Government has directed mining giant Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) management not to go ahead with their plan to deduct money from their employees’ salaries in a bid to correct the anomaly of under paying Pay As You Earn (PAYE) for its workers for many years to the Zambia Revenue Authority.
Addressing a media briefing in Lusaka today, Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda said that no employee will be adversely affected through back dated deductions of PAYE by KCM.
Mr. Shamenda added that if the company has already deducted from its employees, workers should be refunded immediately.
He noted that KCM has a legal obligation to deduct the appropriate and correct tax from employees’ emoluments and remit such tax to the tax authority.
Mr. Shamenda has since summoned KCM Management and Mine Unions to his office for a meeting to chat a way forward on the matter.
It has been reported that KCM has effective this month, started deducting different amounts of money from selected workers.
Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) undertook a tax audit on KCM Plc covering period 2006 to 2011 financial year.
Is this a human being…?
No its father christmas.
shamenda has lost the respect we had for him cos he has joined the father of lies he is lying to much as if hes not educated or old.
Imyemfu
What more where we are not seeing how does he look like,I guess he has dread locks.
What of you, are you a human being?
It’s an U.F.O.
BY BRIGHTON PHIRI, 26 OCTOBER 2003 (The post)
Lusaka — I AM prepared to name some ministers who are corrupt, Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata has said.
Commenting on Zambia’s 39th independence celebrations at State House on Friday, Sata said he could not join plunderers in celebrating the country’s independence.
“If they challenge me I will name some of the ministers who are corrupt,” Sata said.
He said he would not submit to President Mwanawasa’s arrogance because of the independence celebrations. Sata said there was too much deceit and trickery under President Mwanawasa’s leadership.
He said it would be a mockery for the opposition parties to attend the celebrations at State House because President Mwanawasa didn’t recognise them as equal stakeholders…
Stand and sing of Zambia proud and free
Land of work and joy in unity
Victors in the struggle for the right
We’ve won freedom’s fight
All, one strong and free
Praise be to God, praise be, praise be, praise be (Christian nation)
Free men (and women) we stand
Under the flag of our land
Zambia, praise to thee
All, one strong and free
Africa is our own mother land (Of course)
Fashioned with and blessed by God’s good hand (All natural resources)
Let us all, her people join as one (unity)
Brothers (and sisters), under the sun
All, one strong and free
One land and one nation is our cry (One Zambia, One nation!)
Dignity and peace ‘neath Zambia’s sky (Peace and stability)
Like a noble eagle in its flight
Zambia, praise to thee
All, one strong and freeeeeeeeeeeeee!
You are silly
this unkempt look, Bashamenda is inkeeping with some significant distress in social, occupational or other important areas of mental functioning, kindly passby at Chainama for a checkup before mwaingilempanga.
Musame ha ki mutu! Ulapela chelete ni Tou ya ba biza kuli Ganesh ni mulimu wa Komu ya bizwa Sharmba!
can you translate to english?
Au Tsepo, esi ni luna lunani balimu baluna ba nzila! Na kwa mulimu wa maJuda haniyo kwateni, kakuli kumu lapela balimu baka batani fetuhela, mi hani taba mata yataba lapela ki mang? Esi wabona maBemba bona ba lapela wabona yena “Na tolelefye”, MaTonga bona wa bona ki Mwami Runyoka!
Please indians first you turned Chingola into Ghost city by your out-sourcing programme which has left a number of chingolians jobless – Like the going of MMC,MOOLMANS,U&M MINE & GRINAKER LTA.
Enough is enough its time you leave KCM for another serious investor.
There are no scared cows in Zambia when it come to paying taxes. If those miners did not pay their taxes like the rest of us they Must Pay!. KCM should go ahead and deduct the PAYE and remit it to ZRA now!
Levison…dont show your ignorance on this platform…go check zra website to be educated on what the law says on such issues. if the employer under deducts PAYE from its employee…the employer himself must pay to zra for his mistake
Levison do not be an ***** and do not comment on issues you absolutely have no clue about. is it the imployees who refused to pay or its the Company that made errors when deducting? The company should take responsibility for its mistakes not the employees.
