MINERS are notorious for painting the “town red” whenever they happen to have a financial windfall.They have just had another windfall after Mopani Copper Mines paid them the second instalments of their accrued benefits.President of the Mineworkers Union of Zambia, Mr Joseph Chewe, said the benefits given to the workers as second installments are those accrued up to July 31, 2021.We are glad that the MUZ chief, well aware of how some miners behave has issued an appropriate warning to his members.Mr Chewe’s plea is that the miners must ensure that they invest the money they have been paid as part of their retirement so that their families do not suffer.The temptations to be extravagant are real under the premise that there will be another payment as alluded to by Mr Chewe.He said the workers now await the benefits that have started accruing beginning August 1, 2021.The miners were paid after the state released US$15 […]
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