{"id":54020,"date":"2023-12-16T21:05:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T21:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls"},"modified":"2023-12-16T21:19:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T21:19:15","slug":"mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls","title":{"rendered":"Mpondela bars Defence Force Athletic Clubs officials from polls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>IN a bid to perpetuate his stay at the helm of Zambia Athletics, long standing leader Elias Mpondela has barred officials from the Defence Force including, Zambia National Service and Zambia Air Force from participating in Lusaka Provincial elections slated for tomorrow.<\/p>\n

By preventing officials he believes are against his protracted rule, Mpondela hopes to install friendly officials who will in turn vote for him to extend his 25-year rule as ZA president.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. IN a bid to perpetuate his stay at the helm of Zambia Athletics, long standing leader Elias Mpondela has barred officials from the Defence Force including, Zambia National Service and Zambia Air Force from participating in Lusaka Provincial elections slated for tomorrow. By preventing officials he believes are against his protracted rule, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-54020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nMpondela bars Defence Force Athletic Clubs officials from polls - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"IN a bid to perpetuate his stay at the helm of Zambia Athletics, long standing leader Elias Mpondela has barred official ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mpondela bars Defence Force Athletic Clubs officials from polls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IN a bid to perpetuate his stay at the helm of Zambia Athletics, long standing leader Elias Mpondela has barred official ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-16T21:05:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-16T21:19:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1702748868.321231.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"464\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mpondela bars Defence Force Athletic Clubs officials from polls\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-16T21:05:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-16T21:19:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls\"},\"wordCount\":94,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1702748868.321231.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls\",\"name\":\"Mpondela bars Defence Force Athletic Clubs officials from polls - Zambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1702748868.321231.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-16T21:05:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-16T21:19:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"IN a bid to perpetuate his stay at the helm of Zambia Athletics, long standing leader Elias Mpondela has barred official ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1702748868.321231.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1702748868.321231.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":464,\"caption\":\"Mpondela bars Defence Force Athletic Clubs officials from polls\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mpondela bars Defence Force Athletic Clubs officials from polls\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\",\"name\":\"Zambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mpondela bars Defence Force Athletic Clubs officials from polls - Zambia","description":"IN a bid to perpetuate his stay at the helm of Zambia Athletics, long standing leader Elias Mpondela has barred official ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mpondela bars Defence Force Athletic Clubs officials from polls","og_description":"IN a bid to perpetuate his stay at the helm of Zambia Athletics, long standing leader Elias Mpondela has barred official ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls","og_site_name":"Zambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-12-16T21:05:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-16T21:19:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":464,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1702748868.321231.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Mpondela bars Defence Force Athletic Clubs officials from polls","datePublished":"2023-12-16T21:05:12+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-16T21:19:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls"},"wordCount":94,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1702748868.321231.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Zambia","Zambia"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls","name":"Mpondela bars Defence Force Athletic Clubs officials from polls - Zambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1702748868.321231.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-16T21:05:12+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-16T21:19:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"IN a bid to perpetuate his stay at the helm of Zambia Athletics, long standing leader Elias Mpondela has barred official ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1702748868.321231.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1702748868.321231.jpg","width":720,"height":464,"caption":"Mpondela bars Defence Force Athletic Clubs officials from polls"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mpondela-bars-defence-force-athletic-clubs-officials-from-polls#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mpondela bars Defence Force Athletic Clubs officials from polls"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/","name":"Zambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}