AVZ Discussion 2022

[MoneyBags1348]

Why are you trying to track him down?

He owes me money

 

[Mr Inappropriate]

$AVZ

You fuck-head!

 

[Frank]

Sino-Congolese contract: "Stop politicizing the Sicomines affair"

“We send a message to all those who want to do political recovery of the Sicomines affair: stop.

The General Inspectorate of Finance has produced a technical report.

This mission started 6 months ago.

It is not because there are elections today that we have to stop working", declares, guest of the Special Edition on Top Congo FM, Jules Alingete, head of the services of the General Inspectorate of Finances (IGF), about the "misguided sons of the DRC" who accompanied (by passivity or complicity) Chinese companies in the selling off of natural resources within the framework of what were then called "Chinese contracts" signed in April 2008.

"Let those who are agitated, stop. My brothers Congolese politicians who were agitating, you are not concerned. Do not be afraid.

Be with us to defend the interests of the Congo, don't play into the hands of these Chinese companies who put forward to make believe that this is a problem between Congolese.

Stop your useless agitations”, he urges.

"The message I send them is that we have no problem with you. We understand the circumstances in which you acted. We say to you (simply): Congo first", reassures Jules Alingete.

"The report is technical and can be summed up in one thing: what we were promised in the agreement has not been given to us. We are only asking that we be able to give it and that in addition, we revisit the agreement to rebalancing the benefits, just that," he insists.

The Chinese didn't execute the convention alone?

"There are also many Congolese, Congolese structures that have intervened, but I do not want to put them on the dock.

I would simply like these Congolese to be with us to ask, in the interest of Congo, the Chinese side, its companies, to fulfill their commitments.

A point, a line", pleads the chief inspector.

“We ask Chinese companies involved in the convention to fulfill their commitment.

Subsequently, we ask these companies to sit down with the agency responsible for monitoring and coordinating their activities to examine the review of this contract which is totally unbalanced", he explains.

What about the status quo?

And in the case of China or at least its companies did not move one iota, Jules Alingete begins by noting "that the Congolese government has done what it promised.

They (Chinese companies) have promised infrastructure, it's a commitment.

They have to keep it (as long as they) recognize that we are at 822 million dollars instead of 3 billion over 15 years”.

And it is precisely "where we can say that the Congolese have abused, it is in the 822 million dollars of infrastructure that we estimate to have been overcharged.

In this Congolese part, there is the Agency for Major Works which was responsible for monitoring", he reveals, before returning to the hypothesis where the Chinese part does not run.

"The operating permit is renewable by the government", begins by recalling this senior public official.

Already, “next year, it will have to be renewed.

The government may not renew the permits.

These are coercive measures to lead to negotiation.

It's not just that (need to know).

Today, they no longer have exemptions.

There are other measures we can take," he said.

The political class, a misfortune

However, "these are partners and we are within the framework of a convention.

Let's not set fires.

We ask them (simply) to fulfill their commitment and that we can examine the agreement to see which provisions will have to be revisited", resumes Jules Alingete before going there with his clear and absolutely sharp peak: "The misfortune of the Congolese people is their political class".

Certainly, "it is true that in this political class, we have values, but the majority, nearly 90% of the people who are part of the Congolese political class promote mediocrity, to paraphrase Cardinal Mosengwo", formulates he.

“I go even further: they promote hooliganism.

That is to say public governance by corrupt people.

We must be patriots, we must love Congo.

If we do not defend the interests of Congo, there is no one who will come to do it in our place", he says.

mediacongo

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Chinese contract unpacked: Jules Alingete scratches and puts pressure, Sicomines already drops 700 million dollars!

Jules Alingete played and won the DR-Congo, which lost billions in the deal with China presented as the "contract of the century" which should be "win-win".

The investigation into this contract, carried out by the brigade of inspectors of the General Inspectorate of Finance -IGF- under the leadership of Alingete, revealed a flagrant imbalance in favor of Chinese interests.

The gain of the Grouping of Chinese companies -GEC-, born following the conclusion of the "contract of the century" in 2008, was evaluated at USD 76 billion by the IGF while the DR-Congo only obtained USD 3 billion.

In the end, revealed "Jeune Afrique", which got its hands on a still confidential part of the audit submitted to President Félix Tshisekedi, the Chinese side has only mobilized USD 4.47 billion in 14 years, of which only 822 million were used to finance the construction of infrastructures, moreover "invisible".

