Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:39:54 +0000 By Rogers Kalero ILLEGAL miners in Chingola have said giving them the disused dump sites at Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) would be the best form of empowerment which would go a long way to make them self-sustaining, especially with the high unemployment levels in the country. And Mines and Mineral Development Minister Christopher Yaluma has said he would meet KCM to find how best the illegal miners, popularly known as Jerabos, could be empowered with one of the disused dump sites. Speaking on behalf of other Jerabos, Sonta Chingola Cooperative vice-chairman Douglas Chilembi said more than 2,000 youths were crying to Government to find a way of how they could empower them with one of the disused dump sites where they could be carrying out their mining activities. Mr Chilembi was speaking on Friday when the Mines minister went on a tour of some of KCM dump sites […]
