A team of Zambian and South African police officers has impounded some courier trucks in South Africa, which reportedly belong to the Post Newspaper in Liquidation.
The trucks allegedly concealed are parked at South African Freight Forwarding Limited premises in Germstone area.The trucks were discovered after the Zambian and South African crack squad carried out an operation.
Post Newspaper in Liquidation Manager Robert Chawinga who accompanied the crack squad said the Liquidators are determined to recover all the assets.Mr Chawinga said the assets will be sold to offset the debt owed to creditors.
And South Africa’s Freight Forwarding Company Chief Executive Officer Robby Forbes said the trucks have been parked since July last year.Last year, a dozen Post Courier trucks were impounded in Shimabala area where they were reportedly concealed.
The Post Newspaper Ltd was placed under receivership and the process of placing the newspaper under compulsory liquidation was started last November.
The newspaper was shut down last year by the Zambia Revenue Authority for failing to pay millions of US dollars in back taxes.
The Post Newspapers is owing over K 187 million to creditors.According to a creditors list released by Post Newspapers Provisional Liquidator Lewis Mosho of Lewis Mosho and associates, the newspaper company owes among other entities Investrust Bank Plc, NAPSA, Development Bank of Zambia and the Zambia Revenue Authority.
The state seems to be very proactive in fighting meembe”s grapht. If only this could be extended to state house starting with Kaiza, lubinda, kapata and all the cronies involved in corruption … we all know them.
Eish, Fred M’embe’s nightmare is not over yet. Please RB, what evil did Fred commit to you? What a bizarre way to collect tax! Is The Post the only entity that owes money???
I totally agree with chief Mukuni that PF bandits of visionless Dagama are “cowards” of their failures.
Pull Him Down of the kettle calling the pot black. The closure of Fred Mmembes post is a personal attack by visionless Lungu, with his co~bandits of RB & Kaiser Zulu.
Such a shame that a local entity which employed thousands of Zambians is closed today just for political expedience by PF bandits. Daily Mail, Times of Zambia, DeadNBC etc each owe ZRA more than what the post owes alone.
Let the presidential petition be heard PF bandits.
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Hello Lusaka Times! Suggestion time. It high time you closed the comment section to all unless through social member sites that show true identity of the bloggers. This would get rid of senseless cowards like Buck teeth lungu and all who insult other tribes with impunity. Its time it stopped. I for one don’t like like our president and not PF one bit. but hes our president. Two I also dont like UPND and GBM con and HH too. Hope time will come.
Thanks
@Suntwe wa Suntwe, my wife runs a very small eating place but last week she was dragged to Kitwe magistrates court by ZRA for “tax evasion ” and fined K500 or six. months simple imprisonment. We have paid and opted to close the business. So your assertions are just malice.
@Ndanje khakis
The point is then why should ZRA be dragging “small eating places”, for a K500 and yet Daily Mail and Times of Zambia remain untouched?
@khakis, you should have allowed your wife to go to jail for 6 months. This time she could have been freeee, and feeding people.
You do business with vision and purpose.
@general Kanene, Just imagine you’re caught stealing and in your defense you tell the court why the other people who steal have not been arrested.
@Ndanje khakis
ZRA ruins your family business and you say it’s okay and you even go to an extent of calling yourselves thieves? I hope your wife doesn’t read the argument you have given above, I am really sorry for her. She should have done it with a larger amount, then she would have been untouchable by ZRA.
Otherwise, it shows how you are capable of killing an ant with an A.K.47.
@general Kanene, No ZRA didn’t ruin our business, we broke the law or my wife did. I run mini buses and I ensure I renew the license and submit my tax returns. My wife never listened to my warning on following the law and I am sure next time she’ll follow the law to the letter.
Fred Mweembe (lutuku) thought he was very clever. He thought he is the only one with brains. Mulekeni achuche.
This is nothing but witch-hunt.
Is this company being punished for tax avoidance, tax evasion or there is some hidden crime that they have committed?? Honestly speaking if a company employees massive pool of workers who in turn pay income tax to contribute to the state treasury, the normal tax law is not applicable in that way. Tax being a law, has statutes for arguments to arrive at tax obligation options such as, relief, tax payment arrangements to safe guard the social and economic interests of the employees. What one sees is more than tax offence and if the truth of this is something else, then there is a problem. Press freedom is now even in the hands of grade 7 pupils and is being applied through social media via mobile instruments. Finally democracy is not about voting every after 5 yrs. Society is voting…
Press freedom is now even in the hands of grade 7 pupils and is being applied through social media via mobile instruments. Finally democracy is not about voting every after 5 yrs. Society is voting everyday through media and what they see, read and hear will eventually determine the outcome after 5 yrs. Check the space
Fred Mmembe is a strong man KK, Chiluba and RB tried to finish him but failed … it seems Chagwa amugwesa Mmembe!
