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‘Some opposition MPs want to work with MMD’

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MMD spokesperson Dora Siliya has said there are some Patriotic Front (PF) and UPND members of Parliament who want to work with the ruling party but stressed that MMD can win elections without forming alliances.

But UPND Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday denied reports that they were courting the ruling party with a view of forming an alliance ahead of the 2011 general elections.

At a Press briefing at her office, Ms Siliya told journalists that there were some opposition MPs who had appreciated the good leadership of the MMD.

“I am aware that there are some PF and UPND MPs who are talking to us silently,” Ms Siliya, who is Education Minister said.

She said the MMD welcomed any MP or person who wanted to work with it in developing the country.

She said it was good to appreciate good leadership but the minister noted that the biggest pact the MMD had was with the people of Zambia.

The MMD had in the past managed to win elections alone because all it did was to sell its manifesto to the people.

The minister said as a ruling party, MMD had other parties supporting it during elections, as it was the case in the 2008 presidential elections.

And addressing journalists in Lusaka on behalf of others, Kalomo MP Request Muntanga dismissed the story carried by The Post of November 23, 2010 saying it was baseless.

Mr Muntanga alleged that the story was meant to divide the pact and that it was such writings that were even fueling the existing troubles in the PF-UPND alliance.

The statement was signed by 20 of the 24 UPND MPs.

Mazabuka MP Garry Nkombo also dismissed claims by Parliamentary Chief Whip Vernon Mwaanga over overtures by the UPND to form an alliance with the MMD.

He challenged Mr Mwaanga to name the MPs that were allegedly meeting the ruling party with the motive of forming an alliance instead of just speaking from nowhere.

Mapatizya MP Ackson Sejani said in every party there were disgruntled people and as such it would not make sense to talk to people on the street and allege the UPND was courting the MMD.

Sinazongwe MP Raphael Muyanda said the pact was there to stay and no amount of divide and rule tactics by the media would break it.

Others that dismissed the claims were MPs for Mbabala, Emmanuel Hachipuka, David Matongo for Pemba and Godfrey Beene for Itezhi-Tezhi.

[ Times Times ]

Gen Miyanda Speaks Out On Faz Wrangles

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An unlikely voice has added his voice to the current Faz wrangles as storm clouds gather over the next 72 hours when parallel emergency council meeting’s are held on November 26 and 27 in Lusaka and Kabwe respectively.

Brigadier General Godfrey Miyanda said in a press release today that it was unfair for FIFA to side with Faz over the current impasse over the executive committee’s constitutional validity after the resignation of four ex-committee members on October 1.

Gen Miyanda said that FIFA was applying double standards over its stance of non-interference by government in the running of football by its member associations.

“I urged the Minister of Youth and Sport to demand from FIFA to explain why they are happy for the Government of Zambia to fund FAZ from tax payers and yet complain when Government queries FAZ. FIFA regards this as interference!” the former Republican vice president said on Wednesday in his statement.

General Miyanda said FIFA has at any time never had any misgivings about Faz receiving any financial help from government and wondered why as a stakeholder they should not have a say in times of a crisis.

“If it is not interference then FIFA is displaying double standards and must eat their poorly baked cake in silence without crying foul,” Gen Miyanda said.

“In any case why does FAZ always run to Government for support whenever they run short of money for their activities and run to FIFA (ukuya mukobola) when they are quizzed issues by the Government?

“These wrangles could have been avoided had the FAZ leadership acted in a timely manner instead of burying their heads in the sand, wishing the problem to be blown away by the FIFA whirlwind.”

Dario Drops Four Pros For Cecafa Cup

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Zambia coach Dario Bonetti has dropped four foreign-based players for the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup that kicks off this weekend.

All four players joined the team on the eve of the team’s departure for Tanzania on Wednesday morning ahead of the opening ceremony in Dar-es-Salaam on Saturday.

The four include defender Davies Nkausu of SuperSport United in South Africa after joining the team on Monday.

Also dropped was the duo of Sebastian Mwansa and defender Hichani Himoonde from African champions TP Mazembe of DR Congo including Swedish-based player Donwell Yobe.

Russian-based midfielder Chisamba Lungu is the only foreign-based player in the team that left at 10:00 today for Tanzania.

Meanwhile, Zesco United defender Billy Mwanza has said the teams’ first match against hosts Tanzania on Saturday will have a significant telling in which direction Zambia will go at the Cecafa Cup.

“I can’t predict right now but from the first game Against Tanzania, we will see from the the way forward for the team,” Mwanza said prior to departure at Lusaka International Airport.

