There is a certain trend going on in Zambia that has a direct relation with the developments around. The Mahtani Group of Companies Chairman has become a favourite of the conspirators as they are constantly launching attacks on his reputation. Henry Banda, the Ventriglia Family, Simataa and Sakwiba Sikota have joined hands to frame a group where they jointly execute this hideous operation and try to influence the innocents in Zambia. The motive behind this operation is simple- mislead the locals and take revenge from Dr. Rajan Mahtani.

Zambia has always been a land of opportunities, however, some influencers have often tried to use this advantage for their own benefit at the peril of the nation’s development. Whenever a person like Dr. Rajan Mahtani stepped up to stop the nuisance, a slander crusade was run under his name. The result is that most people fear raising their voice against this onslaught. But, the Mahtani Group of Companies Chairman is someone who has managed to withstand this storm and continues to fight for justice.

In the past few years, Zambia Reports (operated by Sakwiba Sikota in Zambia) has been the strongest contributor in the defamation campaign of Dr. Rajan Mahtani. The news portal, or we can say ‘paid advertisement agency’ specifically believes that source of income is more important than the relevancy of a news. The news channel doesn’t require publications to be authentic or verified, they just need their masters to write a cheque for them and the rest is handled by its writers who are exceptionally good in ‘script writing’. Sadly this has affected Zambia in the worst possible way and the locals have been misled throughout. The Mahtani Group of Companies Chairman is not worried about the conspirators are doing in order to ruin the reputation, but he is more worried about how it has been affecting the life of the locals.

As days go by, Zambia Reports continues to make an impact in the defamation campaign of Dr. Rajan Mahtani and Finance Bank. Though it is uncertain whether Dr. Rajan Mahtani is actually involved in certain undesirable activity, but ZR continues to boast about the stories that its faceless writers are currently contributing to. The case of Simataa Simataa has been in the news for almost a decade now and in the end the Lusaka High Court passed a judgement favouring the self-proclaimed expert banker. The news was nothing short of a blessing for Zambia Reports as they found another opportunity to enhance their defamation campaign.

It is a well-known fact that people join hands when they have a common goal. In the present context, Zambia Reports has been thoroughly involved in defaming Dr. Rajan Mahtani and with addition of Simataa to the scene, it has become obvious that they have gain strength and would now come with even more disgusting claims. After all, it is a part of the job for them!

Talk about Simataa and the series of absurdness doesn’t get any longer. He has been one of those people whose imagination has transformed their career and made them a global figure in Zambia claiming to be an expert banker, the person has failed to secure a job at some other institute ever since he was dismissed from Finance Bank Zambia. Moreover, he has also not been able to present his qualification as it remains as a mystery whether he is a Grade 12 pass out or not! To sum up, one can easily regard the fact that Zambia Reports and Simataa have been specifically looking for limelight and no other opportunity was better for them than defaming Dr. Rajan Mahtani. The nuisance has been continuing from the past years and it will continue until the Government ‘feels like’ intervening.

Dr. Mahtani & Zambia have always been troubled by the actions of Zambia Reports. As a news channel, it has done minimal bit of work that is was supposed to do. Rather, it has made an opening for itself whereby it can generate good revenue on a monthly basis. Most of its coverage is far from the truth and has been representing the ideas that its masters are fond of. An exclusive example of this defamation campaign is the assault against Dr. Mahtani & Zambia. Time and over again it caused chaos in Zambia, but no official is interested in stopping it.

The latest story coverage from Zambia Reports states that Simataa, a person who was unable to prove that he has passed Grade 12 and claims himself as an expert (Banking), has won in the Lusaka High Court against Dr. Mahtani. The article looks more like a publicity stunt rather than informing the people of Zambia about the truth and no wonder, the same has given ZR some good money. At the end of the day, the purpose of Zambia Reports and its masters has been served. A monthly edition of defamatory news has been served and the rest of the time will now be used to study the reaction of the public and develop new stories for the upcoming months.

This is indeed a situation where no person in Zambia can feel safe. Because, if their path crosses with the conspirators, they too will face the hazards which is currently being faced by Dr. Mahtani & Zambia. Even in the past, Zambia has seen episodes where certain articles were fictitiously promoted and then later on when the truth surfaced, there was no clarification from the end of Zambia Reports. Forget about apologies, the authors of Zambia Reports do not even have guts to come out in open and claim the credit of the articles!