Let Mmembe pay what belongs to Cesar. Why are some people worried? Its his time to pay back. At some point in future the people who are pushing him will also be pushed its just a matter of time. Life is a cycle, what ever goes up must come down simple rule.
“Post Newspapers is owing over K 187 million to creditors.According to a creditors list release”
What about Zambia? Because of irresponsible borrowing by PF our children and our children’s children will have to pay back K90,000,000!
Lungu should be working on this! Not wasting his time settling political scores with M’membe.
But that seems beyond the capabilities of this drunkards brain!
Jesus came down and went back up. Will he ever come down?
Political hatred by lungu. Mmembe does threaten lungu . South Africa are cowards they failed to put to effect arrest warrant again Sudanese president and yet are quick to act against a champion of free speech. Madness in Africa
Why Why is Lusaka times scared to announce best blogger . Everyone knows I won. You will make things easier by being truthful because I can lead to people leaving this website. Just ask tumfweko. I finished them
Why Why is Lusaka times scared to announce best blogger . Everyone knows I won. You will make things easier by being truthful because I can lead to people leaving this website. Just ask tufweko. I finished them
hijackers of the will of the people.
Iwe iwee chimbwi. U a scared that u voted 10000 times. 9999 votes will b invalidated….1 vote per IPaddress. Typical tonga kachema. U a pathetic. Go resurrect your watchdog iwe galu
Best blogger? Maybe if you were judged in terms of number of posts. How can you be the best blogger when you don’t even know why the South Africa didn’t arrest the Sudanese President?
@ Beira. What belongs to Cesar is sometimes paid through negotiations for settlements, but what belongs to the citizens of the nation, such as free speech, press freedom, the right to assemble, the right to choose, the right of association are more profound. If these are not there, then basic human rights are suppressed, then you are no longer a human being, but something else, even if you are well fed and well paid. That is the simple logic of human character in a democratic state. Who loses here??? The ordinary person in the country or Mmembe???
Certainly Mmembe may be seen to have lost but he has not. He is well connected to survive and bounce back. But the system that is fighting him is enjoying temporal victory, but their permanent loss is coming.
I THOUGHT POST COURIER WAS A SEPARATE COMPANY FROM THE POST?
if only the police could fight real crime with the same vigour as they fight political opponents
Just imagine they can desperately even proudly form a separate police team to follow meembe where are we going mwebantu.In kitwe there are indiscriminate break-ins in both homes and commercial premises firstly this information is not being publicized to make the population aware of the increased risk of being broken into so that they take the necessary precautions and secondly there is no visible police action.Those in authority should not be surprised when people take the law in their own hands.
I don’t feel sorry for Mmembe.He raised the bar of moral uprightness very high only for him to fail to live up to the standards.He went to bed with the most useless leader this country has seen (Sata) and praised him like he was the best thing to ever happen to Zambia now he is being sorted out by the same for whose cause he saw nothing wrong to betray Zambia.
Its funny how up and down supporters are now supporting Membe and have conveniently forgotten the fact that he is the one who came up with the term ‘bantustan’ and applauded police brutality against their members when they attempted to protest the appointment of Mutembo Nchito as DPP. In their desperation for power upnd members and leadership lack principles hence the acceptance of GBV as running mate despite the fact that he made false allegations of a Tonga group wishing to bring down the Sata regime as well as his penchant for high corruption as was was shown in the Zambian Watchdog.
@Kayula, the Upnd can even sleep with an AIDS infested person if it can make them win the presidency. I have old newspapers where I see how much these people demonized GBM as minister of defense. To them he was the most corrupt and most illiterate individual in Zambia. Now today he’s a hero and we know why. Even Kambwila can become a darling if be joined Upnd.
True if Kambwili joins UPND, they will not mention the fact that he was using the golf club in Luanshya to feed his goats. These are the same people who even considered Kaseba to be HH’s running mate after criticising her for the funds she received for the non-existent office of the first lady and who claimed that she had filled her unqualified relatives in important government posts! HH used to accompany RB when he was facing false corruption charges due to the malicious lies of Mmembe and Nchito. Now Nchito and Membe are their heroes? Never will I ever cast a vote for UPND as long as HH clings to its leadership.
What about Henry Banda who was believed to be holed up in RSA. For all we know he could even be in Zambia doing what he does best, looting from where he left off now that his dad is back at ‘the helm’ in a defacto way. By the way where is Andrew did they sit him do?
Good question. Selective justice at its best
As members of an opposition party we do not condone none payment of tax but in the same vein we do not think a mental stand off should be so stretched. Two grown individuals in Fred and the Commissioner General could have found middle ground and settled this egos aside. True others may say Fred is arrogant or that he drew first blood by taking the matter to court where he lost but mediation could have saved face for both involved. Of course we can be quick to point fingers but as Chief Mukuni says sometimes ones failings are best dealt with alone rather then blaming others..2021 Zambia Forward under new UPND.