@Levison,
My boy learn to think before you yap..don’t talk like a chicken being chased for a slaughter. KCM under deducted PAYE from its employees due to errors in its own payroll system in the financial years in question. if you have had a chance to study Tax law you would have had the knowledge that if such happens the employer has the legal obligation to remit such differences to the revenue authority.
Who pays teachers if miners doesn’t pay Tax?
Do a bit of research if you have limited knowledge on a subject than exposing your illiteracy like this. its dangerous.
Its KCM as the employer with a legal mandate to deduct PAYE from employees, hence if they dont its them to be pernalized, read the income tax act you and you will be guided accordingly.
…and what happens to scared cows, eh Levison?
You must be HH’s follower. Recently the President announced that HH was doing some dubious actvities on the copperbelt towns. One of the actvities was to hold meetings with these mine owners so they could start deducting these long standing PAYE arreers from miners. HH’s intention was to create an harvoc on the copperbelt and noise among the miners.
But as usual, Sata is always ahead of HH. His moves were immediately thwarted.
LEVISON; You must be a big fool. My advice please dont expose your ignorance in public like that its very dangerous.
MPs and president do not pay PAYE, why shall workers pay?
goodlooking!
Ha ha…..Looks like a Jamaican
KCM must pick this tax backlog as some extraodinary expense. It is their duty to deduct and remit. What about those that have left the company?
Unfortunately for them the expense will not be deductible when doing their tax returns
Good thinking
Our MPs do not pay tax?
Levison plse learn from Iminyama. KCM must just pay the outstanding balances period
It looks like a caricature or Zambolina even.
When is Sata resigning?
When we are sure that Bana HH is ready to be the First Lady…
Good!!!
That’s the way to go Shamenda. Continue protecting the locals.
Let the law be followed and if it says as most people seem to be saying, then KCM must pick up the tub. However, since it was by error and hopefully not intentional, ZRA should agree with them a payment plan that will not adversely affect the employer and employees.
too much drama in KCM…..wonder whats next….hope its indians going back to their stinky country.
thats why they have ow started mining copper oils.
strange as it is…
The chaps should not even condemn the payroll system, its their incompetence and their know it all attitude which led to those underdeclerations.
KCM should pay the tax from their profits and not on “the backs”of their employees. The error in failing to deduct the appropriate tax from employees was made by KCM and not the employees. Shame on the government for not holding KCM accountable.
Dirty looking creature.
You must be a racist. Inhuman! Shame on you!!!!
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go kang…
Anomalies czn be accepted if it is for a year or some months. It doesn’t take one who has studied accounting or any related courses to justify such a serious mistake. People do not bring your academic gymnastics in the matter. What is wrong is wrong. I can attribute mediocrity to such a recurring anomaly. No learned person should even defend such. This is very shameful. How can such a thing really be there for many years when other government ministries like education and health correct such anomalies within three months? This is unacceptable. One can suspect a lot. Let government correct it so that jsutice prevails in Zambia. Such a thing should not even be repeated.
Anomalies can be accepted if it is for a year or some months. It doesn’t take one who has studied accounting or any related courses to justify such a serious mistake. People do not bring your academic gymnastics in the matter. What is wrong is wrong. I can attribute mediocrity to such a recurring anomaly. No learned person should even defend such. This is very shameful. How can such a thing really be there for many years when other government ministries like education and health correct such anomalies within three months? This is unacceptable. One can suspect a lot. Let government correct it so that jsutice prevails in Zambia. Such a thing should not even be repeated.
Awe sure, Shamenda is way too ugly. Such ugliness is what gives credence to the belief that human beings are descended from apes. I mean, imagine running across something this aesthetically unpleasant in the dead of the night in the bush of naBwalya where Sata hails from, you won’t be blamed for thinking you have seen Chiwa, Lucifer himself. Awa, Shamenda, mushukulumbwe tuwe, muno bizezwa kwa mileko!
You have cracked my ribs… i will have a Victoria Bitter
Shamenda wa kula. Sihahahe se. Milelu pii inge ya kusi munjongolo. Neba mu utwa!
KCM IS DOING ALL THIS TO MAKE THE NOT SO ORGANIZED GOVT OF MR SATA LOOK BAD IN THE EYES OF MINERS PLIZ MR SHAMENDA SORT OUT THIS MESS AT KCM AND WHY ALWAYS AT KCM.
