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Maimane calls on Zuma about Zambian matter─── 07:43 Sat, 27 May 2017
Pretoria - DA leader, Mmusi Maimane, has called on President Jacob Zuma to speak out against what he calls the undemocratic behaviour of the Zambian government.
This is after Maimane was refused entry into Zambia on Thursday because he was allegedly going to mobilise opposition parties in the country to pressure the courts to release opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema.
Maimane was refused entry into Zambia. Hichilema, leader of the United Party for National Development, went on trial for treason charges yesterday.
The maximum sentence for treason in Zambia is death.
According to Maimane, Hichilema was violently arrested over six weeks ago for allegedly attempting to block Zambian President Edgar Lungu's motorcade.
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Maryke Vermaak reports: