DIAMOND TV Chief Visionary Officer Costa Mwansa on Sunday fumed at Ministry of Information and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana for referring to him as “notorious” during a live interview. Mwansa was grilling Kawana on why he recently threatened to close down some media houses when he was a victim of being denied coverage under the previous administration, among other effects of having a shrunken media space. Defending his remarks, Kawana said media houses should just take his words as a “kind reminder to be careful”. As Mwansa probed further, Kawana said he was being notorious for suggesting that he was threatening media houses, a statement which the Diamond TV CVO did not take kindly to. Below is the verbatim...

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