71 Barrick Lumwana employees have been dismissed in connection with pornographic film detected in company computers.The employees who were dismissed on Thursday following a case hearing included 40 junior staff and 31 senior staff.National Union of Miners and Allied Workers president James Chansa and
Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) general secretary Joseph Chewe confirmed the incident.
Mr Chansa said the dimissed workers were identified to have been watching pornographic film and that according to company policy that governed the computer system, doing so was an offence.
“Management upon hearing of the pornographic incident instituted an investigation and 71 employees were identified and so action of dismissal was taken against those involved,” Mr Chansa said.
He said the employees were identified on Wednesday, this week and that on Thursday the following day, they were dismissed.
The NUMAW president however said the union had moved in to try and reason with Lumwana management to rescind the decision to dismiss the workers.
“We know that this is an offense but looking at the number involved,we have moved in to try and reason with management to bring them back because this may definitely affect the company,” he said.
Mr Chansa said the union had also taken into consideration that the dismissed workers had families to look after.
Ama Zambians
No,its not ama zambians….its ama PF with depraved morals.
You the so called management,ma rubbish are you the court?as if they were watching your wife.
Kwena pa Zed twalichula. What kind of investors are these? Is this a dismissible offence sure? why not just give them warning letters or suspend them for a week without pay. Why rush at dismissing so many workers? Ministry of labour where are you? can you please unlish your axe? Useless investors.
They were using company computers to watch porn. If the company has codified rules against that then the workers are at fault. Let’s move on!
This is stupid how do fire some1 over useless things sue the boss
It is not stupid. They were using company computers for purposes contrary to the provisions in the company’s code!
Even Chansa Kabwela is supposed to be in jail, Ba G.K died a tormented man, watching things beyond christian morals.
If I found you watching such on my personal computer, I will beat you up!!
Even those who forward such stuff, I phone them and shout the hell out of them. I am sure among those 71 employees, there were at-least 1 sex act in the office each early morning!!
Warming letters could have been enough, firing them was too harsh.
its unfortunate when employees are expected to be productive during working hours, shame.
Bali bateya ba mambala…..
So allowing employees watch porn on company computers while at work by the employer is being reasonable according to numaw. Let them be fired. In fact the number is good for reemploying more serious employees.
Lumwana hasd been wanting to lay off workers and now have an excuse for doing so. Where is minister of labour?
No my dear, they went against company rules! They deserve what they got.
why watching porn during productive hours and moreover you have your houses were you can do that. there are a lot of people who are in dare need of those jobs
They committed an offence which by company regulation is dismissible and they knew it so why indulge when you know the consequences. Yes they are supposed to be productive but were doing the opposite. I wld wonder why pipo wld blame management because even if it were them in the Lumwana mgt they wld do the same. All workers have been warned about this vice.
True!
the rules are there to guild us.
Exactly
Even the computers at Zesco are highly infested with porn but not even half infested as the minds that operate the same pc’s
The broke the rules, but loosing there jobs is too much. just suspend them.
How did the company arrive at the number 71, Its so unfair, the movie could have just been forwarded to someone’s computer and after opening it he becomes a victim. Absurd Law is in Zambia, Can someone please protect the poor workers!
wages of sin is death. now how are they going to explain to their dismissals to their wives?
ati nachilatamba ubuchende
Hahahahahahohohoh Mailon u cracked me up mwe! Come to think of it, ati ‘honey I was watching people shagging, on company time on company facilites elo banigwila’. Bakuyaasha mbama! LOL!
Where are we heading to really, porno is not something that can lead to being dismissed from employment. LUMWANA should honest enough to tell the people that they are downsizing and any silly offence employees commit will be dismissed. The offence does not amount to dismissal at all. The management did not follow any procedure when making such a decision. Management should have blocked the porno sites from being accessed in the company period. This is ridiculous development and should not be condoned by Mine workers unions and the labour ministry. It is actually high time porn was legalized in Zambia after all!
Even where it is legalised they get punished for watching it at work.It is like drinking beer it is legal but if u drink at work u can be fired
Each institution has it’s own rules.That’s an offense in most institutions.besides these are given as soon as you get your contract and they are called internet policy.so they knew what they where doing.We can not blame the company for doing what it must.
….panyo pako! Are the first to cast a stone when you are not perfect yourself? you a wasted sper.m!
Nafwe ba Bantu natucilamo, pornographic seems like the way we can’t miss nshima.. Any way they signed paper before they started work, somehow it is a lesson, especially on company property! Sad for their families… Not judging
Zambian workers. And then you go and claim racism. Zambia will never develop. Everybody is lazy and laid back, looking for a quick buck, we are just good at complaining about foreigners. You go all over the country and find an entire population of adults complaining of hunger when their village is right on the banks of the Zambezi river. How is that? You are just too lazy, and then too religous for nothing – even God is tired of listening to your hypocritical behaviour. Look now, at Zambia is a christian nation, you condem gay people to death, and then what do you do: you sneak behind doors in office hours and watch pornography.!!! Yes, Zambia is a Lazy, Dull, Christian Nation.
70 people? Just wondering how they were watching. They have a cinema or something? nangu big screen?nangu ni power point “presentation”?uhmm me am amazed by the magnitude.
guys porno pa job. that is unacceptable behavior that is detrimental to the cause of developing Mother Zambia.
Spot on!!
