Wed, 02 Nov 2016 08:56:42 +0000 MINING companies in the habit of ignoring local suppliers in preference to foreign companies in awarding tenders and contracts have angered Government. North-Western Province minister Richard Kapita said most of the mining companies in the country were awarding lucrative tenders for the supply of goods and services to foreign companies while they left poor contracts for the local companies. Mr Kapita wondered why the mining companies were sidelining local businesses which he said were capable of handling big consignments. He said that he had been receiving a lot of complaints from local business persons about the disparaging tendency of mining companies looking down on them. Mr Kapita has warned that Government would not tolerate such unfair treatment from the mines or any other foreign company operating in Zambia. He reiterated that local business people were capable of handling huge supplies and there was no need for mining companies to […]
