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The Zambia Union of Journalists (ZUJ) has noted with great concern what it perceives as favoritism by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services with regards the issue of emolument at public media institutions.
This follows government’s decision to release more than K10 million towards salaries for ZNBC workers.
ZUJ President Shamaoma Musonda says while the union is happy that colleagues at the ZNBC have had their issues resolved, it remains extremely disturbed that the same Ministry has been paying a blind eye to issues at the Times Printpak which have been going on for over four years now.
He says at ZNBC, the salary arrears are less than a month, while at Times of Zambia employees are owed up to seven months in arrears a matter the Ministry of Information is well aware of.
Mr Musonda says the union is made to believe that all public media institutions are the ‘children’ of the government and as such the cake must be shared equitably.