By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSADESPERATE retirees being left unpaid for over 20 years with some having died while the matter was still in court was a moral issue which needs to be addressed urgently, Forum for Democracy and Development president, Edith Nawakwi has said.She accused the press of neglecting the plight of poor people including the missing Hatembo siblings.Ms Nawakwi said the legal matter involving pensioners has been dragging in courts, crisscrossing between the higher courts and the lower courts but without any tangible outcome, while the victims succumbed to death and led miserable lives as perpetrators led luxurious lives. The retirees include ex-Konkola Copper Mines employees, BP ex-employees, Barclays Bank ex-employees and many others who had schemes with pension fund companies affiliated to African Life Financial Services Limited in which Mr Hakainde Hichilema has major interests.Ms Nawakwi said the contempt of court matter where she has been sued by African Life Financial Services Limited was part […]
PLIGHT OF UNPAID RETIREES A MORAL ISSUE, SAYS NAWAKWI
