KK: Reactions as Sizwe Dhlomo Shares Grandfather Throwback, Tribute to Kaunda
- Media personality Sizwe Dhlomo shared a throwback picture of his grandfather, Isaac Dhlomo, sitting alongside the recent late Kenneth Kaunda and Oliver Tambo
- Kaunda passed away on Wednesday aged 97 at a military hospital in Lusaka, Zambia's capital city
- A flood of Twitter comments surfaced after Dhlomo posted the picture as users commented on the throwback picture in numbers
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South African media personality Sizwe Dhlomo has doffed his hat to the recent late former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda alongside apartheid struggle icon Oliver Tambo with a throwback picture.
Dhlomo shared a pic on Twitter that showed the two men sitting alongside his grandfather, Isaac Dhlomo, who is believed to have been a major roleplayer in South Africa's democratic recourse during apartheid.
Source: Instagram
The tweet received plenty of reactions on social media streets as Dhlomo remembered the trio of icons, all of whom have now passed on. Dhlomo simply captioned the picture with the last names of the three men.
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Kaunda, who will be remembered for his heroism, founding the south-central African country of Zambia on 24 October 1964 before ascending to the presidency, died aged 97 at a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, on Wednesday, 16 June.
Streets abuzz after heartfelt picture surfaces
These were just some of the many notable comments:
@sirboring_26
"The founding fathers with the funding Father."
@Sheila_secret
"Now I understand why Mr Forbes had to issue an apology."
@keep1249
"I always knew that you have some smaller (nyana) skeletons just like Duduzane Zuma and other politicians' kids."
@ZZapunter
"Ohhhhh this is where the powers come from."
@Noxza_dube
"Kaunda sitting next to his idol."
Zambia's 1st President Kenneth David Kaunda dies aged 97
Former president of the Republic of Zambia, Kenneth David Kaunda, has passed away.
His death was confirmed by his son Kambarange Kaunda, who said the founding president of Zambia took his last breath on Thursday, 17 June. Kaunda's death comes barely three days after he was hospitalised at a military hospital in the country's capital Lusaka, Zambia's Mwebantu reported.
The former president had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, his office had earlier said. Mourning the fallen former president, presidential candidate in Zambia's 2021 elections Hakainde Hichilema said:
"We have learned with deep sorrow of the death of Zambia’s first president and our founding father, Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda. He passed away peacefully in Lusaka today after a short illness."
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