DURING the official opening of the 2024 Mining and Investment Insaka in Lusaka, Monday, President Hakainde Hichilema expressed sadness at the rising death toll in the mining sector. As the Mining Indaba was opening, a tragic accident had just happened at Lwiili Mine in Nangoma, where 10 people were confirmed dead, five critically injured, and several more unaccounted for. The President said this was a stark reminder of the growing peril faced by Zambia’s mining sector. President HICHILEMA: “Today we got a message before I came here that we have another set of citizens who have died in Mumbwa at a mine there. Why are they dying? They are mining illegally there. They are mining in unsafe ways. This government,...