My biggest question is; How effective and frequent are the ZRA audits? Coz the errors are only coming to light now, after a long period. KCM should simply comply to the laws of the land, period!!
this man looks ugly haa…. it explains why europeans think africans are closest ancestors to the chimpanzee. if you put him in a tree naked he would certyainly qualify as a chimpanzee. just imagining!
You are really polluted by a white man. Shame on you!!
BY BRIGHTON PHIRI, 26 OCTOBER 2003 (The post)
Lusaka — I AM prepared to name some ministers who are corrupt, Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata has said.
Commenting on Zambia’s 39th independence celebrations at State House on Friday, Sata said he could not join plunderers in celebrating the country’s independence.
“If they challenge me I will name some of the ministers who are corrupt,” Sata said.
He said he would not submit to President Mwanawasa’s arrogance because of the independence celebrations. Sata said there was too much deceit and trickery under President Mwanawasa’s leadership.
He said it would be a mockery for the opposition parties to attend the celebrations at State House because President Mwanawasa didn’t recognise them as equal stakeholders…
HH says RB is the most corrupt president to have ruled Zambia..His sons and friend have turned state house into a dealership house.UPND is said to be using GRZ & MMD to campaign …HH says Sata will never be president…HH says UPND can only be ruled by a Tonga…
Recently the President announced that HH was doing some dubious actvities on the copperbelt towns. One of the actvities was to hold meetings with these mine owners so they could start deducting these long standing PAYE arreers from miners. HH’s intention was to create an harvoc on the copperbelt and noise among the miners.
But as usual, Sata is always ahead of HH. His moves were immediately thwarted.
you right this kabwa guy needs to grow up and learn to discuss real issues not HH every time as if he bonks his mother or they fuc.k the same whor.e.
Iwe so u don’t know that pipo want to protest 2morrow during independence celebration in cb.
What would happen if Mazoka was come back from death and knock @ the UPND secretariat??? Just asking don’t diahaorrea in those diapers!
Mazoka can wip them badly, I tell you. Destroying the party he struggled so much for??
PAYE is emblematic of the fact that neoliberal economics takes the tax burden away from the corporations, and hands it over to what is or should be the middle class.
The mines need to pay up big, they need to pay at least 20% of their revenues to the state, or face nationalisation.
People like to forget this, but the mineral resources of Zambia already belong to the people of Zambia collectively. See UN General Assemby Resolution 1803 from 1962, which deals with Mineral Sovereignty.
@Kaambwa, are u a backing dog or a really a human being with normal sences because your comment lack substance and validity. Don’ t be too personal but follow the value of issues under debate correctly and if you have got any comment to put across, evaluate your comment and answer professionally. It’ s no value exhibiting your folly on the site because HH’ s name does not feature anywhere in the story above. You should learn to analyse and debate issues professionally, that’ s how we live in society. It’ s like you don’ t sleep and you are always uncomfortable because of HH. Mind you, HH and Sata are not enemies the way you take it. Out there, they may be big friends and at the end of the day, they are valued sons of Zambia’ s soil.
you right this kabwa guy needs to grow up and learn to discuss real issues not HH every time as if he bonks his mother or they fuc.k the same whor.e.
$% #@$$%% (*$*&$&$&$&
Thank you Minister for coming into this issue. KCM needs to be investigated further. What about other taxes? I find this issue unacceptable. Workers are very innocent because it was not their fault. ZRA also could have picked it from the P18 forms submitted at the end of the financial year. The problem with ZRA personnel is that they don’t conduct workshops to educate Employers about Direct Taxes but are good at penalizing people for late submission. Shame on KCM management and ZRA
Indeed shame on kcm mgt.
i commend hon Fackson Shamenda on this subject. KCM has got competent Accountants who could have known what they were doing. Its not the employees falut and so KCM should shoulder the burden for its incomptence. What were its auditors doing all along. It shows thare has bin a lot of fraud at KCM. Let ZRA penalise KCM 100% for submitting false returns on P.A.Y.E from 2006 to 2011.
You cannot expect a blank minded leadership to manage sophisticated investors such as those we find in the mining sector of Zambia. Our woes are of our own making by turning carrots into spoons!!
