{"id":54288,"date":"2023-12-20T20:48:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T20:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/grant-assistants-still-not-paid-bonuses"},"modified":"2023-12-20T21:12:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:12:10","slug":"grant-assistants-still-not-paid-bonuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/grant-assistants-still-not-paid-bonuses","title":{"rendered":"GRANT, ASSISTANTS STILL NOT PAID BONUSES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>WITH just five days to go before the senior men\u2019s national team enters camp to begin AfCON preparations, head coach Avram Grant, his assistants and support staff have not been paid their share of winning bonusses for the world cup qualifier against Congo Brazzaville.<\/p>\n<p>While players have received their bonusses, the technical bench has been left frustrated by the development, with those closer to the development lamenting that the exprienced Israeli and his team of assistants have been left fruatrated in wonderland.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, Ministry of Sport permanent secretary Kangwa Chileshe confirmed the situation saying, \u201ctheir payments are being processed.\u201d He added that the Ministry of Finance has been \u201cdisbursing funds in batches\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Chipolopolo enter local camp on Monday, December 26, to commence AfCON preparations. 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