Company policies need to be adhered to; some of these pornographic content has malicious code attached to them and can cripple an organisation’s computer system, which in turn can bring a company to its knees. It is unfortunate that 71 staff members we busy watch porno, am very sure a lot could have been happening as a result of the movie. The Police should move in to investigate the source and take action, remember the Kaingu incidence? Unfortunately, we have such laws.
just to shade some light according to reliable sources, the porn in question involved paedophiles,children used in the same video were 11 years old and less, and in this case all those who merely received the emails are safe, the ones who have received the axe are those who actually forwarded the porn to other users users within the system, which seems to be a fair criteria to me… sad state of affairs. of the fired lot, I know atleast 4
If that was the case the punishment is light. Prosecution must follow
Sad to see that the ills of the west have reached our shores.
71 employees all watching porn? mmmmmh. Anyway now u have an excuse for getting rid of your employees.
An excuse to downsize indeed…71 off the payroll who can blame them!!
doing that during working hours its an offence to most companies,its stealing company time and it negative affect company production,71 workers its a big number to be doing that on dutie.
nyele niyovuta bane,am sure the same bosses batamba nabo muma office,
They obliterated the company policy and this is what they deserve. Why should someone be using company property and time to watch wicked and unproductive things. They should even hand them over to police as they even broke the Zambian law which is prison-able.
On the other hand, management has a discretion to pardon them despite the Zambian law being broken. As much as it will be very difficult for the government to resolve this issue since as they claim to be a government of rule of law.
I plead on behalf of their families that management will listen and read my comment and forgive them. No is an Angel as to error is human and to forgive is divine.
please management, forgive them as there families will suffer.
We are not told whether it was at lunch tym or working hours, they need to know who the source was for the same porn and deal with the source not just everyone to whom it was forwarded to.
I wonder how the Muzunga Bosses are not part, cause these guys enjoy porn in most places i have worked (with them).
Chaps are just victims of curiosity, forgive them and punish the source
If you want to see what the most viewed sites are in zambia you will be surpirsed that its not LT or ZWD its porn sites.Alot of senior people in govt and society would be found guilty as well as you bloggers.
Born to porn
What off GRZ and other company computers in Zambia that seem to be highly active on social media between the hours of 9 to 5…i wish someone scanned or blocked some sites on those pc as well as this facility is widely used in Public libraries in the UK. Instead of gov’t investing heavily in censoring the media the should be investing in such software to make our civil service more efficient and more productive.
Each company has rules and regulations with penaulties. am sure the company followed the regulations. Suein the company will be very foolish coz wen u are wrong u have to be punished.
the reason is simply that the company wants to balance its financial books.more sackings underway,mark my words
I am sure the company’s discipline code has provisions for warnings and suspensions. There is something seriously wrong here. How does the company go straight to firing them without serving them warnings or suspensions. Anyway that is ZED for you. I will not surprised if the government keeps silent.
Management forgive them and possibly demote them
This is funny so far no blogger has quote the bible.
That’s heavy handed, I think….how many things has Lumwana and its bosses flouted in Zambia and they have been let off the hook?
@Likaki that’s true…… here we are still reeling from the Zambeef Aldehyde saga and yet the company’s board chairman, who we are informed does not even eat Zambeef meat, and his CEO are still untouched after feeding us mortuary chemicals.
They now have the audacity to advertise Zambeef as “Local Nyama” to fool us some more….
Soon we shall hear about fish and chickens soaked in mortuary chemicals to give them longer fridge life…
I call upon all members of staff in all food processing companies to report any such traits by these companies.
Whistle Blower email and phone number to be advised shortly.
Rules ar there 2b broked,,,
Laptops and smart phones are cheap enough. Buy personal devices and use them as you see fit during your personal time.
One thing I have failed to comprehend is the Zambian Legal System. Glad I went for a different jurisdiction. The worst thing is that even the legal professionals fail to accept that the law is in such a mess!
These companies wanted to shed labour, Govt. Moved in and secretly agreed to reduce the workforce using other ways.
These are the ‘other ways’
Planned move…, remember that GRZ is taxing minning companies, these people are caught in the line of fire, GRZ do something and reinstate these people, they have famillies to feed, it’s only in Zambia where peoples lives are tossed arround, this wouldnt happen in here, i bet even ceo watches P****n, i smell a rat period.
If this rule was extended to us in the Defence force, you would not have any pot-bellied chaps to secure your borders ! Kanshi mulandu ?!!!
This is ‘Access to information’…it is nit an offence.When will the bill be enacted?
What is wrong is wrong…
HOW MANY LADIES WERE INVOLVED??
IN THIS ERA OF LABOUR DOWNSIZING YOU AUGHT TO BE CAREFUL BANE….ANOTHER COMPANY IS TEMPTING ITS WORKERS BY SALARY IRREGULARITIES SO THAT THEY RISE AND BE FIRED…SOME FOUND NOTHING OR HALF OR QUARTER SALARIES IN THEIR A/Cs.KATWISHIII……
LT why are you shutting out my comments. What’s your agenda against me. What duplicate comments are you talking about?
From they 71 pipo that where fire a gud number has been brought back after they apiled including tha Same lady who brought tha ka Same Video. Is that Fair Sure?
Read 2 Timothy 3:1-5 pin-pointing the days we’re now living in.
It is a sad development.
The worst part of all this is that these people were busy watching babies sexing. That’s revolting and nauseating! I’d be disappointed if there were women implicated in this abomination. Why would anyone want to sit and see babies engaged in sex, it’s the last thing a woman, a mother can entertain. I could just beak down! Nokukalipila whoever forwarded to me. ATASE!