Government says it is concerned over the business model by the Kansanshi mine management said to be creating despondency among the local people.
State House special assistant for project implementation and monitoring Lucky Mulusa says the mining firm should revisit its business model in order to create security of tenure.
Mr Mulusa said there is need for the mine to tie up the loose ends in the way it does business with other players.
ZANIS reports that the State House special assistant for project implementation and monitoring said government will soon be engaging the owners of Kansanshi mine to discuss the way forward on the business model which has raised concern.
Mr Mulusa was briefing journalists in Solwezi yesterday after a meeting with contractors and Kansanshi mine management.
He said government was also concerned that there was lack of transparency and information sharing in the way contracts were being crafted.
Mr Mulusa said contractors are not told that they have been engaged to perform a certain task and end up investing huge sums of money only for the contract to be terminated before they recover the money.
He said there must be adequate information sharing between the two parties and that contractors should also pass on the information to their workers.
Mr Mulusa described the meeting as fruitful and was hopeful that the concerns raised will be attended to in order to reduce on creating anxiety with regards to job losses.
He was in the district to get first-hand information on the continued reports of job losses at Kansanshi mine which he said was worrying the presidency.
MULUSA MY FRIEND YOU ALWAYS AMAZE ME.YOUR TASK IS CHINGILA .SOLWEZI ROAD,TOWNSHIP ROADS AND MANY PROJECTS IN THE PROVINCE NOT JUST EATING ALONE.MUZUNGU WAMBULA KANJO
Mr Mulusa. solution is to entice the Chinese to buy off the mines from western imperialists. Anglo American mining companies and their relatives still think this is 1884 when they were sharing Africa behind the backs of the inhabitants. They will never mean well.
Just negotiate with the Chinese to run on 70/30 share ratio with Chinese having bigger share. They will be dividends for Zambians.
They are refusing to pay taxes meanwhile same people are saying life span of these mines is ending in 2018. Why keep dialoguing when they simply do not want to pay taxes.
Learn from Robert Mugabe- the King of Africa. Non of these stupid white men can dare him the way they are doing it here. While our land is being divided among the whites, Mugabe has given his to the local people. The mines are on 49/51 basis in Zimbabwe and yet these same stupid whites are still wanting to get into that country. Why are we treating them with kid gloves?
Kick the bastards out !!
if abena pascal are chased, you are busy complaing about jobs, please leave the gvt to work properly, stop disturbing people who are working for the country