Zambia are in Group A together with Burundi, Somalia and hosts Tanzania.

Goalkeepers: Jacob Banda (Zesco United), Raja Kola (Zanaco)

Defenders: Jimmy Chisenga (Red Arrows), Dennis Banda (Green Buffaloes), Stephen Kabamba (Kabwe Warriors), Brian Musonda (Nkwazi), Billy Mwanza, Nyambe Mulenga (Both Zesco United)

Midfielders: Thomas Nyirenda, Allen Mukuka (Both Zanaco),  Joseph Sitali,Kennedy Mudenda, Simon Bwalya (All Power Dynamos), Chisamba Lungu (FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia)

Strikers: Dube Phiri (Red Arrows), Winston Kalengo, Vanecious Mapande (Both Zanaco)

Northwestern girl pregnancy rate worrying

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Some girls coming from antenatal Clinic in Sinazeze

Northwestern Province Education Officer (PEO) Jennipher Malama has expressed worry at the increased number of early pregnancies in the province.

Mrs. Malama said most Schools in the province have continued to record a high number of girls dropping out of school as a result of pregnancy.

She said the province last year recorded about 1000 cases of early pregnancies, a rate she described as alarming.

Mrs Malama said this in Solwezi today during newly appointed Northwestern Province Permanent Secretary Daniel Bowasi’s familiarization tour of the Provincial Education Office.

She, however, pointed out that her office is engaging parents and communities on the matter to stop the situation from worsening.

Meanwhile, the PEO has expressed happiness with the number of boarding Schools being constructed across the province.

Mrs. Malama said this would help reduce the number of children especially girls dropping out of school as a result of long distances to school.

[ ZANIS ]

Last week in Pictures

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A DAF truck ferrying 350 bags of maize overturned in Kabwe near Chibombo after the driver lost control.

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A Chibombo villager helping move the bags of maize

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Zain officials waiting for Central Province permanent secretary Mr Denny Lumbama to officially commission the new Zain site in Kapiri Mposhi

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Kapiri Mposhi DC cutting the ribbon on the gate to the new Zain site in Kapiri Mposhi during the commissioning of a transmitter in Central Province.

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A notice at the daily mail offices

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Zambian Boxer Hastings Bwalya with Fomer Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World Mike Tyson(courtesy of Ibn casson )

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Hasting Bwalya with former two-division world champion Zab Juda(courtesy of Ibn casson )

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St Magarets UCZ church in Kitwe

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A ZAIN mast at one of the houses in a compound in Lusaka.Word on the street has it that the owner is paid K1million monthly to have the mast on his property.

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A ZAIN mast at one of the houses in a compound in Lusaka.Word on the street has it that the owner is paid K1million monthly to have the mast on his property.

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President Banda inspects a guard of honor when he arrived in Brazil

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President Banda signs the visitors book when he arrived in Brazil

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President Rupiah Banda ando Brazilian Ambassador to Zambia Josal Pellegrino during the Zambia-Brazil Business Forum held at Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo headquarters.

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President Rupiah Banda conferring with Joao Guilherme Sabino Ometto, vice president of Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo after the Zambia-Brazil Business Forum.

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President Rupiah Banda conferring with Joao Guilherme Sabino Ometto (l), vice president of Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo after the Zambia-Brazil Business Forum

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President Banda with his Brazilian counterpart Lula Inacio Da Silva pose for a photograph after official talks

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President Banda and his delegation during his State visit to Brazil

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President Banda and his Brazilian counterpart Lula Inacio Da Silva during official talks

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President Rupiah Banda when he arrived from Brazil

Re-think your political future, RB advised

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President Rupiah Banda

Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) presidential aspirant Nason Msoni has advised Republican President Rupiah Banda to re-think his political future.

Mr. Msoni says president Banda should seriously revisit his decision to contest 2011 presidential elections.

He said president Banda should reflect whether his decision to contest the 2011 presidential elections is in the interest of the party, or the nation.

Mr. Msoni added that the president has a unique opportunity to be a statesman by declaring that he will not contest the presidency in 2011.

He explained that it is clear that Zambia now needs someone with fresh ideas to run the affairs of the nation.

The presidential aspirant said Zambia’s tendency of falling back on the same leaders is retarding development.

And Mr. Msoni has advised politicians from UNIP who have joined the MMD to desist from politics of violence.

He said such members should realize that the MMD is a democratic party, and no party member should be intimidated.
[ QFM ]

MMD will be booted out in 2011 – Nawakwi

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Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) president Edith Nawakwi has charged that government’s decision not to hold a referendum on the contentious clauses in NCC draft constitution before the 2011 general elections will not prevent Zambians from voting out the MMD.

