Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:06:52 +0000 By Violet Tembo IT is high time Southern African countries rose to the occasion and controlled the exploitation of their minerals for the benefit of the people,” Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) executive director Siphosami Malunga has said. And Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) director Dr. Claude Kabemba charged that politics had contributed to making Africa poor despite its abundant natural resources. Speaking on the sidelines of a two-day conference held in Ndola under the theme “Natural Resources, Politics and Development,” Mr. Malunga said corruption had resulted in failure by some governments in the region to transform their countries. Mr. Malunga said political leaders personal interests at the expense of saving the people was contributing to the high levels of poverty in many Southern African countries. He observed that it was unfortunate that despite being one of the leading copper producers in Africa, a large percentage of […]
