https://aimnews.org/2024/05/21/mozambican-connections-of-congolese-plotters/
Some of those involved in last Sunday’s abortive coup d’etat in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have interests in Mozambique, notably in a mining enterprise called Bantu Mining Company, registered in Mozambique and with its head office in the southern city of Matola.
One of them is an exiled Congolese, Christian Malanga, who is the founder and chairperson of the “United Congolese Party”. He and two American associates, Cole Ducey and Benjamin Polun, each originally owned a third of the shares in Bantu Mining, according to the Mozambican documents setting up the company in July 2022, and published in the official gazette, the “Boletim da Republica”.
Both of the Americans were living in the Alto-Mae neighbourhood of Maputo city.
Four months later, the shareholding structure changed. Cole Ducey acquired 99.72 per cent of the company, while his two partners kept 0.14 per cent each.
The same three men also registered Global Solutions Mozambique, a company in which Malanga was the majority shareholder, with a 55 per cent controlling interest. The remaining 45 per cent was held by Polun.
This company was registered in Chimoio, capital of the central province of Manica. It claimed activities in mining, building, security, education and health.
Zeferino Caito, head of public relations in the Manica provincial notary’s office, confirmed to the independent daily “O Pais” that this company does indeed exist.
In April 2022, Malanga, Polun and Ducey opened a third Mozambican company, CCB Mining Solutions in which each held a third of the shares.
These companies may be registered as legal entities, but there is no sign that they have undertaken any activities.