{"id":44133,"date":"2026-08-30T12:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=44133"},"modified":"2026-08-30T12:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:07:19","slug":"zambian-opposition-leader-mundubile-charged-with-treason","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zambian-opposition-leader-mundubile-charged-with-treason\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Zambian opposition leader Mundubile charged with treason&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Zambian opposition leader \u200bBrian Mundubile was \u200ccharged with treason on Saturday, his \u200blawyer told \u200b<\/span><i style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Reuters<\/i><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8221; Brian Mundubile and \u2060his running \u200bmate, Makebi \u200bZulu, were both charged with treason and remained \u200bdetained at \u200bLusaka Central Police Station \u200cas \u2060of last night,&#8221; Lawyer Kambwa Aongola said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This follows \u200bhis arrest \u200bon \u2060Thursday after being questioned \u200bby police &#8220;in connection \u200bwith \u2060an alleged offence of treason&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43375,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-44133","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"This follows \u200bhis arrest \u200bon \u2060Thursday after being questioned \u200bby police.","published_date":"","news_description":"This follows \u200bhis arrest \u200bon \u2060Thursday after being questioned \u200bby police.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44133","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\/44133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44134,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44133\/revisions\/44134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=44133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}