THE prime minister of Mozambique on Monday vowed that the suspected murder of a top banker at the weekend would not sway the government from re-privatising the country’s commercial banks. “The privatisation will go ahead as planned in line with our government’s policy,” Prime Minister Pascoal Mocumbi told state radio. The body of Antonio Siba Siba, chairman of Mozambique’s largest commercial bank Banco Austral, was found late Saturday apparently after falling six floors. “There are strong signs that Siba Siba was murdered”, senior police officer Antonio Frangolis told state radio. Observers are linking the death to elements opposed to the handing over of Banco Austral to South African financial giant Absa. The government had appointed Siba Siba to manage the bank while it awaited re-privatisation. South African leading financial institution Absa is set to take over the bank in which it will buy an 80% stake, while the other 20% is to remain in the hands of the state. – AFP