Things are getting clearer on the real motivation behind the Post Newspapers’ aggression towards their coverage of the month long ZAMBEEF imported meats preservation process.
M’membe has told his employees that he is expecting to take a back seat at the end of the year and concentrate on ranching, one of the businesses the ZAMBEEF global empire have been dominating growing their company into a multi national.
During the onslaught on ZAMBEEF, The Post Newspapers dedicated prime space to any comments bent on villifying the meat company including covering their road shows where anything said was noted for publication.
M’membe, in an internal communique, said he would take a backseat to grow his newly acquired farms including one in the livestock dominated Itezhi Tezhi where he has been exerting his muscle to weigh up against United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema who owns huge agricultural interests in the area.
The presidential ally still retains massive grip on the publication and will continue even in his new role as the key people appointed to to oversee operations are members of his family.
M’membe will restrict his contribution, mostly, to editorial comments where he will still channel his messages in the hope of driving opinion in a particular direction.
An enquiry was eventually set by the PF government to investigate the levels of Aromatic Aldahydes a chemical the Post Newspapers alleged was used to embalm bodies.
Since the PF took over, M’membe has been spreading his business empire having been given free hand in running the courier business where he couriers Copper to neighbouring countries.
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