Kaunda died at a military hospital in Lusaka, where he was being treated for pneumonia, his son said

The former president is noted for his role as an anti-colonial fighter who stood up to white minority-ruled South Africa

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president and liberation hero, has died, aged 97, at a military hospital in Lusaka where he was being treated for pneumonia, his son Kambarage said on Wednesday.