ZCCM-IH Minority Shareholders demand from Government answers to unfair dismissals of Senior Staff
…What incomprehensible reasons are inciting the GRZ to act against ZCCM-IH interests?…
●”What is more, a dismissal without any real reason is totally illegal. What compelling reason could have led the GRZ to break the law?”
After contributing, among other things, to resolving the situation at Mopani and KCM, ZCCM-IH Chief Legal Officer Lombe Mbalashi and Chief Investments Officer Brian Musonda have been fired without any explanation.

These new dismissals follow a series of dismissals and resignations within ZCCM-IH:
After the ousting of former Chief Legal Officer Councel Yadika Mkandawire, who had done a fantastic job during the hard negociations with First Quantum Minerals and Vedanta, the unexpected and unexplained resignation of former Chairperson Dolika Banda and then the dismissal of Director Moses Nyrienda, why fire two competent members of Management again?
The GRZ should be aware that it is imperative to have competent people who know the Company inside out in order to meet current and future challenges.
What is more, a dismissal without any real reason is totally illegal. What compelling reason could have led the GRZ to break the law?
Did Messrs Mbalashi and Musonda oppose injunctions that were contrary to the interests of the Company and therefore of the Zambian people, and was their dismissal in retaliation? Are bigwigs planning to put shady cronies in their place?

The absence of any explanation raises a host of questions… but one thing is certain: this
incomprehensible action of the GRZ is detrimental to ZCCM-IH one more time and therefore the interests of the Zambian people, at a time when Zambia’s leaders praise their sO-called sovereign mining ambitions for the country..
Issued by: Thierry CHARLES
President of ZCCM Defense 22 January 2025, FRANCE
Next you will hear he has replaced them with his relatives.
Ethnic cleansing in Zambia is rife under this government, madam UN representative.
All key positions are occupied by his relatives and tribesmen. Please check for yourself who is heading key institutions.
It is now becoming……
ONE ZAMBIA, ONE TRIBE.
Vote wisely in 2026.
So what’s the point of publishing this article. This on its own defeats the purpose to get an equitable outcome that is if atall you even have one! Did you publish your appointment letter? To assume you assisted with the issue of KCM is far fetched. KCM was taken over a long time ago, what did you do to get it back since you were still working for the government that to it over. To be honest with you, I wouldn’t be surprised if the government decided to part ways with you guys for being unprofessional.
It’s normal to hire and fire in any institution be it private or government Ministries and Agencies. Watch CNN, BBC, SKY NEWS you will hear and see the changes that President Donald Trump is effecting or carrying out from Monday the 20th January 2025 when he was sworn in as President of the United States of America (USA). So there’s nothing wrong here bwaana, it is normsl; thus is work, work and work but most important; in a pricise and methodical manner .
ZCCM-IH is a public limited company. Listing rules may require the company to issue a statement to the market to explain such a change in the management team in order not to give an opportunity to conspiracy theorists to fill in the vacuum.
The Courts are there for anyone with a cause of action to sue for, inter-alia, unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and unlawful dismissal. So, please stop speaking for other poeple if you are not Counsel, you are making noise.