Black Mountain accidents ‘concealed’ – NDC

By GIDEON NYENDWATHERE are many accidents that have led to deaths at the Black Mountain in Kitwe that have not been reported for the fear that the opposition will capitalise on it, National Democratic Congress secretary general Charles Kabwita,  has said.Mr Kabwita said it does not make sense for the UPND on the Copperbelt to claim that no deaths have been recorded to date.He said it was unfortunate that the people who were supposed to safeguard the lives of people who work on the Black Mountain were in the forefront hiding the deaths that occurred due to poor planning from being known to the public.Mr Kabwita said poor planning and failure to engage the right people to assist the operators with the knowledge of how to safely mine at the slug were responsible for this.He said the process was rushed in an effort to appease the people.UPND on the Copperbelt has disclosed that to date […]