PEOPLE’s Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda has urged government to stop awarding mining licences to foreigners so that the country can leverage the anticipated demand for rare minerals. And Banda says the UPND government’s priorities on mining are misplaced. In an interview, Banda said if Zambia had a thinking government, it would have taken advantage of the prospects that lie ahead in the mining sector. “If you look at the ZRA report you will find that actually out of over 360,000 tax payers, only 1,000 contribute 80 percent of the tax in Zambia. So you will see that if that 80 percent was being reinvested or even half of it in Zambia it should help, so the point...