Dangote Cement's Zambian subsidiary has sued the country's labour
minister for libel and slander after he accused an executive of the
Nigerian company of attempting to bribe him. A row has been brewing
between Zambia and Dangote Cement, a major employer in Africa's
second-largest copper producer, after the government minister made the
allegations in September.
Dangote said in papers filed in court that
the minister had created an impression that the company was exploiting
Zambian workers and enticing government officials with bribes.
"The
plaintiff has been brought into public scandal and its reputation has
been injured," Dangote said in a writ of summons dated October 10.
The dispute appears to be the latest in a string of incidents in which
the southern African nation's government has resorted to strong-arm or
unorthodox tactics against foreign investors it believes are
circumventing labour laws.
Dangote Industries Zambia (DIZ) has 400
workers building a $400m cement plant, a staff count that should rise to
2 000 when production starts in November.
During a tour of the
plant in Ndola, 300 km north of the capital Lusaka, Labour Minister
Fackson Shamenda said a Nigerian executive seconded to the Zambian unit
tried to bribe him at a hotel.
The company described the allegations as "malicious misinformation"
A year ago, Zambia revoked the work permit of the chief executive of
Konkola Copper Mines, owned by London-listed Vedanta Resources, and
threatened to rip up its mining license when the firm announced plans to
lay off 1 500 workers.
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Browayson John Sr.
So,who is saying the truth now between both parties?
So,who is saying the truth now between both parties?
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Endy Edeson
@John: we will know after judgement if it's for real or a blatant libel.
@John: we will know after judgement if it's for real or a blatant libel.
Browayson John Sr.
Ok Endy. Let's sit & watch.
Ok Endy. Let's sit & watch.