OK FOODS NOT LINKED TO KING, ROYAL FAMILY - MD

MBABANE – Lincoln Motsa, the Managing Director (MD) of Linac Enterprises, which operates OK Foods in the Kingdom of Eswatini, has emphasised that the shops were not linked to King Mswati III and the royal family.

Motsa said this during the introduction of OK Foods to Msunduza residents. The company will soon be  opening a store and a liquor shop in the area. When addressing the residents, Motsa said it was of paramount importance to clear the air on the widely circulated perception that the business was linked to the royal family. He said such was absolutely not true as none of the royal family members had shares or injected any money in the business.

He succinctly stated that the business was owned by the Motsa family, whereby he and his wife were directors. He stated that the business was divided into two; Linac Investments, which was managing their properties and then Linac Enterprises, which was looking at the stores.

Business

Motsa said any money invested in the business was from the family and banks which often offered them loans to proceed with the business. He stated that it was unfortunate that someone was out there spreading lies that the business was linked to the royal family. He said as time goes by, the truth will be unveiled. The MD said due to these lies, his business suffered as some shops were looted and set alight. Motsa said he was forgiving those who burnt the shops because they believed the lies spread on social media about the ownership of the shops.

In an interview, Motsa noted that a total of eight of their stores in the country were looted during the unrest and these included four OK Stores (Kwaluseni, Mathangeni, Mhlaleni and Logoba), two OK Liquor stores (Kwaluseni and Mathangeni) and two Savemart stores (Luyengo and Mbikwakhe). He said out of these, four were set on fire (Kwaluseni, Mathangeni, Mhlaleni and Luyengo), with two being severely burnt.

Rebuild

The family had managed to rebuild some of the affected shops. Motsa stated that since Mhlaleni and Mathangeni were close, they had decided to rebuild one and opted to open the new one in Msunduza. The businessman stated that despite such a setback, passion drove them to start over again with the business. He said the business lived in his veins hence he could not just give up like that. He stated that the reconstruction fund only injected a small portion of money for them to rebuild the stores. Motsa said most of the funds came as loans from banks.

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