The IGF report caused an outcry on the web, not without putting "pressure" on the negotiations started last November between the GEC and the DR-Congolese State, represented by the Agence de pilotage de coordination et de follow-up of collaboration agreements -APSC.

The latter, created in March 2022 to monitor the various collaboration agreements between the DR-Congo and its private partners, replaced the Coordination and Monitoring Office of the Sino-Congolese Program - BCPSC.

The Director General of the APSC, Freddy Yody Chembo, during his speech on the airwaves of Top Congo, announced that the Sino-Congolese mines -SICOMINES-, one of the companies of the GEC, will release a total of USD 700 million this year for the construction of infrastructure for the benefit of the DR-Congo.

Thanks to this same intervention, Freddy Yody Chembo acknowledged that “the IGF report has increased the pressure” on Chinese companies which have already dropped USD 500 million while negotiations continue.

This sum will be released in two stages: first USD 350 million and then USD 150 million.

It will, according to the director general of the APSC, be injected into projects “to be carried out by the Ministry of Infrastructure”.

The DR-Congolese party, he said, has requested an additional USD 200 million which will bring the total amount to be paid into the Treasury account this year to USD 700 million.

"The negotiations being in progress, it is likely to go beyond these 700 million which will allow the Republic to regain its rights", an observer told AfricaNews, while welcoming the "work of the titans" carried out by Jules Alingete, head of the General Inspectorate of Finance -IGF-, to "give a necessary push to the negotiations so that the Chinese contract can really benefit the DR-Congolese".

For Alingete and its inspectors, this contract, in its initial form, represented “unacceptable economic colonization”.

This, given that the country has lost 3,500 km of road, as many kilometers of railway, 31 hospitals and 145 health centers.

These various infrastructures should be built by Chinese companies in return for the exploitation of the DR-Congolese mines.

They should cost 6.5 billion.

To President Félix Tshisekedi, the IGF handed over a list of requirements to correct the “glaring imbalance” found in the Chinese contract.

These include the revision of the distribution of the capital of SICOMINES by taking into account the value of the deposits provided by Gécamines, the revaluation of the amount of infrastructure to be financed by the Chinese party to USD 20 billion USD.

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Sino-Congolese contracts: when Adolphe Muzito deplored an "injustice" against the Congolese people

The publication, last week, by the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) of the report on the execution of the Agreement between Chinese companies and the Congolese government continues to be debated.

In this report, the IGF noted the fact that of the 12 billion dollars already generated in this deal, only 822 million benefited the Democratic Republic of Congo with regard to the infrastructure component.

A year ago, the former Prime Minister, Adolphe Muzito, had come to the same conclusion and the same figures.

In an interview with the South-China Morning Post media in March 2022, he already indicated that of the three billion planned for infrastructure, “only 800 million dollars have been disbursed, but still no infrastructure in sight”.

For Adolphe Muzito, this constitutes an "injustice" against the Congolese people.

He thus pleaded for the revision of this agreement so that it "guarantees the rights of investors and the Congolese people".

These so-called "win-win" contracts were signed a few months before the appointment of Adolphe Muzito as head of government in 2008.

Its implementation began in 2012, when the latter had already left the Prime Minister's Office.

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Albanese stresses importance of local battery manufacturing in Australia​

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese used an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday to solidify his stance on establishing a critical minerals value chain here in Australia to compete in global export markets, improve our sovereign capability, and take advantage of the abundance of resources.

“I want to make sure we use the lithium, nickel, and other products we have to make batteries here,” he said.

“That’s part of the vision of protecting our national economy going forward.

“I think we should be making solar panels here.

I think we should be making so many more things here in order to protect our national sovereignty.

“Rare earths and critical minerals are part of the National Reconstruction Fund, it is about taking those things here, providing financing for Australian-based businesses to invest and value-add here.”

The comments came in response to a question about Chinese foreign investment in Australia and the critical minerals sector, particularly in the lithium space.

“Why aren’t we making more batteries here? We have almost half of the world’s lithium deposits,” Albanese said.

“I was in Perth and Port Hedland yesterday, if you went to Port Hedland as I did, I have been there many times – but 20 years ago, no-one would have been coming up to you and saying, ‘Hi, I’m a lithium company.’

“They were queuing up.

