Zambia: Kaunda's Daughter Dies

What the report says

Catherine Kaunda, the eldest daughter of Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda, has died in Lusaka, according to New Era, which reported the news on 5 August 2026. Her son, Mwenya Mwanza, announced her death and thanked people who had offered condolences to the family.

The article says Catherine had lived in Windhoek, Namibia, for nearly 30 years and was in Zambia visiting when she died on Saturday. Mourners gathered in Windhoek, where a book of condolences was opened in her honor. Zambia’s High Commissioner to Namibia, Stephen Katuka, confirmed that she died in Lusaka.

New Era placed her life in the context of the long ties between the Kaunda family and Namibia. It reported that she moved there in the late 1990s during a period of political uncertainty in Zambia, later became a Namibian citizen, and worked in the Namibian public service, rising from secretary to training officer in the Office of the Prime Minister.

The report also noted that Kenneth Kaunda was later given a house in Windhoek by the Namibian government in recognition of his support for Namibia’s liberation struggle, and that he passed it to Catherine. Funeral arrangements were expected to be announced later by the family.