{"id":14731,"date":"2022-01-26T22:28:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T22:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/foreign-affairs-has-hidden-the-real-reason-president-hichilema-is-travelling-to-south-africa-fred-mmembe"},"modified":"2022-01-26T22:41:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T22:41:27","slug":"foreign-affairs-has-hidden-the-real-reason-president-hichilema-is-travelling-to-south-africa-fred-mmembe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/foreign-affairs-has-hidden-the-real-reason-president-hichilema-is-travelling-to-south-africa-fred-mmembe","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Affairs has Hidden the Real Reason President Hichilema is Travelling to South Africa-Fred M\u2019membe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The President of the Opposition Socialist Party Fred M\u2019membe has revealed that the main reason republican President Hakainde Hichilema is travelling to South Africa today is to launch a book written by a private person who happens to be his friend named Greg Mills, the CEO of the Brenthurst Foundation, a Johannesburg-based organisation established by the Oppenheimer family, the founders of Anglo American Plc, in 2004. This Foundation is widely believed to have bankrolled the UPND campaigns in the last few elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a posting on his Facebook Page, Dr M\u2019membe wondered if President Hichilema is repaying a favour on this trip because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the President\u2019s visit is a two-day working visit and that the President will pay a courtesy call on South African President President Cyril Ramaphosa, explaining that a courtesy call is a, by the way, a call or visit made out of politeness.<\/p>\n<p>Dr M\u2019membe asked what exactly is the purpose of President Hichilema\u2019s trip to South Africa if the meeting with President Ramaphosa is only a by the way and questioned if the meeting with President Ramaphosa a mere cover-up for his private pursuits, especially that SADC leaders only recently met in Malawi to discuss the security situation in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs this the best way to use public resources and time: galavanting all over South Africa to promote the commercial interests of the President\u2019s non-Zambian associates?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it justified to travel to another country using taxpayers\u2019 resources (office, money, time, etc) to physically promote the commercial interests of private entities even if they may have helped fund one\u2019s election campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoesn\u2019t this make it plain who the power brokers in the new government are?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs this the beginning of State Capture,\u201d Dr Membe asked<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. 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