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Top news items in major Zambian media outlets

Xinhua, May 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are the highlights of Zambia's major media outlets on Monday.

-- The Zambian government said it was making efforts to reopen a textile company based in central Zambia's Kabwe town jointly owned with the Chinese government.

Deputy Minister of Works and Supply James Kapyanga said plans were underway to reopen the Zambia China Mulungushi Textiles (ZCMT) because it was an important industry for job creation in the town.

The firm has not been operating since 2007 due to liquidity problems while a Tanzanian investor who had been given a 12 year lease to operate it failed to do so. (ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL)

--Zambia's leading trade union movement said workers in the country are frustrated because of the high cost of living.

The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) said high unemployment in the country has reached alarming levels while those in employment were frustrated because of the high cost of living.

Cosmas Mukuka, the trade union's secretary general said during the commemoration of the International Labor Day that government should address the high levels of unemployment to end poverty, frustrations among citizens. (THE POST)

-- The Zambian government has presented a bill to parliament that seeks to trim the number of ministers to be appointed to serve in government.

Minister of Justice Ngosa Simbyakula last week presented the Ministers (Prescribed Number and Responsibilities) Bill to a parliamentary committee which requires that the number of ministers to be appointed by the president should not be more than 30.

Currently, the Zambian president appoints 23 cabinet ministers and 35 deputy ministers, bringing the total number to 58. (DAILY NATION)

-- Zambia's ruling party has advised political parties not to politicize national events by shunning such important events.

Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Davies Chama said after some opposition political parties shunned the International Labor Day that political should put national interests first instead of shunning important national events.

Some opposition parties did not attend the main event in Lusaka, the country's capital despite being invited. (TIMES OF ZAMBIA) Endit