FOUR people have died of Cholera at an illegal mine in Rufunsa District, says Lusaka Province Minister Sheal Mulyata. And Mulyata says there are neither toilets nor safe drinking water in the area, forcing people to go to nearby bushes to relieve themselves. In an interview, Tuesday, Mulyata said most of the Cholera cases recorded in Rufunsa emanated from the same Mining area which was shut two days ago. “Yabwela Cholera ku Rufunsa like nobody’s business, it has come from the mines that are in my area. Four people already dead and it is bad mfana (young man), bad! Yesterday, [Monday], there were no rooms in Mpanshya Hospital. We were asking for classrooms so that we can put these people...

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