Fri, 20 Jan 2017 11:20:21 +0000 By AARON CHIYANZO GOVERNMENT is negotiating with the owners of the Black Mountain in Kitwe so that part of it could be given to the youths commonly known as Jerabos. But People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda has demanded that the Black Mountain should be handed back to the Zambians who sais were the rightful owners of the famous copper slug. Mr Banda said that it was not fair for the Black Mountain to be taken away from the ‘‘Jerabos’’ on the Copperbelt because their livelihood depended on it for a long time. He pointed out that they had been mining from the copper slug for a long time and earned their living from the exercise. Mr Banda said that the offer to buy the copper slug should have first been given to the Zambians earning a living on the copper they mined there or at least […]
