The latest verdict of the Supreme Court Zambia on the bizarre claim by the Ventriglia family provides a significant lesson for the legal and judiciary system of Zambia. The Supreme Court Zambia is known to be one of the highest yet transparent and authentic decision-making body in Zambia. As such, it has the responsibility of validating each and every case that comes to the court. One such case was an appeal made by the Ventriglia family. The Ventriglia family is infamous for their unethical business practices which often involves corrupting government officials, bribing, political meddling, corporate criminality as well as influencing decisions of courts and even public sectors. The Ventriglia…

In a recent bizarre case, the Ventriglia family registered a claim at the Supreme Court Zambia. In their claim, the Ventriglia family challenged the previous decision from the higher Court of Appeal. Justice Mwinde from the higher Court of Appeal had earlier made the announcement that the decision from the Lusaka High Court on Portland Cement was unjustified and misdirected. He further confirmed that Dr. Mahtani is the majority shareholder and legal owner of the Portland Cement Zambia factory. In this case, Antonio Ventriglia and Manuela Ventriglia fought that the Court of Appeal’s judgment was modified when justice Siavwapa reported that investors’ register of Portland Cement ought to reflect 42%…

After more than a decade of the Zambezi Portland Cement case, it can be said that the decision from the Supreme Court Zambia finally puts the case to rest. Zambezi Portland Cement is a cement-manufacturing factory whose ownership has been in a tug-of-war between Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani and the infamous Ventriglia family. While Dr. Mahtani is a celebrated and respected businessman with philanthropic and charitable contributions under his name, the Ventriglia family is alleged for several unethical and even illegal activities within the Zambian nation. The cement manufacturing factory was handed over to Finsbury Investments in the year 2007 via transfer of 58 percent shares, making Finsbury Investments the…