Chief Mukungule of the Bisa People in Mpika District has raised concern over the illegal gold mining activities taking place in Mukungule Game Management Area GMA in his chiefdom.
The traditional leader said illegal miners have invaded Kaluba and Mupamadzi farming blocks in Mukungule Game Management Area causing significant damage to the wildlife sanctuary.
He expressed concern that if the situation is not addressed, it will cause significant damage to the land and water pollution in the nearby streams around the area.
Chief Mukungule was speaking through his representative, Mr Makaliki Chilumba, during a stakeholders meeting held at Northern Rock Hotel in Mpika District.
He implored government authorities to take a keen interest and stop the ongoing illegal gold mining activities before the situation gets out of hand.
“We understand that our people want to earn a living, but it should not be through illegal mining activities in a game management area,” he said.
Meanwhile, Kapamba Ward Councillor John Chali said, despite several warnings, the illegal miners have continued conducting mining activities in the area.
There is neither employment nor employment creation in the country. Why not set up a satellite labour and minining offices on these mining sites to issue temporal artesanal mining licences after vetting and education on safe mining, education of markets and markets could be government itself. Find a way of incorporating these people but not shooting at them please.
Even the constitution is illegal as called out by the Concourt. Why are we so tender with it. Can the unconstitutional Bill 7 be shown it’s place in Zambia please? Zambians have chose civility in nipping out that bill than using the barbarism government used on its own citizens.
What illegal? Find a way of incorporating these artesanal miners into the system. The usual government beaurecratic and tedious processes does not suit people who are desperate to eat. Have you seen how your much pronounced and self praised free education is far from the main priorities of the country. Sort out the bread and butter issues first. The straw you are clutching on called free education is not helping you.
Life is tougher in Zambia since 2021. Government is not in touch with reality, otherwise how do you explain the mocking of the people through daily self praise when the economy has collapsed. Investment in mines, debt restructuring, Moodys improved rating are all artificial stuff that have not improved the life of the common man. Has there been any improvement in the life of the common man with all these things, a big No is the answer. This mining taking place which i agree is not safe and dangerous is a survival line for the people. True, Find a way of regulating it on site somehow. I say somehow because we pay you to look for solutions
Government must use force to bring order first Even a hungry criminal can be shot for the public good
Mining is not allowed in a GMA. But the authorities should handle this illegality with a lot of care to avoid loss of life…
What’s the small scale miners association doing? Come on Simon, get your act together. You were warned 2 years ago…to no avail
Appears everything is collapsing in this country. Yesterday my niece was given a prescription at uth for some medicine. The other night my neighbour had her car battery stolen from her car at her home in the night. We also recently witnessed that parliament is full of challenges, where by arbiters have allegedly become players. Trade Unions are heavily compromised. Food and essential goods prices are still beyond the reach of the common man. And loadshedding has brought businesses to a stand still
Just go farming.You will stop lamentations
Police, please use rubber bullets. You will achieve the same objective as live bullets but lives won’t be lost.
Economic sabotage needs live bullets .This here qualifies for that radical step just like China executes people for corruption.
Indeed rubber bullets to the legs
Also look at the very faded white lines only they can see to trap motorists
also stop putting up 40km sigbns in the middle of the bush with no housing in the area purely to trap and make money
When will it be legally so that we stop calling it illegal
LEGALISE IT
No Bob.It was Peter
Just the illegality of allowing ppl to do what they want will not takes anywhere as a nation, we have everything we just need organisation and law and order!!
This is getting out of hand. Please get a grip before it’s too late. The rush will attract the wrong kind of people. We know what happened when a useless chap call Cecil Rhodes came to Zambia.
Without Cecil Rhodes, you would still be living in a mud hut and not typing in English on your little phone.
Gold mines can invade ? How does a hole ,trench of ditch invade by itself ?
It won’t surprise that Zambia has more gold deposits than copper. The rate at which gold is being discovered! Certainly this is not a poor country anymore.
Zambia will still be poor thing if government fails to control illegal mining
Signs of a collapsed economy!
1. Increased economic investments
2. Kwacha as currently the best performing currency in the world.
3.Civil servants paid every month
4. Thousands employed every year.
5.Fuel Prices falling
6. University students allowances paid
let them just mine. Why leaving Money just like that. I dont think animals will complain. By the educate me, How does raw gold look like? I think I’m I have seen Gold but i dont know how it looks like