Zambia Telecommunications Company (Zamtel) has said 1,000 out of the 2,400 retrenched workers whose employment has been terminated after the parastatal firm's partial privatisation have been paid their retrenchment packages.
Zambia has recorded significant economic strides, which include a bumper harvest and an increase of foreign reserves to US$2 billion during the 20 months President Rupiah Banda has been in office, Chief Government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha has said.
President Rupiah Banda yesterday made changes to the Government at deputy ministerial and permanent secretary level, which saw Southern Province Minister Daniel Munkombwe transferred to office of the Vice-President as a deputy minister.
MMD spokesperson Dora Siliya has challenged Change Life Zambia executive director Frank Bwalya to engage in productive issues and create jobs for Zambians unlike spending his energies causing anarchy.
