Zambians call for Musukwa’s resignation following Black Mountain disaster
By Staff Reporter
Some irate Zambians have instantly taken to social media to demand mines minister Richard Musukwa’s resignation following this morning’s incident where over 30 youths died after they were buried alive at Kitwe’s Black Mountain.
Musukwa was in recent days quoted by the Zambia Daily Mail that the illegal copper mining site patronised by unemployed youths in Kitwe’s Wusakile township was not a disaster in waiting.
He assured that all safety measures ha been put in place by stakeholders.
However, when news filtered through that several unemployed youths had died at the Black Mountain, some Zambians called on Musukwa to resign on moral grounds.
“Blasting was involved, serious safety and healthy issues were raised by the communities in nkana West and surrounding areas but it fell on deaf ears #BLACKMOUNTAIN,” Thaza Spaniard Ganizani wrote on his Facebook page moments after the disaster. “Richard musukwa should resign on moral grounds for appearing on Television yesterday and lieing to the public that everything is okay at the blackmountain on prime Tv.”
Ganizani posted again: “Black Mountain was a disaster in waiting… That’s what happens when u put politics first before safety measures and lives of innocent youths….”
Brian Kayongo also posted on his Facebook page:”Hon. Musukwa please resign on moral ground sir. I was there at the Mining Indaba when CSOs raised a question about safety at the black mountain but you refuted the claims and defended the illigal made legal mining…….”
