Two additional bodies were recovered by the Search, Rescue, and Recovery Operations Team, bringing the total to seven casualties. Over 30 small-scale miners were believed to have been trapped after a landslide at the open pit mine.
The Minister of Mines, Hon. Paul Kabuswe, made the announcement on Saturday following his visit to the site in Chingola. The challenging rescue operation has been underway since the initial incident occurred.
The Small-Scale Miners Association of Zambia expressed deep concern over the escalating death toll. They assured that, once the operation concludes, they will initiate awareness campaigns and sensitization programs for small-scale miners.
The association urged people not to engage in speculation and misinformation during this difficult time. Instead, they encouraged the public to await official updates from the authorities involved in the rescue operation.
Standing in solidarity with the government, the Small-Scale Miners Association of Zambia is actively contributing to relief efforts. They announced their commitment to supporting the affected families and communities by providing donations and assistance where needed.
The Search, Rescue, and Recovery Operations Team continue their efforts to locate and rescue the remaining trapped miners. The situation remains fluid, and updates will be provided as the operation progresses. The mining community and the nation as a whole are holding their breath, hoping for a swift and successful resolution to this tragic event.
Since UPND Ministers like photo op…why aren’t they posing with dead bodies
This is no time for politics. Let’s feel for the families affected.
This is all the result of having a weak stupid president like hh who is more interested in selling our gold illegally to enrich his self and his ugly family. Eeeembwa
Respect our esteemed and devout Christian president iwe embwa from Misisi.
Kaizar “Kamyanga mukongo wa nyoko” Zulu: YOU under Chipuba and Satan took the mines owned by Zambians and sold them to each other and your foreign friends. You and your foreign friends ignored the safety standards ZCCM maintained. You also fired the miners leaving theM destitute and desperate. The miners illegally entered the poorly maintained mines of your friends, and predictably died. We are not involved in this. We are farmers from Southern Province. Yes we come from the richest province in the country which has agriculture, tourism, mining, electrical power, coal, gold, uranium, manganese, copper, iron, lithium, crude oil, you name it… We are honest, hard working and do not steal, lie or deceive.
@Piranha I am sure you were going to say the same if this happened under the PF.
@Deja Vu: This is the fault of PF/MMD yebo kaponya. In their delusional privatisation, your MMD/pf gave the mines to their foreign friends and to themselves. They and their friends fired most miners from their jobs, invested no money in safety. The result is that you have impoverished miners being forced to work in unsafe mines. Your Michael Satan and Edgar “Johnathan Mutawire” Lungu looted the US $4 billion they found in the national reserves. They then borrowed and looted another US $33 billion they borrowed. They also reduced the GDP of Zambia from US $28 billion to $22.15 billion, while somehow adding 5 million more mouths to the national population. This is all your fault. We had nothing to do with this.
May their souls rest in peace and peace be with their families ,Amen. Thank you for serving Zambia.
This is sad situation but mining is very dangerous and should only be undertaken by experts.
The people who died were not experts and were there illegally.
How can some be blaming the government?
Please those of you who are, be logical.
@Ben: How come the residents of other provinces do not think that they have the right to steal in order to survive?