{"id":31076,"date":"2022-09-12T19:34:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T19:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/of-governmental-taking-over-the-mines"},"modified":"2022-09-12T19:59:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T19:59:20","slug":"of-governmental-taking-over-the-mines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/of-governmental-taking-over-the-mines","title":{"rendered":"Of Governmental taking over the Mines!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>There have been calls from certain sectors of society for government to consider taking over the mines. \u201cWith the current favourable Copper prices, we wouldn\u2019t even be going to plead for bail-out packages from the imperialists,\u201d you would hear them say.<\/p>\n

Do you honestly think the government should entangle itself in the business of running the mines? I would be shocked if such sentiments would be coming from senior PF party officials such as Chishimba Kambwili, Wilbur Simuusa or Davis Mwila as I expect the trio to easily understand how our own citizens ran down the mines during the ZCCM days as we were once queuing up for kampompo at the Nchanga Open pit Mine!<\/p>\n

A plethora of reasons contributed to the eventual collapse of the mines \u2013 ill qualification, supplying air, indiscipline, dishonesty and the lack of dedication, among others.<\/p>\n

One day, a mobile crane which was vital in the operations of mining activities at the Open pit broke down. The outriggers, and components where the crane stood as it hoisted things couldn\u2019t eject. The diesel mechanics were the first ones on site \u2013 they touched everywhere they could but the machine still remained malfunctioning. \u201cThis is an electrical problem, electricians must come in,\u201d they insisted.<\/p>\n

A colleague and I didn\u2019t waste time jumping onto the machine. We diagnosed the circuits from the source (battery) to the solenoids that activated the outriggers. We couldn\u2019t detect any fault.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, production was being delayed. Rado messages soon started flooding from the highest echelons of power in the mining establishment. \u201cHow come ore isn\u2019t moving?\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s a machine blocking the way!\u201d \u201cWhere are the mechanics?\u201d<\/p>\n

Seeing that we didn\u2019t seem to be getting anywhere, we roped in the so-called experts from both sides of the aisle \u2013 mechanical and electrical engineers. They just stood there like idiots\u2026..big eyes on their faces. And these were individuals trained by the state at either UNZA or foreign universities at great expense to the nation!<\/p>\n

\u201cWell\u2026..bring in the manufacturers if you can\u2019t fix the equipment!\u201d an irritated voice cracked in the radio. It was that of the Open pit manager. Later in the day, a boisterous, tall and slender individual pitched up! He smoked one cigarette after another.<\/p>\n

After briefly interrogating us, he briskly jumped onto the machine. In no time, the machine came to life and was soon standing on the outriggers. Do you know ukupomboloka ngensoka? Well, that\u2019s what the engineers did! They totally had no clue about the fault on the equipment.<\/p>\n

Apart from this, we had artisans who would be dispatched into the pit to attend to broken down machinery. Instead of getting down to work immediately, they\u2019d doze off inside the shovels (not the shovels you use kumanda, but those monstrous machineries they use in the Open pit mines to extract ore from the ground, and load it onto the equally gigantic dump trucks) only to come alive a few minutes before their shift ended. They simply did so to drag the work into the next shift so that they could be paid overtime!<\/p>\n

Kambwili worked at Nchanga as a \u201cchanga changa\u201d \u2013 personnel officer. He would be in a better position to tell the nation how ba shimaini absconded from work after getting paid, how many times they feigned illness after a heavy drink up or pretended to have lost a relative in the village so they could stay away from work. All this was happening was happening as nobody seemed to care! \u201cChabuteko ichi, so what if I don\u2019t report for work!\u201d most of the miners would retort. And yet you want government to step back into the mining business\u2026..to finish off the mines, not so?<\/p>\n

If we\u2019re insisting on citizens running the mines, this mustn\u2019t be conducted under the framework of the government but rather private citizens teaming up and bidding for these mines. Government must limit itself to the role of providing affordable loans under the auspices of CEEC, NATSAVE, DBZ etc. Even part of CDF can be channeled to such activities as it is likely to creat employment for our youth instead of bogus projects where some unscrupulous individuals are scheming to defraud the state through overpricing.<\/p>\n

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