Hakainde Hichilema: Stone-hurling anger unnerves Zambia's 'fix-it' president

Hakainde Hichilema: Stone-hurling anger unnerves Zambia's 'fix-it' president

After 2021's landslide win, Hakainde Hichilema has nine months to convince voters he deserves a second term.

Stone-hurling anger unnerves Zambia's 'fix-it' president

Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has come out fighting after a bruising month that saw him come under attack by stone throwers as he was trying to make a speech. Video clips of him crouching and then being whisked away from a rally in the Copperbelt province shocked Zambians and many people, irrespective of their political affiliation, condemned what happened. But with nine months to go until elections and a run for a second term, the presi…