GOVERNMENT must move in swiftly and protect the innocent workers at a Chinese-owned company in Siavonga from being exploited.They must not suffer because they brought their problems at the working place to the attention of a government minister. Government must show that no Zambian should work under slave conditions on account that a foreign investor has brought in his or her money, thus providing the much needed employment.Investors must be told in no uncertain terms that even as the government welcomes them with open arms, they need to respect not only their hosts but the country’s laws as well. That several workers at the Chinese-owned Zamfresh Fish Company in Siavonga have been fired for complaining about poor conditions of service to Livestock and Fisheries Minister Makoza Chikote when he visited the company at the weekend makes sad reading.Zamfresh is one of the big fish farms operating fish cages on Lake Kariba in Siavonga and obviously […]
NO SLAVE LABOUR
