COPPERBELT Province Minister Elisha Matambo says mining sector issues won’t cost the UPND government the Copperbelt vote in 2026 because the sector would be thriving by then. On Friday, News Diggers published an editorial titled “KCM problem is far from resolved; in fact, it may cost UPND votes”. The editorial stated, in part, that one of the reasons why the UPND government may be poised to lose the Copperbelt vote in 2026 was because it had struggled to manage people’s feelings and expectations in its management of the mining sector. Commenting on this in an interview, Friday, Matambo said people on the Copperbelt understood that the challenges in the province were caused by the PF. “I think the people of...