Daily Archives: August 23, 2017

Political parties convene to look at political parties bill

Political Parties have convened in Lusaka to chat the way forward regarding the Political Parties Bill which has been strongly opposed by opposition political parties. The bill is expected to be tabled before Parliament in the next sitting. The national consultative Forum organized by the Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID), has attracted over 40 political parties. Speaking during the ...

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Govt warns Mopani

Government has warned Mopani Copper Mines against going ahead with its plans to lay off 4,700 mineworkers. Mines Minister Christopher Yaluma has told journalists in Kasama that government will not allow Mopani to retrench any miner. He says there is no justification for Mopani to start retrenching workers when the mines in the country are doing fine. Mr Yaluma has ...

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Job creation by PF Govt cheers Bwana Mukubwa MP

Bwana Mukubwa Member of Parliament Dr. Jonas Chanda says the Patriotic Front (PF) government is on course in fulfilling the promise to creating one million jobs going by the infrastructure development projects being undertaken in the country. Mr Chanda states that with government’s policy of empowering local contractors with contracts, Zambians especially the youth will be assured of employment thereby ...

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Over 4,000 miners to lose jobs at Mopani

Mopani Copper Mines has announced plans to curtail some of its operations which might affect about 4,700 direct jobs. In a statement obtained by Q-news, Company Public Relations Nebert Mulenga says it has become necessary for Mopani Copper Mines to curtail some areas of its operations due to the restriction of power by Copperbelt Energy Company. Mr. Mulenga says the ...

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