SOCIALIST Party leader Fred M’membe says it does not make sense for government to give tax breaks to the mines and then start asking for help. In a statement, Tuesday, Dr M’membe stated that in 2022, he advised government against giving away minerals to foreign transnational mining corporations for next to nothing. “It does not make sense! On July 18, 2022, we advised Mr Hakainde Hichilema and the UPND government that there was really no need to be in a rush to give away our minerals to foreign transnational mining corporations for next to nothing. Anglo American, Anglovaal, Glencore, Vendata, Mopani and other mining corporations are interested in our minerals because there are gigantic profits to be made now and...

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