Nakatindi Wina

Princess Naganda Nakatindi Wina (15 February 1945 – 5 April 2012)[1] was a Zambian politician and a member of the royal family of Barotseland.

Nakatindi Wina
Minister for Community Development and Social Welfare
In office
1993–1994
PresidentFrederick Chiluba
Minister of State for Tourism
In office
1992–1993
PresidentFrederick Chiluba
Personal details
Born15 February 1945
Died5 April 2012(2012-04-05) (aged 67)
Johannesburg, South Africa
NationalityZambian
Political partyMovement for Multi-Party Democracy
SpouseSikota Wina
Children11
ProfessionPolitician

Early life

Princess Naganda Nakatindi Wina was born Mukwae Nakatindi into the royal family of Barotseland, the granddaughter of King Yeta III of the Lozi people. Nakatindi was the daughter of Nakatindi Yeta Nganga and Induna Yuyi Nganda; one of 11 children.

Political career

After multi-party politics was introduced at the start of the 1990s, she joined the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy and in 1992 she became a Minister herself when she was named as Minister of State for Tourism. The following year she became Minister for Community Development and Social Welfare until 1994.

Controversies

During the early 1990s, there was a series of drug importation scandals related to MMD politicians. Steve Denning of the World Bank recommended to Frederick Chiluba, President of Zambia, deal with the situation. Nakatindi Wina was linked to the scandal by the Zambian press, but Chiluba refused to fire her. He instead, blamed the media for exaggerating the situation.[2] However, he later on imprisoned her in 1998,[3] after she was linked to the 1997 Zambian coup d'état attempt. She was held in Mukobeko prison, where her husband, Induna Sikota Wina, stayed with her. He blamed politician Michael Sata for lying to Chiluba to point blame at Nakatindi Wina.[4]

In 2000, she called on women to boycott the African Union due to a lack of gender equality in the representatives; as each country was only required to include one woman as a minimum in representative groups. She said that the male leaders only wanted women to be "colouring flowers" in the Union.[5]

Health and death

In 2012, she was diagnosed with a heart condition and was transferred to a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. She died following an operation on 5 April 2012. Her son, Wina Wina, later thanked the South African authorities for allowing her to receive treatment there.[6]

References
  1. Sata leads scores of mourners to pay repects to Princess Nakatindi QFM, 13 April 2012
  2. Ihonvbere, Julius O. (November 1993). "Threats to Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Zambia". Journal of Asian and African Studies. 27 (3): 229.
  3. "HRW World Report 1999: Zambia: Human Rights Developments". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  4. "Sata should know this, declarations are not development". Zambian Watchdog. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Jr., Henry Louis (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 164–165. ISBN 978-0-195382-075.
  6. "Princess Nakatindi Wina has died". Lusaka Times. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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