ACC says it has interrogated former Defence Minister Davies Chama to help with investigations in a matter in which $3 million was allegedly paid to PF in 2016 by Glencore International AG, a mining company that was operating as Mopani Copper Mine. But Chama says there’s nothing illegal about a company donating money to a political party, arguing that ACC is now playing “dirty politics”. Meanwhile, according to documents obtained by News Diggers, PF informed Glencore that the donated funds would be used solely for expenses associated with the party’s election campaign, and other needs. The party also acknowledged that the firm required that the intended donation was kept confidential as it “shall not be made with the objective of...

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