Richards Mwanza is to leave the national broadcaster following the expiration of his contract.
The Board led by Mulenga Kapwepwe did not renew Mr Mwanza’s which expires this month end.
Mr Mwanza has since been deployed into foreign service.
“He came here to pick up his letter of posting into the foreign service sometime last week. I am not just sure where he is going but everything has been processed for his departure, “ a source at State House says.
Meanwhile, some industry sources have revealed that foreign telecoms executive Amon Jere is being lined up to replace Mr Mwanza.
Mr Jere has spent most of his working life in senior positions in telecom companies in Zambia and several African countries.
He however has no prior experience in media or broadcasting.
“Yes A.J (Amon Jere) is the one the system wants to go to ZNBC and the announcement will soon be made. The job advertisement you saw in the papers were just meant to fulfil procedure, it was just a formality,” the source said.
Foreign service is a huge reward for Mwanza, just to go to do nothing, hope it’s to Europe.
Heavy appointments….wako ni wako….Mwanza goes into Foreign service and is being replaced by Jere who is currently in Foreign service….looks like trading places….Easterners thats what they’re good at…wako ni wako…Worst tribalist
And these are big money appointments….they get all the money whilst the rest employees get peanuts…masive gas guzzling SUV’s…and ZNBC foots the bill
Majelasi bafi.Ka!a…..What tribalism ?- AJ is qualified and is free to apply for the top job.
I think HAZALUZA HAGAIN. Maybe he should try to run in PANAMA where his Zambian loot lives.
Richard Mwanza has been the worst ZNBC CEO. A complete pawn of the PF who knew nothing about Press freedom. Now he will be replaced by an equally hopeless Jere. It is really Dead NBC
Right on @ Anonymous! Living in luxury at the expense of the tax payers! In healthy economies where our begging bowl carrying leaders go to, fiscal responsibility is by example of the leadership who for example have to rely on their own resources to get to/from work and around places. Yet across the developing countries every top tier work position is accompanied so many perks that may even extend to concubines! In Zambia aren’t some wives of the leaders accorded vehicles for shopping or taking kids to school with refueling at government expense? It’s laughable that always austerity measures are meant only for the civil servants and the already overburdened vulnerable citizenry.
Lets hope we will see progress at ZNBC, If the names being floated are true, we are back to square one. ZNBC needs to be truly transformed, a person coming in must have massive experience in broadcasting
A UPND fan is mistaking Richard Mwanza for the WASTE PRESIDENT EVER, MWANAWASA.
What qualifications do both have? What have they achieved which is Tangible? This is why Zambian parastatal institutions will never improve on Performance. This cadre appointment should stop. Selection should be based on Merits. Why didn’t they advertise the role of CEO ZNBC, if they are serious? Rwanda is doing well because they have adopted Meritocracy.
Good. If its Amon, there is nothing about tribalism. He is just good. One sister from my clan described Amon as hard, sweet, strong and reliable.
You can count on Amon.
#1.1 anonymous, but they can’t appoint persons who belong to HH’s inner cabinet circles can they?. They are tightly controlled by HH, so he can’t release any if at all such expertise exists in upnd.
@3 Juniorjj
Am non partisan my dear friend….i just want the best for Zambia…as long as the appointment is genuine….these guys just need to be retired…and why such positions as “Director General”…remember we have Director of ZNBC…just wasting taxpayers money on the so called “Director General” position
Amon is the best fit for this Job, tribe or not! I have prior work experience with him in Telecoms, His strategic turn around experience and skills is what ZNBC needs. Woza Boss A.J
Amon Jere is a great move to ZNBC. He has all it takes to transform ZNBC. I worked under his leadership and he is a great move. No doubt that we will see ZNBC deliver the best service to the Zambians.
If we have leaders like Jere in most of these institutions then we will see a better Zambia.
Amon Jere is a great move to ZNBC. He has all it takes to transform ZNBC. I worked under his leadership and he is a great move. No doubt that we will see ZNBC deliver the best service to the Zambians.
If we have leaders like Jere in most of these institutions then we will see a better Zambia.
Wow, no doubt that we are now putting leaders in the strategic posts. It will be good for the media house to have Amon Jere as head. Am not sure about Mr. Mwanza’s Movement, but for Amon Jere am certain that ZNBC will operate efficiently.
Knowing and having worked with Amon I believe ZNBC is being placed in good hands of one of the gurus of the industry. AJ it’s your time
On Point, Amon Jere is the Man. Leaders are not difficult to identify because it is in them.
Am sure ZNBC will now operate at full capacity
Wherever Amon has been, there has been a mark of greatness. Am sure that even quality of service delivery will change at ZNBC. Zambia there you Go
Running ZNBC is not like selling talk time please.
Leaders are born and later bred. If it is his time then Boooooooom, you will cry your lungs out until your tears draw lines on your face. Good leaders are always good leaders. Ni season Yake. According to Banda (2012), Ni ZNBC ya nyoko?
Rupiah Banda (2012), “The Nyoko style.” Public media, Lusaka.
This is a very good move to pick Amon Jere, he is more than capable
Bringing the machines into leadership is a fantastic move. First Bwalya Ngandu and now Amon Jere. This shows that our hopeless government is starting to give us hope with key leaders being brought on Board.
Amon Jere is very suitable for the role. No objection.
What about ZESCO, can we have a more serious candidate as well?
This is why the country is in the state it is, the only person who can come and sort out ZNBC is a person who is a proven strategist, not these names being floated here
True, you can tell that this blogg is just a number of chaps campaigning for a friend whose abilities are frail for the job, Isnt this the guy coming from Vodacom which has just collapsed. Track record is important
Vodacom and Vodafone are two different entities
The job needs to taken up by somebody with massive and tested experience in broadcasting. Anything other than that will be a costly experiment. This institution requires to be transformed so that workers can get paid on time.
The guy heaping praise on the guy could just be the same person and not multiple people, he is just using different names on this blog, these tricks are known. The institution needs a serious person, it has suffered enough
The DeadNBC needs brave journalists who will fight for freedom of expression like those in South Africa did recently. It’s journalists who should lead the fight Noone else
For once I think the appointing authority may have smelt the coffee. AJ will be a good fit for an institution in ICU. I haven’t watched the station in years, until such a time the appointment becomes official, I am still out!
Where are we going? All Zambians Know is criticize. Lets learn to support our leaders. Development starts in the mind. If Jere is the chosen Candidate after reviewing applications then be it. Its his time, otherwise the man is good and I think he deserves it
Fools running the country and driving it deeper into the ground everyday! Let’s face it, the deficiency of able leadership in Zambia has reached dangerously chronic levels, I mean, it’s like the physical state Sata reached before he died, the cobra could even spit, it was wholly finished!
Just look at Lungu, Inonge or that Angolan Malanji or whatever Foreign minister you call him. Look at Dora Slit or Nkandu Luo and not mentioning Jean Kapata or that Katangese Defence Minister, all nothing but deadwood. Development with this lot will always be a pipe dream.