HHS HEART BLEEDS FOR UNPAID GOVERNMENT JOURNALISTS It disheartening to hear that employees at the government owned Times of Zambia newspaper have gone for 3 months without pay. At a time the cost of living is unbearable to many people. As UPND, we are also fully aware that top managers are busy buying expensive personal to holder vehicles while employees are going without pay for such length period of time. It is very clear that the extravagance and selfishness that exists in the PF government leadership has now spread to a few heads of parastatal boards and other quasi-institutions most of whom were handpicked without following laid down corporate governance procedures. We are wondering how families of these employees are now surviving because we know that some of them are being evicted from their houses, their children have been chased from schools, yet they report for work everyday but bosses and management boards have not helped to resolve the problems. As UPND, we appeal to government to immediately pay the outstanding salaries to the Times of Zambia employees and make sure they address the sad state of affairs where salaries are paid late. What is happening at Times of Zambia is a clear case where incompetent management boards composed of PF cadres are appointed to run critical institutions, the ultimate is failure. Hakainde Hichilema UPND President
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 16:19:39 +0000
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