“I’m certain there were, without doing a head count, there were over 200 people there – lithium has an extraordinary capacity, we need to not just dig it up.”

 

[Bin59]

An evaluation of the revised mining code is happening this week - something worth us reviewing once it’s available imo.

DRC/Mines: After the general statements, Antoinette N'Samba is launching the evaluation work on the new mining code in Zongo.​

Posted on February 23, 2023

After the state-general of mines that took place in his city province of Kinshasa, His Excellency Antoinette N'SAMBA KALAMBAYI, Minister of National Minister of Mines is organizing an evaluation seminar of the Mining Code this Thursday, February 23, 2023 in Zongo in Kongo Central. 5 years after its implementation, the revised mining code will be examined to highlight strengths, weaknesses and propose solutions for the It should be noted that as part of this evaluation, preliminary work had already begun on Tuesday, February 21 by experts from the mining administration, the Congo National Geological Service, the Mining Cadastre, the CEEC, SAEMAPE, FOMIN and the CTCPM and had only ended yesterday, Wednesday, February 22 late at night.

J.R. BONGENGWA/Expert at the Ministry of Mines.

 

[Bin59]

Just FYI

Kinshasa: The policy note on the disclosure of extractive sector contracts in the DRC made public, the Publish What You Pay Coalition pleads for the development of a law that regulates the sector.​

Posted on February 17, 2023

The disclosure of contracts and their annexes, particularly in the context of the energy transition, is a very important issue since the race towards transition minerals is a very crucial issue. It will thus be unfortunate if not regrettable to contact that after the depletion of transitional minerals in the Congolese subsoil, the affected communities have not been significantly benefited from these resources. This is the main reason for the production by the on-demand consultant of the Coalition Publish What You Pay for this policy note on the disclosure of extractive sector contracts in the DRC.

As part of the continuation of its campaign initiated at the end of 2020 internationally on the disclosure of extractive contracts, the Publish What You Pay Coalition presented this Thursday, February 16, 2023 the policy note on the disclosure of extractive sector contracts in the DRC. It was during a press conference held in Kinshasa in the kundelungu room of the Paul Panda Farnana administrative building. Since the publication of the contract is an important issue given the requirement of the laws of the Republic and the ITIE standard, the said regulatory texts had to be evaluated in strengths and weaknesses in order to have a law that takes into account the question of disclosure of contracts. This meeting of the press and the PCQVP coalition had two major moments, namely the economy of the political note on the disclosure of contracts in the extractive sector made by Me Jean Claude Katende and the presentation on transitional mineral contracts and the risk of corruption in the DRC made by Mr. Albert Kabuya.

In his speech, Me Jean Claude Katende, coordinator of PCQVP, recalled the main mission of the said Coalition, which is to push companies to make public the way they manage the extractive sector. He also reminded the opinion that the PCQVP coalition at the national level was set up by about thirty civil society organizations in 2006 with the objective of accompanying the implementation of the initiative for the transparency of extractive industries. "Our consultant who evaluated the policy on the disclosure of contracts in the extractive sector in the DRC found strengths and weaknesses. We thought it was important to have a systematic, harmonious and digitized policy. With the rush to transitional minerals, the DRC will be in high demand. As a result, the contracts that will be signed must be transparent and benefit the Congolese populations >> Me Jean Claude Katende suggested

For his part, Albert Kabuya explained that most contracts signed in the DRC are focused on the state's assets. This is what leads to the bankruptcy of some public companies. In addition, the energy deficit is lacking for the local processing of minerals, especially those of transition. Since the implementation of the African vision has not been effective, the urgency is necessary for the implementation of a national law that regulates the extractive sector of the bridge with a view to the disclosure of contracts. It should be noted that the political note published also recommends the establishment of a digital platform bringing together government, civil society and businesses, which should serve as a portal to inform all citizens about the extractive sector in the DRC.

Flora KAYALA MUKALA

 

[Samus]

It seems that the reshuffled government is coming very soon. That the corrupt ministers, compromised and quoted in the reports of investigations and various audits as well as those who have interests in the mines leave otherwise, the change is not for today. (Civil society)

 

[Onthefm]

Lots of great info coming through lately.

Feels like the mood has changed here significantly more optimistic overall. Even if no one has clear understanding of where we are.

