Confrontation of words erupted between Gemstone and Allied Workers Union President Sifuniso Nyumbu and the Chinese Collum Coal Mine (CCM) Management in Sinazeze in Sinazongwe district over the workers representation.
The Chinese nationals openly rejected Mr. Nyumbu as the representative of the workers and accused him to have ordered the workers to stone them when one miner died on Monday.
“This guy is not good he is not our friend, we will not have allowed him to enter our premises if he had not come with the area Councilor Patson Mangunje, the workers also do not want him,” says CCM Shaft two Director Xu Zian Qun.
Mr. Qun said h e does not want the mine to have two unions representing the workers.
“It has never happened, we can not accept that,” Mr. Qun said while waving his hand in the air and looking at Mr Nyumbu with a wrinkled face.
However, Mr. Nyumbu said there were a lot of wrongs obtaining at the Chinese coal mine were the lowest worker was getting a K104 per day which is below the minimum wage under the Zambian labour laws.
He said despite entering into an agreement with Management to have the lowest worker getting K600, 000 per month by September last year they have failed to honour it.
Mr. Nyumbu accused Management to have hidden the three names of some workers who also injured under ground.
He said through three his investigations and verification at the Maamba Hospital he found that three workers were attended to but their names were not included in their report.
Mr. Nyumbu named the three injured workers in the presence of the Chinese management as Brian Siakalintini, Tano Siamwando, and Lewis Sinamugulu,
He said Mr. Sinamugulu took himself to Maamba Hospital without the help of Management and the xlay showed that he had four broken toes.
Senior Inspector of mines Under the Ministry of Mines Lubinda Kamutumwa told management that it was wrong for them to let the workers to go to the hospital alone after an accident.
Mr. Kamutumwa said the doctor from a hospital should examine the injured workers not their doctor who is not recognized under the Zambian laws.
Mr. Qun said their doctor told Mr Sinamugulu to rest for five days to allow his broken toes to heal.
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Shame on Levy and his government that quacks in Chinese companies are examining injured workers! Why is it that an UNZA trained lawyer such as Levy allows all these illegalities tto take place under his watch?
And I quote “This guy is not good he is not our friend, we will not have allowed him to enter our premises if he had not come with the area Councilor Patson Mangunje, the workers also do not want him,” says CCM Shaft two Director Xu Zian Qun. Surely, these Chinese have the audacity of claiming ownership of the land outside China. How many Zambians possess land in China? These Zambian workers at this mine are really persevering without any protection from Government. If I am not wrong, it is at the same mine where the former Sothern Province Minister (Alice) waped on seeing slavery in present Zambia under MMD, shame. The situation isn’t changing for the better despite several times of warning
Zambia mama zambia what has really gone wrong.
The mine Inspection unit that certified the premises as safe for workers to work two days prior to these incidents/accidents should have their qualifications verified.Also,It is not uncommon for chinese entrepreneurs to give hefty envelopes to their ‘FRIENDS’.
SOME OF THE LEVY’S INVESTORS ARE MORE THAN THE WORST WITCHES. HOW CAN THE GVT BE SILENT ON SUCH ISSUES. WE NEED THE GVT OF ACTION THAT WILL IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF THE POOR ZAMBIAN. THE POOR ARE BECAMING POORER DAY BY DAY. A WORKER TO BE PAID K104 PER DAY, MEANING THAT PER MONTH IS K3,120.00 (3 PIN PER MONTH)THIS IS UNHEARD OF, SATANIC AND SHOULD NOT CONTINUE. THAT IS WHY SATA CALLS THEM INFESTOR. IF THIS IS WHAT IS ON GROUND THERE AT CHINESE COAL MINE IN SINAZONGWE, PLEASE GVT FOR THE PIPO, PICK IT UP, TWACHULASANA.
WE NEED MORE MONEY IN OUR POCKETS. PLEASE EMPOWER US,WE ORDINARY ZAMBIANS,TO EMPROVE OUR LIVE.
MMD B4 U COME OUT OF OFFICE DO SOMETHING BCOZ PF IS COMING UP.
Shall I give a simple qiestuon. This is not a brain storming problem. It is just AN ACTIVITY THAT CAN BE USED IN OUR VIII STANDARD ,whenever handling unit 7 Zero and 20 counting numbers from 1 to 20 together makes 21 numbers.Make these numbers in to 7 groups.Each group contains 3 numbers. The sum of these 3 numbers in a group is called group sum THE GROUP SUM MUST BE CONSECUTIVE COUNTING NUMBERSHow can we make groupingAlso help the children to learn the ALGEBRA of grouping.Make this as a good activity to open our 7 th unit of VIII standard
WICKEDNESS, WICKEDNESS, I SHED TEARS WHEN I HEAR OF MY FELLOW BROTHERS BEING TREATED LIKE A SLAVE IN A FOREIGN LAND, YET THEY ARE IN THEIR OWN LAND. WHAT SIN HAVE WE COMMITED IN ZAMBIA, TO DESERVE THIS WICKED TREATMENT.
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, HAVE MERCY ON US, IF IT IS BECAUSE OF OUR VOTING FORGIVE US LORD AND GIVE US IN THIS NATION PROSPERITY UPON US YOU CHILDREN. REMOVE THIS CURSE ON THE LAND, MAY WE ZAMBIANS WORKERS BE PAID REASONABLY, IN JESUS’ NAME. SO BE IT.
Can we please as zambians do something right for once? why do we condon such acts? miners being paid as little as K600,000 per month…? i know hunger gives you no option, but the least you can do is stand up and fight for what is right. yet …we have a minister of labor? nchito mahule…very useless chaps..!
I feel for those sufferring brothers in Sinazeze who are getting K104 per day! Chuchu plz plz plz have a heart for your fellow human being!!! Any way if you dont hear us our heavenly Father will hear the cries on our behalf and act upon and your end will be very bad my friend!
Levy Patrick you are nothing more than a betraying negro. How do you let dubious Chinese investors cause harm to our own Zambian people?
A fat F–ked up cabbage is what you are.
these chinese who number billions in china work like ants, with no regard to saftey. Ten die and are brushed aside and are replaced by 100. They whant to bring that same work ethic to zambia’s docile often lazey work force. It will not work.
The government is deaf about this because someone is promising
some money aside for him and her…..Well Almighty GOD IS Seeing
all these things. oneday he’ll open our Eyes and see the hindraces the obstacles whether human or nature ‘ll tramped down.
Levy sucks to be the president.Can you imagine supporting the Chinese when our own people are abused by foreigners???He is undoubtedly the most worst president of Zambia….and if he goes to China am praying and hoping he stays there in China and never come back to Zambia!!!!!