By OLIVER SAMBOKOSINADAMBWE villagers in Siavonga have vowed to petition Mines and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe over suspected uranium contamination of ground water around Mutanga Uranium Mine, which has led to health complications. The affected villagers want Government through the Ministry of Mines to urgently move in and ensure their lives and health is protected from mineral contamination in the area. Despite the villagers living around the mine pressurising ZEMA to disclose its finding on the water contamination investigation it carried out in the area, the environmental agency has remained mute over the issue. The villagers also suspects that ZEMA is deliberately not disclosing its finding to protect the Canadian-owned mining company. Speaking in an interview with the Daily Nation, the villagers complained that they have continued to experience strange diseases including infertility which they suspect is due to contamination of the ground water caused by drilling.One of the affected villagers, Mr Derick Mbone said the people are tired of the deafening silence from ZEMA, who despite demands by the affected […]
VILLAGERS TO PETITION MINISTER OVER URANIUM CONTAMINATION
