Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:50:47 +0000 By SANDRA MACHIMA FIVE hundred informal miners, known as Jerabos, in Chingola district have formed a mining group with the hope of obtaining mining rights as a form of economic empowerment and other associated reliefs from the Government. The group, led by chairman Martin Kalunga, was targeting to recruit nearly all the more than 3,000 illegal miners in Chingola to join the organization. He said illegal miners were compelled to be involved in that risky undertaking due to lack of employment. “We will not tolerate personal interest to precede public interest because this is a collective entity that is aimed at addressing the challenges of unemployment among youths,” he said. Mr Kalunga, a self-confessed illegal miner, bemoaned the dramatic turn of events in terms of hostility in their work where they were always harassed. This was in response to Mines minister Christopher Yaluma who had audience with illegal miners […]
