DEPUTY Secretary to Cabinet Dr Oliver Kalabo says the high loan burden among civil servants leads to propensity for corruption, misappropriation of resources and low productivity. And the Zambia Institute of Human Resource Management (ZIHRM) president Kelvin Shamizhinga has advised HR Practitioners to chase agility and not static degrees. Speaking at the ZIHRM 29th Annual Conference at Radisson Blu Mosi-oa-Tunya Resort in Livingstone, Thursday, Dr Kalabo said while the personal loan burden in the civil service can be blamed on individual workers, the higher blame should be with human resource practitioners. He questioned how some employees were getting negative net pay due to loans. “How is it possible that somebody goes into a negative net pay? Somehow, we must have...




