Some children in Chinyongola area in Chibombo District have reportedly abandoned school for illegal gold mining.
Senior Headman Chilwana has told ZANIS that the children have left their homes and camped at the recently discovered gold mine, defying their parents’ counsel to go to school.
The traditional leader is worried that if nothing more is done to stop illegal mining activities, many children from the surrounding communities will drop out of school for mining.
Senior Headman Chilwana said government deployed police officers to guard the mine area but has questioned how illegal mining of gold has continued with impunity.
He said illegal miners and buyers of the precious stone from surrounding communities and other districts are still conducting activities around the mining sites against the government’s directive.
Meanwhile, Chibombo District Commissioner, Lloyd Kayeka has warned that government will not tolerate any form of illegality at the gold mine.
Addressing scores of residents from around Chinyongola area, Mr Kayeka said government has taken a serious step to stop illegal mining activities by deploying police officers in the area.
He added that he does not therefore expect any illegal mining to continue in the area.
The DC has however warned that if there are some suspicious activities happening to sustain illegal mining, the law will catch up with the perpetrators.
The DC said government wants to ensure that the mining of gold is conducted in a formal, safe, and organized manner that will benefit all the surrounding communities and the nation.
And the government is doing NOTHING? I would expect this from the horrible thieving corrupt and incompetent PF government from that rid!culous Edgar China, but what is the New dawn government doing? Just as much? Namely nothing?
And the Kwacha CONTINUES to depreciate, now K18.04 to the dollar and falling increasingly faster, while the REAL inflation is 20.5% and also increasing faster. HH you have to intervene and replace this non-performing finance minister before the Kwacha reaches 20 to the dollar
Senior Headman Chilwana said government deployed police officers to guard the mine area but has questioned how illegal mining of gold has continued with impunity. YOU SEEM NOT TO KNOW OUR POLICE HON HEADMAN. VERY SOON THOSE OFFICERS WILL BE DRIVING SUVs AND OWNING MANSIONS.
Not easy to theorize about the economic behaviour of Zambia and its government. We’re facing a debt crisis but somehow are allowing a vital natural resource such as gold to be exploited by informal sector players who are driven by the “take the money and run” attitude.
WHAT WE FIORGETTING THAT THIS FREE FOR ALL WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE PF GOVERNMENT
THIS CULTURE IS STIILL EMBEDDED AND WILL TAKE TIME TO CHANGE
THIS SORT OF MINING BY CHILDREN AND OTHERS WILL STOP
SO WILL THE CRIMINALITY, WORK ETHIC, AND GIFTS FOR VOTES, AND ” GIVE ME” “GIVE ME”
IT TAKES TIME
But these fi colours do not know there is free education now?
Life under upnd. This shows what happens when you have an inexperienced president who doesn’t think about the consequences of his policies. As a leader you need to think 5 steps ahead on anything you decide to do.
There’s nothing illegal about citizens exploiting their God given natural resource. Unfortunately our leaders aren’t moving as swiftly as people’s hunger for progress. There’s widespread poverty and people are looking for whatever quick way out. When there was a scramble for emeralds in Chief Nkana’s area many children left school. Even after a clean-up operation ordered by Daniel Lisulo still people went back and some even lost their lives as they were shot by soldiers. The Police are also hungry and the temptation is so big that they can’t cope. Many have joined the unlicensed miners. The Ministry must move swiftly and regularize operations so that people begin to gain benefits. Don’t sit in your offices and wait for people to queue for your attention, those days are long gone…
Being a Minister is no longer a white collar job. Soon the youths will begin to physically hold you accountable for your promises. There’s no honeymoon
Free Education without strong support at family Leve those are the resurts , no three meals a day.
I dont blame them really you have to educate the parents and also include prison time for parents using underage children to dig for the mineral.
That picture there is how it is like in Serra Leone just digging everywhere …a guy I know from there who lives in the UK had his brother back home handling the operations with staff there all he did from this end is send the equipment like a petrol water pump and a sifter..fortunately for him and his brother there was trust without it in Gold mining in open like this its paramount.
No one cares about your fellow Sierra leonean asylum seekers there abroad. Stop embarrassing us and come back home chi tarino aka spaka