 South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to Kuwanda, so in his passing and his passing Southern South Africans are then that they would bow their heads in grief at the passing of a beloved and rightfully revered father of African independence and unity. Kuwanda was a leader of the campaign that ended British colonial rule and he became Zambia's first democratically elected president in 1964. President Kenneth Kuwanda has saddened us as South Africans. We bow our heads in grief at the passing of a beloved and rightfully revered father of African independence and unity. We are united in our sadness with the Kuwanda family and the government and the people of the Republic of Zambia.