Gold mining poisons villages

Gold mining poisons villages

Liviri River in Kasungu District does not begin as a harbinger of death. Its journey starts with clean flow from Kalonje Village, but slowly gets soiled as it snakes past rolling hills and tobacco fields that have replaced lush forests. A woman fetches water from Liviri River on the receiving end of pollution from gold panning | Kondwani Nyondo However, the murky river changes colour as it flows past Chimbiya, where both locals and migrant merch…