Zambia has taken a swipe at South Africa Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni describing his criticing the firing of Bank of Zambia Governor as immature.
Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya Says Zambia is a sovereign State which should be able to make independent decisions. Siliya who is also Zambia’s Information Minister has since told off the South African Minister saying he must concentrate on fighting Convid-19.
The South Africa Minister of Finance this morning demanded that President Lungu gives reasons for firing Dr Denny Kalyalya failure to which he will mobilise against his government.
The Zambian government has hit back through Dora Siliya.??
“We are very surprised with Tito Mboweni’s immature and improper criticism of a sovereign decision by Zambia. The Minister should be attending to COVID problems facing the South Africans, our focus here. We will pursue matter diplomatically,” Siliya stated in her tweet.
And in a press release below released by the Ministry of Information, Siliya has said the Zambian Government will pursue the matter diplomatically with the South African Government.
Lusaka – Sunday 23rd August 2020
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, Hon. Dora Siliya has expressed surprise at the attacks made by South Africa’s Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni against the country.
In a series of tweets made on social-media on Sunday, Mr. Mboweni demanded the reinstatement of former Bank of Zambia Governor, Denny Kalyalya.
But Hon. Siliya stated that the tweets were improper and immature as Zambia had a right to make sovereign decisions.
Ms Siliya responded in a tweet and stated that:
“We are very surprised with Tito Mboweni’s immature and impromper attacks against a sovereign decision of Zambia. We will pursue the matter diplomatically.”
She said the Government will pursue the matter through diplomatic channels with the government of South Africa.