Sata counsels mine owners
By MUKULA MUKULA PATROTIC Front (PF) president Michael Sata has urged mine owners on the Copperbelt to improve conditions of service for their workers.
Mr Sata also said mine owners owing suppliers should settle the debts.
He was addressing Kitwe residents at Freedom Park.
Mr Sata is one of the presidential candidates in the October 30 election.
He said if elected, he would introduce laws that would bring dignity to workers, especially those working in the mines.
Mr Sata alleged that miners on the Copperbelt were suffering because the privatisation of mines was not done well.
He said he would pursue those who allegedly mishandled the privatisation of the mines under President Chiluba.
Mr Sata alleged that he was in the MMD long enough to know the people who mishandled the privatisation process.
“We shall change the laws to suit our environment and to suit the international employment act. Any job that can be done by Zambians should not be for expatriates,” he said.
Mr Sata said he had no intention of chasing away any investor as he would welcome those who respect Zambia’s labour laws.
Mr Sata said if PF forms government, he would ensure that every chiefdom and township had a secondary school while those run by the missionaries would receive 100 per cent funding.
He said pensioners and retirees would promptly receive their dues in his government.
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