I stated previously I thought that the cost of doing business in the DRC was a minority ownership by zinjin. If you use AVZ as an example it looks like when a significant deposit was discovered, zinjin would just come in last minute with the brown paper and comi would accept.
Standard practice and way of doing business for way to long.

Just trying to join a few dots here.
It's been previously stated over a year ago that Felix was revisting all mining agreements and now we are hearing news of the DRC wanting a further 1.3 billion from China for these agreements.

The USA is now using the United nations charter to fight corruption in the DRC. They would not be able to do this without an invite from the DRC. in my opinion that is.

I still believe that it was AVZ that did not want to progress to production with zinjin as a minority partner.

Zinjin called avz to the icc, to which AVZ gladly accepted.

I do hope that the AVZ /Zinjin case is being used as an example of how the business climate is changing and that the drc is making moves to stamp out corruption of this type.

Comi are the corrupt fuckers that have been selling off DRC assets for snacks as a way of life.

Quick thoughts while I have a 5 minute break.

The sentence that ends type. Dreaming Mate. this is how it's always been and yes there will be incremental moves ford over generations. but avz is not going to move the pendulum . In production we will have a say. Jesus the nige was bourn in kuching for christ sakes. If he can't play this game ? Best time in sarawak for years very special place on the planet. Bintulu especially. Cheers

 

[Onthefm]

Hmm, more interested as to who is "really" behind Lithium Plus, buying 50m shares off the retrace after ATH one day before suspension, picking up 3/4 Canacord's 76m share dump. Very interesting

Mite have to ask the nige

 

[Onthefm]

It seems that the reshuffled government is coming very soon. That the corrupt ministers, compromised and quoted in the reports of investigations and various audits as well as those who have interests in the mines leave otherwise, the change is not for today. (Civil society)

As in imminent? Oh great. Thanks

 

[Xerof]

@MoneyBags1348

Yibin holding now includes a CATH holding, recorded as related entities, in the list in the 2022 AR. They could have bought these in the previous 12 months or simply not revealed as related parties. The others are too hard to follow for a dumb Kunt like me. My take is CATH declared their interests, so no other hidden holdings

BUT

@The Fox yes, Lithium Plus must be a sleeper for one of the other Chinese interests, imo. Doubtless there are many more in and below the T20

I would say Z, if I had to pick it in one. Recall the Bechemal holding linked back to Z. That’s slipped into the background either by splitting it up or selling down to other entities.

Arsehole, back in Rome, after cruise, recuperating from gross alcohol excess and overeating.

 

[Ozthescot]

Hmmmm

 

[Ozthescot]

Hmmmmm

 

[Xerof]

She said:

Hopefully the Chinese around the world will be widely seen through. He can't help but run the business with insidiousness...win-win...I'm laughing my ass off. That's not the democratic model...it's greed. No promises are kept

Maria, please translate to English before posting

kind regards
Arsehole

 

[LithiumKing]

Can anyone confirm if Nigel is in the DRC?

 

[JasonM]

how sweet it is for those long term pls holders, going through the ups and downs, into production and now receiving their first divi (I have a small holding but nothing like my holding in avz). sincere congrats to those holders. meanwhile we cling to glimmers of hope and some action out of the DRC. if only we could see divvies for avz one day, if only .........

 

[TheCount]

how sweet it is for those long term pls holders, going through the ups and downs, into production and now receiving their first divi (I have a small holding but nothing like my holding in avz). sincere congrats to those holders. meanwhile we cling to glimmers of hope and some action out of the DRC. if only we could see divvies for avz one day, if only .........

Yep. With an AVZ share price of $5 and dividend of 11c I know where I'd be .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

TC.

 

[Bin59]

Hmmmmm
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The Manono SEZ is in writing and should prevail (maybe there will just be an additional Chinese SEZ in the DRC)

 

[Samus]

NEWSECONOMY

Manono lithium: from MANOMIN to DATHCOM, from PE12202 to PR13359, from DATHOMIR to AVZ​