This is pay as you earn and not pay the back log. I greed with Muwelewele the liability belongs to KCM, they should fire their incompetent accountants instead and absorb the cost which will not be allowable in its final tax computation.
The question to ask is whether KCM is able to pay without deducting workers’ taxes.
ba lusaka times naimwe awaiting moderation ifinshi naimwe opomwambila.this kaambwa guy needs to be told off.
Why Not start be re-covering cash owed to Zambia by Multinational Crooked companies like “Glencore” & The Sugar company @ Nakambala, who’ve STOLEN Millions from poor Zambians through Tax Scams.
These cases were all over the Papers + Media in the U.K recently.
Once that cash is recovered, i think a lot of Zambians will NOT mind the P.A.Y.E recovery mentioned in this post. HOWEVER We all know NOT a Single Government official will flag this up, as these Companies are the ” Gravy Trains” for the Privileged few!
Exactly!
this man needs ‘Topaz’ as a gift on this independence
kcm should just go ,we are tired of. their habits .pliz let. them go.
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TO THOSE OF YOU WHO DOUBTED GUY SCOTT WHEN HE SAID SOUTH AFRICANS ARE BACKWARD:
SA President Zuma has urged Gauteng residents not to “think like Africans in Africa” and pay their etolls.
Addressing an ANC manifesto forum attended by students, academics and businesspeople at Wits University in Johannesburg last night, Zuma said: “The roads are to be tolled to pay back the money we borrowed to build the freeways to make the economy flow in Johannesburg.
“The principle of user pay has to be applied to complement the money government spent (to build the roads). This is what all economies in the world do. We can’t think like Africans in Africa generally, we’re in Johannesburg.”
Zuma added that the freeway between Johannesburg and Pretoria was “not some national road in Malawi”.
Oh no!
Cry the labour laws…..
I for one must confess,
I didn’t know we had a PRIMATE for a labour minister!
Surely, is mother Zambia lucking?
Minora, gillette. Max, Fusion, and many others are on the market.
Sorry KCM PLC. from outsourcing, vss, pruning of 2000 workers, and now PAYE. IS a mockery to annoy workers so that if they reiterate, they hand them termination letters? I cant believe this!!!! WHAT IF ALL HAVE LEFT EMPLOYMENT LIKE ME?
Those are Mwenye Investors for Zed!
Can someone explain why Mwenyes are the ones to do Solwezi-Chingola Road?
These chaps have been on this project for six months now and someone with a Civil Engineering mind can see what is going wrong already!
Roadpave does not have the capacity to execute this project professionally and efficiently!
Please get another Contractor and investigate who is eating with Roadpave!
This government lacks direction..on what basis and under which law is Shamenda advising? Ifunde li funde ba pf!! And learn to advise na ma facts by now we should have expected you to mature and not mix politics and business! Think where will you get the money to repay your huge loans? KCM bomma temunobe changamuka ubalange umwine ni nani
kcm mgt is right let them effect the deduction with immediate effect from every employee.
Research mune, the laws are very clear on such.
Visit ZRA official website and read what it states on employers who fail to remit correct amounts of any taxes to the government..its simple: kcm has to pay up..and not individual employees.Alot is currently going on in kcm..a new white CEO is in and we hear a new white Chairman from Brazil will be taking charge come 30th Nov 2013. Believe you me, things are not well in KCM.
WE DO NOT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THESE GAYS MANAGING THIS SO CALLED THE GAINT MINING COMPANY IN ZAMBIA,ITS SO HORRIBLE,Y NOT FQM,LUMANA,NFCA,THESE OTHER MINING COMPANIES ARE NOT COMPLANING,BUT ONLY KCM,WHY BWANA MINISTER OF LABOUR,WE NOW HEAR THAT KCM PRODUCED MEMOS TO EACH KCM EMPLOYEE THAT THEY WILL DEDUCT THE MONEY THEY OWE ZRA EFFECTIVE THIS MONTHEND,EACH EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN GIVEN A PERIOD IN WHICH HE/SHE HAS TO CLEAR THESE MONIES,BWANA MINISTER HELP THESE POOR MINERS GET OUT OF THIS MESS SOME OF THEM ALREADY HAVE LOANS FROM BANKS THAT THEY STRUGGLERING TO PAY BACK,JUST FROM THIER SMALL SALARY THEY GET