DAILY NATION Tuesday May 12, 2020

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OIL FIRM NATION RAIDED Govt relaxes ‘stiff’ labour laws Daily

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Tuesday May 12, 2020

...in another mukula scam By FLAVIOR KANUNGO

GOVERNMENT has listened to the plight of employers and relaxed draconian separation and leave conditions in the new Employment

Act. This follows complaints from the Zambia Federation of Employers and other stakeholders that the proposed labour laws would have crippled companies in trying to fulfill payment

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Kasama MP warns UPND chief Mr. Sampa

of gratuity, leave days and overtime when most firms were struggling because of reduced business induced by the Covid-19 pandemic. Minister of Labour and Social Security Joyce Nonde-Simukoko

Mr. Mucheleka

said yesterday Government has therefore exempted employers from complying with the redundancy notice period set out in section 55(2) of the Employment Code Act of 2019. (To page 3)

MINERS DEMAND JOB SECURITY Ms Simukoko

…apologise or else, Mucheleka told By SILUMESI MALUMO

…. Asks Govt to stand firm and protect jobs The two trucks the Scania from South Africa and the Freightliner (right), Zimbabwean registered where found laden with Mukula tree logs. [Pictures Linda Tembo Soko]

Germany gives Zambia K370 million for covid fight See story on Page 4

IMF talks on again

STORY ON PAGE 3

Covid-19 stats Kenya

Total test 260 250

Recovered

Cases

32,938

270

700

251

Deaths

33

Covid-19 stats Zambia

24 0 230 220 210 20 0

Total test

19 0 180 170

Cases

10, 555

267

Mr. Lusambo 150

Covid-19 positive cases by days

160

Covid-19 update

Recovered

117 • • • • •

Deaths

7

267 total cases recorded 286 tested in the last 24 hours No patients discharged No new case in the last 24hours 117 recovered

267 Cases

Demolish structures • Mwanakatwe reveals contributing to floods - Lusambo talks set for April P.4 See story on Page 3 14 0 130

120 110

10 0

90 80 70

60 50

Cases

Deaths

Discharged

40 30

20

10

0 Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Ministry of Health briefing by days

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GLENCORE International should not arm-twist Government because many miners will be subjected to abject poverty through mass job losses, the National Union for Miners and Allied Workers (NUMAW) has warned. And the union urged Government to stand firm and ensure that Glencore, the majority shareholder in Mopani Copper Mines, does not place the Kitwe and Mufulira assets on care and maintenance after 90 days. (To page 3)

Kenyatta and Odinga pledge to heal divisions See story on Page 19

Commonwealth sidelines ZCID on dialogue preps See story on Page 4

ConCourt must explain Minister of Local Government Charles Banda confers with National Breweries Managing Director Martin Makomva Chilanga vacancy - YALI whilst Local Government Permanent Secretary Ed Chomba looks on shortly after the donation of K100, 000 to the

Ministry of Local Government towards the fight of Covid-19 yesterday. . Picture by ROYD SIBAJENE/ZANIS See story on Page 2

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