Zambian copper exports — a tale of two roads - Daily Maverick

Copper remains Zambia’s principal export and tax earner. But getting the product out is subject to challenges of both hardware and software.

The road to Mongu is studded with people, often schoolchildren, many walking with produce or containers of water, others on bikes, pushing inconceivable loads of charcoal and, occasionally, an overbu… [+8690 chars]

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