Who would have imagined a year earlier that the fate of the Zambezi Portland Cement is going to meet a sad ending? A factory which looked as one of the most promising in the whole nation has suddenly been weakened by conspiracy, loot and mismanagement and is waiting to be shut down in the days to come. The Ventriglia family has not only made this factory a place of hopelessness, but has also converted it into something which cannot be restored or reused. All precious belongings of the factory such as the trucks, the machines and the real property are now passed on to companies which stands as sham for the Ventriglias. The result is, even if the Ventriglias do not get this company, they will have the properties of the company vested in their hands automatically.

The trap was set for Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani in early June, when the conspirators took over the factory and planned to have the Former Finance Bank Chairman arrested, so that he cannot intervene in affairs of the factory. By the time, Dr. Mahtani could look into this matter, adjustments were made, officials were bribed and planning was mapped. All the revenue which was being generated by the factory was now flowing directly out of Zambia and to the offshore accounts. The new management group had also figured out ways to reduce the operating expense by firing workers and reasoning the same with lack of work opportunities within the factory. After the whole script was ready, they finally appealed to the Lusaka High Court and thought of making one last attempt to steal the ownership. Sadly, they failed once again and then they decided to play the last round by diversifying the resources of the factory to dummy companies which were created by the conspirators themselves.

So, what we are currently looking at is a scenario where the Zambezi Portland Cement is going to be wasted within a matter of next few months. Or, will there be a miracle and the dead will rise, once again?