Ndola Council Warns Bar Over Waste Disposal At Cemetery

Ndola City Council (NCC) has cautioned the owners of Kwacha Blue Mint Bar after staff were found dumping empty beer bottles at the site of an old Jewish cemetery. 

“As the council we will ensure that all the people individuals and business entities adhere to the Presidential directive of keeping Zambia clean, green and health campaign,” NCC representative Rebecca Mushota told journalists. 

Ms Mushota said Kwacha Blue Mint Bar had been instructed to work with the council to ensure the cemetery was cleaned up.

She warned residents that although the council is responsible for removing waste, any individual or business found in breach of waste management laws would be punished. 

“In as much as the council is in-charge of ensuring that there’s control of waste disposal and cemeteries are well maintained, we shall not allow indiscriminate waste disposal in the city of Ndola,” she said.

Joseph Chilongoshi, a spokesperson for the local jewish community, said residents had spoken to the bar’s owner several times over the waste issue, but to no avail. 

The cemetery is an historic burial site for Jews and Europeans located behind the bar, near Rugby field.