UMphathiswa wezeMali waseZambia uBwalya Ng'andu usandul’ ukutsho ukuba urhulumente waseZambia akananjongo yokuthatha ezinye iinkampani zemigodi kwaye akanazicwangciso zokufaka ishishini lemigodi kwilizwe lonke.
Kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, urhulumente ufumene inxalenye yamashishini asekuhlaleni eGlencore naseVedanta Limited. Kwintetho yakhe ngoDisemba ophelileyo, uMongameli uLungu wathi urhulumente unethemba lokuba “uzakuba nenani elikhulu lamasheya” kwimigodi engachazwanga, nto leyo ebangele inkxalabo yoluntu malunga notshintsho olutsha lokwenziwa kwelizwe libe lelizwe. Ngokuphathelele oku, uGandu uthe ingxelo kaMongameli uLungu ayiqondwa kakuhle kwaye urhulumente akasayi kuze athathe ezinye iinkampani zemigodi ngenkani okanye azithathele ilizwe.
IZambia ifumene izifundo ezibuhlungu ngokwenziwa kwemigodi ibe yesizwe kwinkulungwane edlulileyo, kwaye imveliso iye yehla kakhulu, nto leyo ekugqibeleni eyakhokelela ekubeni urhulumente ayirhoxise le nkqubo ngeminyaka yoo-1990. Emva kokwenziwa kwemigodi ibe yeyabucala, imveliso yemigodi iphindwe kathathu. Amazwi kaGandu asenokuthomalalisa iinkxalabo zabatyali-mali, kuquka iFirst Quantum Mining Co., Ltd. kunye neBarrick Gold.