More than 38 rioters arrested by police in latest ZAFFICO protests

POLICE on the Copperbelt have arrested 38 people for riotous behaviour during Monday’s riots in Kitwe, in the wake of alleged sale of ZAFFICO to a Chinese investor by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC).
Residents from Kitwe’s Kawama, Chimwemwe, Buchi and Kwacha denounced government through anti-regime slogans.
And Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services and Chief Government Spokesperson Hon. Dora Siliya stated that government was NOT in receipt of any proposal from Chinese or any other investor on the Sale of ZAFFICO.