Ms Nawakwi told QFM in an interview in Lusaka that Zambians are eager for change of government adding that nothing will stop them.

She said even if the forthcoming 2011 tripartite elections are held under the current constitution, the government will not change people’s minds.

The FDD president says it is disappointing that the Rupiah Banda led administration has decided not to heed to people’s wishes for the enactment of the whole new constitution.

Last week Vice President George Kunda announced that government has started the process of enacting the new constitution starting with provisions that do require going to the referendum.

Mr. Kunda who is also Justice Minister however said government may not hold the referendum before the 2011 elections because of financial constraints.
[ QFM ]

Zambia Head To Tanzania

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The Zambia national team leaves for Tanzania on Wednesday to take part in this year’s Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup.

Dario Bonetti’s 20-man team will leave at 10:00 on Zambezi Airlines for Dar-es-Salaam from Lusaka International Airport.

Coach Dario Bonetti said that he was feeling upbeat about Zambia’s prospects at the Cecafa Cup.

“I have a good feeling about this tournament because we have a very good quality,” Bonetti said.

And Faz president Kalusha Bwalya said a lot was expected from the team and thanked Cecafa for inviting Zambia to take part in the tournament for a third successive time.

“The people appreciate and realize how our competitiveness in terms of how good we can be. They realize that our team has potential,” Kalusha said.

Meanwhile, defender Davies Nkausu from SuperSport United in South Africa joined the team on Monday and will travel with the team to Tanzania as the only foreign-based player in the team.

Zambia kickoff their Cecafa Cup outing against hosts Tanzania on Sunday in the two sides opening Group A match.

Other teams in Group A are Somalia and Burundi.

Fifa Officials For Nov 27 ECM-Kalusha

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Faz president Kalusha Bwalya has said two Fifa observers will grace Saturdays emergency council meeting in Kabwe.

Kalusha revealed today at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka where he had paid a courtesy call on the Zambia national team in training that Fifa regional development Officer Ashford Mamelodi from Botswana will be one of the official from the games mother body in attendance.

The 1988 Africa footballer of the year also repeated that there will be one ECM this weekend.

“There is only going to be one meeting, one official meeting on the 27th of November and we have FIFA representative coming,” Kalusha said.

“We have two people coming (Ashford) Mamelodi and another person coming from Zurich to this meeting on the 27th and there have given guidance.”

Kalusha also took a swipe at the media for allegedly championing the parallel ECM on November 26 that will be held in Lusaka.

“I think that we should also be correct when we report on these things because the procedure that has to be taken has to be correct that is the procedure that has been taken on the 27th meeting,” Kalusha said.

Zambia’s FDI jumps to $4.3 billion

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Foreign direct investment (FDI) pledges to Zambia in the first 11 months of 2010 jumped to $4.3 billion from $959 million for the whole of last year, a government body said on Tuesday.

Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) director for export promotions Glyne Michelo told Reuters the surge in interest was mainly due to growth of the manufacturing and mining sectors in Africa’s largest copper producer.

Michelo said Britain, Belgium, South Africa, China and India continued to be the main sources of inward investment, after accounting for 70 percent of the Zambia’s total FDI in 2009.

“The outlook for 2010 looks promising with over $4.3 billion investment pledges and pledged employment of 36,000 jobs already recorded between January to November 2010 against a target of $3 billion for the year,” Michelo said.

Most of the pledges had come from private investors, he added, and the manufacturing sector had generated the most interest, with planned investments of $1.6 billion that would create an estimated 19,500 jobs.

The mining sector attracted $1.4 billion of interest translating into 3,800 jobs in a sector that took a major hit in late 2008 after a collapse in world copper prices.

The jump in investment interest and the prospect of thousands of extra jobs are likely to help President Rupiah Banda, who faces an election next year, probably in September-October before the start of the rainy season.

[Reuters]

Catholics’ new condom stance welcomed

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A cross section of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and church groups have welcomed the Catholic Church for embracing the use of condoms to stop the spread of HIV and AIDS.
Pope Benedict XVI has said condom use can be justified in some cases to help stop the spread of AIDS.

This is according to the BBC news monitored in Lusaka.
Pope Benedict said during a visit to Cameroon last year that handing out condoms might actually make HIV infection worse.
And Zambia National Aids Network (ZNAN) communications officer Sam Kapembwa says the reality of the current situation requires the use of condoms in certain cases.

