/ 20 April 1999

IEC INVITES KAUNDA TO SA

FORMER Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda is expected in the country early this week for seminar on democracy in South African organised by the Independent Electoral Commission. Kaunda will present a paper at the seminar to be held at the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria on April 21 to 23, said IEC spokesperson Michael Overmeyer. Kaunda is currently visiting Libya after a visit to Zimbabwe. Overmeyer said Kaunda was one of several prominent figures invited by the IEC to discuss ways and means of ensuring that the June 2 elections were free and fair.