By BUUMBA CHIMBULUTHE Federation of Small-Scale Miners of Zambia (FSSMZ) has urged the new Government to include the sector at every stage of policy formulation in an effort to avoid formulating defective policies which will harm business.Lack of inclusivity leads to producing defective policies which fail to take into context the challenges and problems that the small-scale miners experience, according to FSSMZ chairman, Joseph Mwansa.Mr Mwansa said in an interview that defective policies had led to illegal mining in the sector.“The Federation of Small-Scale Miners of Zambia calls upon the new Government as a matter of priority to consider reforming the statutory and cost barriers that stand as entry obstacles for the artisan and small-scale miners.“The legislative and policy reforms must be inclusive of villagers in rural Zambia who ply their trade as artisan miners,” he said.Mr Mwansa indicated that the major problems facing the Zambian mining sector was the high prevalence of illegal mining […]
INCLUDE US IN POLICY FORMULATION,CRY SMALL-SCALE MINERS