“There are cases of discordant couples in which one partner is positive while the other is negative, or both couples are positive. Condoms come in handy in such situations,” he said.

Mr Kapembwa commended the Church for embracing the use of condoms in certain cases.
International Fellowship of Christian Churches Bishop Simon Chihana said his church has always advocated the use of condoms as the best measure of family planning.

“This is a big U-turn by the Catholics on this matter because it has to do with the times we are living in. I think the Catholics condemned it because it promoted promiscuity, but I am sure that the Church has learnt lessons from the reality,” he said.

And Evangelical Youth Alliance president Reverend Moses Lungu said the position taken by Pope Benedict should be encouraged in a way because there are cases where the use of condoms should be encouraged.
Rev Lungu, however, said the spread of AIDS is as a result of people indulging in illicit behaviour.
He said from the worldly perspective, it is all right for people to use condoms.

“For people outside the church, we will not stop people who are using condoms,” he said.
[pullquote]“This is a big U-turn by the Catholics on this matter because it has to do with the times we are living in. I think the Catholics condemned it because it promoted promiscuity, but I am sure that the Church has learnt lessons from the reality,” he said.[/pullquote]
Rev Lungu advised people to stay away from illicit sex.
Pope Benedict XVI has said condom use can be justified in some cases to help stop the spread of AIDS, the first Vatican exception to a long-held policy condemning condom use.
The comments were made in a new book, which the Vatican newspaper ran excerpts of in its Saturday edition.

The Church’s hardline stance over contraception has led to the Vatican being heavily criticised for its position in the context of the AIDS crisis.
The book – Light of the World: The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times – is based on a series of interviews the Pope gave the German Catholic journalist, Peter Seewald, earlier this year.

The Pope, however, made it clear that he considers the use of condoms a last resort and not a way to prevent conception. The example he gave of when they could be used was in the case of male prostitutes.
Amid his vigorous defence of the Church in contemporary society, the Pope acknowledged some of the Church’s failings, like in the sexual-abuse crisis, which he calls “a volcano of filth” sent by the devil.

He pointed to a “readiness for aggression” among those who criticised him for revoking the excommunication of a bishop who denied the scope of the Holocaust.

The Pope also discussed his contentious speech in Regensburg, Germany, in 2006, which provoked the ire of the Muslim world; denounced drug abuse; explained what he described as the impossibility of ordaining women as priests; and, with surprising candour, said that if he did not feel up to the task of being pope, he would resign.
[ Zambia Daily Mail ]

LT Update- Sunday downtime

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On Sunday afternoon , November 21st, from 13:06 hrs to 14:00hrs we experienced a technical problem that forced the site to go offline. The problem has now been fully resolved and we monitored the site the whole day on Monday and it performed well. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused to our Sunday bloggers.

We would like to take this opportunity to let you know that we have noticed a doubling in Internet traffic during the run up to by-elections. In fact on the day of results anouncement, the site could not cope and we had to shut down certain features to just keep the site available.

Next year is a big year for Zambia, politically, and we anticipate heavy traffic during the 2011 elections season. Because of this we are making plans to change the architecture of the web site so that it is able to handle the spike in traffic that we expect next year. The consequence of this is that we shall be doing a lot of maintenance and upgrade work during the weekends of month of December. We shall schedule maintenance/upgrade plans from midnight to morning ZMT so that we keep the inconvenience of the downtime to a minimum.

Again we apologize for the inconvenience this will cause to our weekend night bloggers. This is something we must do. It is a necessary growth path for LT if we are to progress to the next stage.

Thanks for your understanding and support to LT

LT Team

Indeni to resume operations

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Indeni Oil Refinery in Ndola

INDENI Petroleum Refinery is expected to resume operations later this week following 45 days of maintenance, managing director, Maybin Noole has said.

According to a statement released in Ndola yesterday by the firm’s public relations officer Mwila Nkonge, the maintenance works and instrumentation project were completed on schedule, with no fatalities or major lost time injuries.

During the shutdown, one of the longest and heaviest in the refinery’s history, the company migrated its instrumentation control to an electronic system.

Mr Noole said the plant had started operating and management expected to send all products to storage within the next days.

“True to our commitment to safety, I am pleased that the works were conducted in a very safe manner.

“On behalf of management, I wish to commend all the personnel involved in the shutdown – our own staff and contractors – for this excellent safety record,” he said.

On Friday, Energy Minister Kenneth Konga told Dow Jones Newswires that all the maintenance work had finished, and that Zambia did not experience any fuel shortages during the shutdown.

