Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:54:24 +0000 BY MAILESI BANDA THERE is need for Government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and mining companies to find ways of ensuring that the Zambian mineral wealth benefits all, Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) coordinator Chennai Mukumba has said. Ms. Mukumba said measures must be put in place to ensure that people benefited from the minerals which were a depleting resource. Speaking in an interview with the Daily Nation, she said Zambia was rich and endowed with valuable minerals that needed to benefit the communities they were mined from. “It is the responsibility of the civil society and the Government to ensure the Zambian people benefit from the minerals being mined in the country. Every Zambian deserves to have a share of the national cake either directly or through access to good health, education or infrastructure, constructed from the resources made from the mining sector,“ she said. She explained that mining […]