Ted Turner founded CNN but when the people did not agree with his leadership they pushed him out as an individual leaving CNN intact. M’membe built a good Company and if we do not agree with him we should have pushed him out as an individual. People are now relying on on line rumors for news.
He was unpushable because he knew the journalists didn’t know how to push him out since they knew nothing about running a business
PF is purely evil. Zambia could be a peaceful country if the security personnel went after criminals like the way they have gone for M’Membe. Lungu’s and his cronies time will one day come
It is stu.pid to claim this is a matter of free speech. I for one does not need meembe to speak freely. Right now the same f00ls claiming culling of free speech are using this media to speak freely. The post and meembe committed criminal offences which normally land people in jail for years. TAX EVASION OR AVOIDANCE are criminal whether you are a newspaper or a company producing life. If you don’t pay and start insulting the government who you owe a lot of tax, they also implement their rights of collecting the taxes on behalf of Zambians. It should not matter you employ millions as a crime just requires punishment. MEEMBE IS A CRIMINAL OF TAX. Simple. Those who stole tax with him or feel for him should just donate the 187 million and all will be returned to your useless hero.
@tantwe
“TAX EVASION OR AVOIDANCE are criminal whether you are a newspaper or a company producing life”, if this is the norm, then why is this not the case for Daily Mail and Times of Zambia, who also owe ZRA millions of Kwachas or you think they don’t owe ZRA anything?
Is it fair for ZRA to go after small eating places for a k500 and leaving out the bigger culprits? What is the criteria used here?
Has Lungu paid tax on the 23 million he aquired in one year?
only tax evasion is criminal, tax avoidance is not against the law, hence it’s not criminal, but it’s morally wrong.
PF sowing poisonuos seeds that will comeback to haunt them then asking Zambians to PRAY and be nice in 2017? F00ls.
empty move as these were leased assets, so post never owned them just like fred was just head of post staff trust that owned the Post Newspaper
PASOP!!!
@ tantwe. Learn to debate professionally. When you refer to other bloggers as fools, you are just exposing how seriously FOOLISH and uncivilized you are. No one supports Mmembe’s crime. But tax is a law my friend which is subject to arguments, counter arguments, offers and settlements. Until a lasting solution is found. If not that is when you go for liquidation. For your own information, if the post was a mining giant or a petroleum company very strategic to the economy government could have found a compromise on this one. Learn to debate without referring to others as fools. That is stupidity of the highest grade. If you have hatred, just go eat your own faeces.
Zuma is helping EL courtesy of RB. Why not close all businesses so that we see how ZRA operates. No wonder these chaps are now failing to meet their targets. Don’t kill the Goose that lays the golden eggs.
this is the work of rupiah banda
Zambian judicial system should have one law for everyone of us and not selectively apply one set of rules to others while another to those stealing, evading tax, public office abuse, and ZCF maize gate scandals are let free. What law is Kambwili Chishiba on, after buying council land illegally?, Kaiser Zulu collecting money from suspect sources on behalf of president Lungu, senior civil servants who allowed Kapoko to milk the govt Kmillions are all walking free. Yes people must pay their due tax. However, not some BUT ALL must pay such as Times of Zambia, Daily mail, Kambili trucks transport company too need to pay tax. Lets have one law for all Zambians.
In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. M’membe’s stupidity got the better of him.
I laugh when I remember how the Post glorified Michael Sata even when he was destroying Zambia. But people have forgotten as if never happened and don’t even want ask why Mmembe never attacked Sata even when he went astray.
As well as why he was allowed to accrue so much debt. Was it a payment in lieu for being the late Sata’s vuvuzela? Is it not the same pattern that led to Mangande and Mwanawasa allowing Membe and the fat one to get that DBZ loan for positive coverage in the Post. When RB did not want to play ball he was vilified which had a part in his losing the 2011 election and his son becoming a fugitive on charges that were never clearly articulated and which led to his name being removed from the interpol list. Membe applauded when RB’s immunity was removed unconstitutionally and encouraged his friend Nchito to withhold his passport even after the courts had given him permission to travel. If I was RB, you bet I would want to get my revenge for the humiliation I suffered perpetrated by the…
unelected Membe and Nchito.
In brief, Mmembe wanted a job at State House but FTJ picked on Sakala and from that Mmembe vowed to finish the “Pygmy “(his words) . Enter Levy, Mmembe utilized the chance to maximum and having Richard Sakala imprisoned and after finishing his jail sentence Mmembe found another case against Richard who was again jailed. In 2006 Sata went to Luapula and promised that he would clear FTJ of all accusations and this prompted a Post headline “Plunderers Have Regrouped “. Enter RB, FTJ is cleared and Sata changes his tune. He teams up with Mmembe against RB. Upnd have decided to overlook this.
