By JOHN KOMBEINCONSISTENCIES in mining policy framework has robbed the country of the benefits that it could get from its rich mineral wealth, Green Party president, Peter Sinkamba has said.In an interview, Mr. Sinkamba said that the lack of continuity that comes with change of government has led to the existing confusion in the mining sector.He was commenting on the recent revelations by the Minister of Mines, Mr Paul Kabuswe that gold mining exploration companies were illegally mining and that some were exporting raw manganese among other issues.Mr. Sinkamba observed that the mining sector has lagged behind because of lack of policy direction that results from lack of consideration for strategic directions that the previous governments were undertaking.He cited the Africa Mining Vision (AMV) policy framework which was formally established by the African Union in 2009 as one framework that has never been domesticated since the framework and requisite templates were handed over to Zambia […]
Lack of continuity has robbed Zambia of mining benefits – Sinkamba
