamba, the incident occurred during a raid by law enforcement and military forces on a residence linked to opposition leader Brian Mundubile following an exchange of fire.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The police statement noted that an unidentified individual was critically wounded during the operation and transported to hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Following public speculation regarding Kafwaya&#8217;s whereabouts, authorities requested family members to assist with identification, with relatives subsequently confirming the deceased as the former Minister.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The operation comes amid heightened political tension following the recent presidential election, with authorities maintaining that the security forces acted in response to gunfire originating from the property.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43320,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-43318","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Zambia police confirm death of former Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya","published_date":"2026-08-20 17:13:58","news_description":"Zambia police confirm death of former Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43318","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\/43318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43321,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43318\/revisions\/43321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}