By MUBANGA LUCHEMBE ZAMBIA’S mineral wealth, particularly gold, which is readily smuggled to neighbouring nations, continues to fuel loss of lives amongst the wealth-seeking youths that has devastated the country and the lives of its citizens in general. What is more, the policymakers at the Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development are unable to quickly find lasting solutions to unsafe mining operations in different mining provinces to avoid further loss of lives. As Kamfinsa Member of Parliament Christopher Kang’ombe suggested, the UPND government must recognise that young people want to participate in mining and there was no way to prevent them but instead facilitate safe mining. He noted that the Ministry of Mines had announced general terms of how it was dealing with the problem but that there were no specific actions to address exact problems in the country’s different mining provinces. Mr. Kang’ombe was also of the view that from the policy and law’s […]