Where in Germiston? I wanna go grab one
Where in Germiston? My brother lives there I wanna tell him to go grab one of these trucks
Mmembe in the news again? I have no time for the stinking scum, my position is clear and it has not changed: lock him up or feed him to the crocs, alive so that he remembers all his sins before his last breath.
Lock him up is alright but that crocs bit is too worrying in the 21st century
If Henry Banda is in RSA he’ll never be sent to Zambia because RSA doesn’t send offenders to countries which have death penalty. That’s why Kagame just sends assassins there to “clear ” criminals hiding in South Africa.
Fred allowed this to happen. If he had paid his tax bills to ZRA like the rest of us, he would still be in operation today. He has no one to blame but himself.
I remember Post Sangwapo pages used to be filled with MIRACLE MAKERS. And now I ask my self to say why cant those people team up to help Fred???? I mean those people promise to bring back lost lovers in less than 8 hours and make you a millionaire instantly! Fred should “consult” his friends they really gave him business.
Vindictiveness begets vindictiveness! This pattern of destroying people Changwa started with M’Membe will no doubt one day come back to haunt him. As we all know, chickens do without fail always come back home to roost! Both Chiluba and KK learnt it the hard way and for not learning from precedent, Chagwa is doomed. The Post was an ongoing business concern, like Zambia Airways was, why then liquidate it leaving many people jobless? Why did the state not convert the debt owed into a commensurate equity stake and flog the concern off at a premium? Someone will one day have to answer for this vindictive stupidity that has cost the country millions ?
But also looking at the way this PF govt wants to refinance the country’s Euro Bonds, one if left with a feeling that the PF are clueless about running an economy. Listening to Mutati talking about the topic, so oblivious to the deadly consequences of his plan on the fiscus of the nation, it scares the living day light out of me! Why I ask sometimes did god endower us Zambians with such a lethargic wealth of stupidity? Why???
That is today’s edition of The Post???
I mean, any one who understands basic economics will tell you that those Euro bonds were a blind stupidest colossal toilet political acrobatic of near biblical proportions. Sata was already very sick and clearly senile, why did supposedly right minded ministers follow an imbecile on a charade taking the country into an economic and political abyss! Why???! Anyway, it shows these minister like Chagwa ki litoto, finangwa, baka sondokide pe! I mean, only canines like dogs ? get stuck to each other during intercourse, they followed a dying mad dog stuck to it because they are also dogs, mubwa, imbwa, linja, galu!
@32 Real PAZA Chairman
No no no! It aren’t no Post edition. It’s a dose of your reality check that you have been forgetting to swallow all these years and now your logic is synonymous with that of a dog ? gone rabid! “Galu ya chiwewe or nja ja mutanganyo” as I would say.
This makes no sense. He has asked a cynical question but that’s because he is referring to the caption. You have a bone to pick with chairman?
@26.1, OK put a bullet through his brains if that is better in the 21st century. I tell you the chap is as evil as IS of the same 21st century.
What a cruel Government having no mercy on Private Company ! But if Fred Mmembe is so adamant/pompus that he cant ask for leniency , then too bad for him.
Anyhow , Mmembe must repent for hurting so many people with his post. He very often stepped out of track as though he was master of everything.
Fred called you bantustans you where on his throat today he steals from government he becomes a hearoe to you, this is the problem you people you have I don’t think you ever change let him pay for his sins
ZRA let all tax evaders be brought to book. Paying tax is no debatable. All must pay. The fact that ZRA has pounced on one entity and not the other is immaterial. Report other tax evaders so that they too can be liquidated. Just because the first thief has not been caught does not mean the second thief must go scot-free. Noooo!!!
All those in favor of closing all progressive media can’t just wake up from their slumber. Put yourselves in these peoples’ shoes and imagine how you would feel being thrown out of employment in these hard times. Was Muvi, Radio Mano, Komboni etc also owing?
Well, those that set the trap are eventually falling in it and now they will realize that they should have let the post be because it would have delivered their message far and wide.
Know that your sins will follow you and these cobwebs you are weaving against your perceived enemies will be your traps. Just try to be normal and do not be so selfish as to want to kill others for public coffers.
LUNGU WENT TO ZUMA TO BEG FOR CONFISCATION OF THE TRUCKS.
Boma ni Boma, tiye nayo.
In one of the editorials from The Mast, the Editor quotes a famous Mbunda phrase that when translated in English means “He who keeps a python will day be swallowed by the same”. The Mast was referring to Chishimba Kambwili’s fall out with PF. But, that same principal also applies to The Post. They also went to bed with PF under Sata. Today PF has also swallowed them off Bwinjimfumu Road.