Indeni was shut in October for annual maintenance to replace obsolete machinery at the aging refinery, which has broken down several times in the past few years, causing fuel shortages in Zambia.
[pullquote]“True to our commitment to safety, I am pleased that the works were conducted in a very safe manner.

“On behalf of management, I wish to commend all the personnel involved in the shutdown – our own staff and contractors – for this excellent safety record,” he said.[/pullquote]
The Government imported at least 55 million litres of refined fuel products as a safeguard against fuel shortages on the domestic market before the closure.

The Government is considering recapitalisation and upgrades at Indeni, contingent on the results of a study of Zambia’s fuel needs, Mr Konga said.
[ Times of Zambia ]

‘Sata fanning tribalism on Barotse Agreement’

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Former Kasenengwa Member of Parliament Timothy Nyirenda has said Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata is allegedly promoting tribalism by raising people’s emotions over the Barotse Agreement.

And former PF secretary general Edward Mumbi has said Mr Sata’s championing of the Barotse Agreement is one of his several methods to seek popularity in the media.

Mr Nyirenda said it was disheartening for the PF president to continue exciting Zambians with his “wild” views on the long-discarded Barotse Agreement.

He said such acts amounted to promoting tribalism and advised Mr Sata to unite the citizens under the popularly agreed motto of ‘One Zambia, One nation’.

In yesterday edition of The Post, Mr Sata was quoted as having said the Barotse agreement was real and nobody could gloss over it.

Mr Sata said the people of Western Province had the right to demand what belonged to them.

But Mr Mumbi said the opposition leader’s populist views were a clear demonstration of his desperation to get to State House at any cost.

He said it was irresponsible for any leader to seek to divide the people of Zambia as a means of achieving his political goals.

Mr Mumbi said it was strange that Mr Sata was raising issues about the Barotseland Agreement, which he did not do when he served under former presidents Kenneth Kaunda and Frederick Chiluba.

“It is irresponsible for Mr Sata to start inciting Zambians to these levels. In the first place, he could not defend the Barotse Agreement when he served under Dr Kaunda.

“In the Chiluba administration, Mr Sata was in the Cabinet but could not defend the agreement. Now that he is in the opposition, he is defending it and making populist statements in the media,” Mr Mumbi said.

And a political activist in Chipata, Gideon Zulu has said it is sad that Mr Sata is working to divide the Zambian people.

Mr Zulu, who is managing director of Sawaza Investments, said in an interview yesterday that Mr Sata should allow the country to enjoy the peace it was known for worldwide.
[ Times of Zambia ]

Kambwili telling lies — MUZ

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file:Roan MP Chishimba kambwili talks to journalists

The Mine-workers Union of Zambia (MUZ) general secretary Oswell Munyenyembe has said Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili was lying by saying that miners going on recess would be declared redundant.

And Luanshya Copper Mines (LCM) management has advised Mr Kambwili to avoid using the mining firm as a campaign ground.

MUZ general secretary Oswell Munyenyembe said contrary to what Mr Kambwili was saying, no miner would lose his job because they would all be recalled to work.

Mr Munyenyembe advised Mr Kambwili to consult experts on miners’ conditions of service before making public statements.

He said issues concerning miners’ conditions of service could be best addressed through dialogue among all parties concerned and not in the media.

LCM public relations officer, Sydney Chileya said yesterday that Mr Kambwili should stop politicising the operations of the mine and deliberately misleading the public over the 45-day recess meant to create space for rehabilitations.

Mr Kambwili on Sunday afternoon addressed a meeting at Mpatamatu Market where he said the miners sent on break could be declared redundant by the mine owners.

He urged them to march to the LCM general offices demanding to be paid their leave days and all the allowances they were entitled to when they report for work.

Mr Kambwili argued that the miners should get all their allowances because it was not their fault that they were on break.

But Mr Chileya commended the workers for not heeding Mr Kambwili’s calls to stage a demonstration at the mine’s head office.

He said there were between 400 and 500 miners and concentrator employees who were recently put on recess and that they were all entitled to monthly salaries, housing allowances and miners’ supplements.

He said the miners on recess were still employees and were only allowed to visit the plant after getting security clearance as a security measure aimed at reducing thefts.

Mr Chileya accused Mr Kambwili of exhibiting his ignorance by holding a meeting at which he said things which were not true about the mine’s operation.

CLM management decided to put some miners on recess to pave way for the installation of a new hoist, mining equipment which would improve the mine’s efficiency by 60 per cent.
[ Times of Zambia ]

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