February 23, 2023
Kiki Kienge

By Kiki Kienge
Manomin was a joint venture between the state company of the DR Congo, Cominiere with a company under Mauritian law, the MMCS created in 2013.
Creation of MANOMIN by COMINIERE and MMCS
Manomin is the ancestor of Dathcom, the second joint venture created in 2017 on Manono's lithium, between Cominiere and Dathomir of the Chinese, Simon Cong, after the cancellation of PE12202 following the inability of MMCS to bring back funds promised for the Manono lithium feasibility study.
The agreement was based on Exploitation License 12202, COMINIERE SA had sold it to the MANOMIN joint venture of which MMCS was the majority shareholder with 68% of the shares and 32% for Cominiere. On September 16, 2013, an obligation under the joint venture contract was concluded between Cominiere and MMCS, the validity of the Exploitation License 12202 granted by Cominiere to Manomin was 3 years, the agreement clearly meant that fault the commencement of work for the development and construction of the mine within the legal period (3 years), this Exploitation License should be cancelled.
Following the complaints of Cominiere, after noting the lack of start of work, the feasibility study and the construction of the mine, the Minister of Mines at the time issued an order forfeiture of the Exploitation License 12202.
In short, MMCS in spite of the payment of a sum of 5 million $US of key money, advanced promises to collect funds to finance the project of the exploitation of the lithium of Manono, having even the PE12202 of Manomi in hand, MMCS failed in the obligation to maintain the validity of PE12202.
How was the Exploitation License 12202 changed to PR13359?
Press release by Geoege Kapiamba has its time; “The perimeter covered by the 12202 exploitation permit canceled by the Minister of Mines is an important deposit belonging to COMINIERE. La COMINIERE could not let go of its heritage. As a good father, the leaders of COMINIERE have done everything possible to recover it. This is how they duly submitted the request to the Minister of Mines and the CAMI to obtain the allocation of an exploration permit. This is exploration permit 13359. Afterwards, the directors of COMINIERE transformed this exploration permit into an exploitation permit. Then there was a serious partner who approached COMINIERE and provided capital. COMINIERE transferred this operating license to this partner »
The PE12202 was thus split into two Exploration Permits, including PR13689 for the waste and PR13359 for the mine. Noting that contrary to George Kapiamba's statement in his press release, PR13359 was not transformed into PE13359 by COMINIERE, but only in 2022 after the feasibility study of AVZ Minerals
Creation of Dathcom and arrival of AVZ Minerals
After the cancellation and transformation of PE12202 into PR13359 in 2016, on February 2, 2017 the Congolese government through Cominiere signed a collaborative partnership with Dathomir, a company of Chinese Simon Cong. Thus creating the joint venture, Dathcom with 70% for Dathomir and 30% for Cominiere.
In 2017 following an inability on the part of Dathomir to raise the funds for the feasibility study and the realization of the works of the project related to PR13359, AVZ Minerals concluded an agreement with for the acquisition of 60% of the shares of Dathomir Mining in the Manono Lithium, tin and tantalum project with the agreement of La Cominiere for a sum of US$10.5 million.
AVZ Minerals under the agreements will pay US$6 million in cash and Cominiere US$0.1 million upon execution of the agreement, the balance will be paid in four instalments; US$0.75 million in cash and within 30 days of signing the agreement, AVZ Minerals will issue 260 million shares upon satisfaction of all conditions to Dathomir Mining Resources SARL.

Manono lithium : de MANOMIN à DATHCOM, du PE12202 au PR13359, de DATHOMIR à AVZ - Kongo Presse

Par Kiki Kienge Manomin fût une joint-venture entre la société étatique de la RD Congo, Cominiere avec une société de droit Mauricien, le MMCS créée en 2013. Création de MANOMIN…

kongopress.com

 

[cruiser51]

Manono lithium survey. INTERVIEW. Marius Mihigo: "It's not me we're targeting, it's the head of state..."​

He confessed that he wanted, first, to speak to the international press to announce his decision to sue the authors of the defamatory articles in order to obtain proof of what they are saying. We told him that he could trust us by reserving the scoop of his reaction to a DRC newspaper.​

February 13, 2023 Patient Ketu NEWS Comments Offon Investigation of Manono's lithium.
INTERVIEW. Marius Mihigo: "It's not me we're targeting, it's the head of state..."

Marius Mushagalusa Mihigo
COMMENTS COLLECTED BY TONY NGANGA
The exchanges of pleasantries inevitably relaxed the beginning of our telephone interview. We felt the determination and serenity in the words of Marius Mihigo. AVZ affair, accusations of corruption, influence peddling, conflict of interest, his relationship with President Tshisekedi and his entourage. We wanted to interview him to understand better.
From the start of our interview, we plunged in, warning him that our questions were not going to please him, because he would find them direct, sometimes aggressive. “I will answer all your questions. He kept his word. He answered directly, skilfully but never looking for red herrings.

