SIR SERETSE KHAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA, ARRIVED IN ZAMBIA ON FRIDAY (4 AUGUST) FOR A FOUR-DAY STATE VISIT. DURING THE TOUR HE VISITED THE MUFULIRA COPPER MINES.

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LADY KHAMA AND THE BOTSWANA MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MR P.K. NWAKO AND THE BOTSWANA HIGH COMMISSIONER TO ZAMBIA, MR R.N. MANNATHOKO.

ON SUNDAY (6 AUGUST) SIR SERETSE AND HIS PARTY VISITED MUFULIRA COPPER MINE. MR REUBEN KAMANGA, THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA ACCOMPANIED THE VISITORS TO THE MINE.

ZAMBIA IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING COPPER-PRODUCING COUNTRIES AND SINCE INDEPENDENCE SYSTEMATIC PROSPECTING BY THE COPPER COMPANIES HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE COPPERBELT AREA.