GOLD: Marshal plan neededBy GIDEON NYENDWA GOVERNMENT should come up with a marshal plan to ensure Gold mining benefits Zambians and contributes to the economic recovery of the country, former minister of Finance Ng’andu Magande has said. Mr Magande said local people in the areas gold mining was being done must be allowed to own the mines or have shares in the mines. He said government can give licenses to those who have the capacity to own mines and help them to acquire equipment that they can use to process gold.“Our neighbour are doing it, ” he said. Mr Magande said in this way the monies that were going to be raised can be ploughed back into the economy. He said gold mining is not too complicated like copper mining as there is no need of a lot of equipment. Mr Magande Zambia needs to learn from neighbouring countries like South Africa that had developed from empowering the local people through […]
GOLD: Marshal plan needed