From Washington, DC, in the United States, Marius Mihigo told us that if he decided to rely on a court decision, “it is above all a question of reputation and probity”. He says he is “ready to fight for his honor”. He has already instructed his lawyers to file a complaint “in due form for defamation”.
The obstacle course
Marius Mushagalusa Mihigo Ngalamulume known as <Marius Mihigo>, graduate in International Relations from the CEDS in Paris, holder of an Executive MBA in Management of Intelligence and Security Agencies from the CF2R (French Center for Intelligence Research) and former Program Auditor negotiations at the universities of Harvard in the USA and Oxford in England. International consultant in business since 1993, specializing in negotiations, economic intelligence and international business facilitation. He has been special envoy to several Heads of State and Government, special adviser and administrator in several non-State organizations as well as a volunteer with several charities.
Business and Finances : How did you react to the Australian Financial Review article, and relayed by other media on the alleged amount of 6 million dollars to be paid to you by AVZ?

Marius M. Mihigo : It's racism, quite simply. For this journalist (Tom Richardson of AFR) and others, when an African receives fees in the millions of dollars, it means that he is going to use part of his remuneration to bribe the agents of the State or the country authorities. Do you really think that if it was a white guy getting millions of dollars for his performances, these people would be talking about kickbacks? Moreover, it is not a question of 6 million but of a million dollars and reimbursement of various expenses paid not in cash but directly by transfer.
BEF : These accusations certainly mortgage your reputation and that of AVZ, but they also rot the business climate in the country...
MMM : My reputation and that of AVZ remain intact. Personally, I have represented the interests of more than 20 multinationals over the past two decades in strict compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). As far as the business climate is concerned, I imagine that Mr. Richardson's racist motives lead him to also want to discredit the DRC.
BEF : Why, in your opinion, are we attacking AVZ?
MMM : The attacks on AVZ are part of a smear campaign designed to destroy AVZ's reputation with the head of state in order to get President Tshisekedi to order AVZ to be expelled from the DRC.
BEF : Naturally, AVZ opposes the approach of the Minister of Mines… What would happen if the company took the dispute to a court of arbitration?
MMM : It goes without saying that in the event of international arbitration, the DRC would lose. But we are not there yet.
BEF : What is the state of the situation in the AVZ affair?

MMM : Currently AVZ is serene because having respected all its commitments and having seized the highest hierarchy of the country in order to return to its rights as an investor.
AVZ is also happy that the 221 mining squares have become part of the assets of Dathcom Mining SA, of which AVZ remains the majority shareholder. It is desirable that the Minister of Mines take an amending decision including the 221 mining squares, grant the exploitation permit to Dathcom Mining SA and that notification be made in order to start the project.
BEF : What is the current position of the Australian mining giant and what does it expect from the state?
MMM : That the state protect AVZ in accordance with the constitution, the mining code, establish a win-win consultation framework, and allow it to finance the project.
BEF : Do you think that behind the anti-AVZ media campaign, there are people who want to settle accounts with you politically?
MMM : Yes, definitely. It is obvious that my background bothers some people.
BEF : What is your relationship with President Tshisekedi?
MMM : My relationship with the Head of State does not date from today. I have been active in the UDPS since 1990. I officially served the Head of State from July 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021 as an expert in the political, defense and security cell of the presidential strategic intelligence council with rank adviser to the President of the Republic. Since leaving the presidency, I have had no special relationship with the President. I have a deep admiration for President Tshisekedi and have great respect for the work he does for our nation.
BEF : We have seen President Tshisekedi get rid of close collaborators soaked up to their necks in cases of corruption and bribery... Aren't you afraid that this will happen to you too?
MMM : I am not involved in any form of embezzlement and I am not a member of the presidential cabinet. I am therefore not concerned by the purge in question.

 

[TDITD]

It seems that the reshuffled government is coming very soon. That the corrupt ministers, compromised and quoted in the reports of investigations and various audits as well as those who have interests in the mines leave otherwise, the change is not for today. (Civil society)

Seen that, my thoughts were, about time.... oh wait *grabs African English translator, checks 'very soon' ah ffs, another 6 months away.
Also, I hope this isn't the 'news' or the 'unexpected' that is mentioned nudge nudge wink wank
as this is very much overdue and expected yesterday.