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Thiard News@F4F

@newsen.bsky.social

1 week ago

Globeleq Completes Strategic Acquisition in Zambia's Energy Sector to Boost Hydropower Investments Globeleq has successfully acquired a majority stake in Lunsemfwa Hydro Power Company, marking a significant expansion of its energy holdings in Zambia.

Globeleq Completes Strategic Acquisition in Zambia's Energy Sector to Boost Hydropower Investments #Zambia #Globeleq #Norfund #Lunsemfwa #Kabwe

Leigh Day

@leigh-day.bsky.social

1 month ago

A US$50 million Clean-Up That Stayed on Paper: Kabwe’s Lead Crisis Despite a World Bank–backed remediation project and years of international scrutiny, Kabwe’s residents say contamination, illness, and broken promises still define daily life. By Luckson Mwale In M…

Makanday reports that residents of #Kabwe, Zambia, who allege lead poisoning from a former Anglo American mine say they have not received support or accountability from a clean up project, and still face serious health risks.

140,000 people are taking legal action.

makanday.org/a-us50-milli...

Natalie Bennett

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

2 months ago

There is a moral argument for making companies clean up colonial-era mining #pollution. But also a #PublicHealth argument

Complete speech here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...
#Kabwe #AngloAmerican #MindfulMining

Radical Anthropology

@radicalanthro.c.im.ap.brid.gy

3 months ago

Homo heidelbergensis and The Origins of The Middle Stone Age: The Kabwe (Broken Hill) Lithic Assemblage - African Archaeological Review The Middle Stone Age (MSA) saw the emergence of novel behaviours in the archaeological record and is generally associated with our own species, Homo sapiens. Yet, most archaeological assemblages contain no fossil remains, with those rare assemblages with a fossil association giving a less than clear-cut picture. Here, we describe the lithic assemblage from Kabwe, Zambia, a cave site that was originally discovered in the early twentieth century and is most famous for the Kabwe cranium, an exceptionally well-preserved Middle Pleistocene Homo fossil. The nature of the assemblage’s excavation means that it is not well-provenanced. To address this issue, we draw on archival data related to the original excavations and discoveries during the 1920s and use the remains of original matrix still adhering to several of the lithic artefacts to separate out the assemblage stratigraphically. This indicates no significant difference in technological strategies across the assemblage. Whilst there is an Early Stone Age component to the assemblage in the form of spheroids, it is generally consistent with MSA technological strategies, including notably Levallois-like and laminar modes of production evident from cores and debitage. We thus interpret the Kabwe assemblage as a transitional ESA/MSA industry. Due to the possible association with Homo heidelbergensis sensu lato fossils in the form of both the Kabwe cranium and postcranial remains, this hints that the early MSA could have included other members of our clade rather than just Homo sapiens, complicating current models of MSA origins.

The #Kabwe lithic assemblage in #Zambia

#Hheidelbergensis and the origin of the #MiddleStoneAge

#archaeology #Africa #MiddlePleistocene

link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10437-0...

Norbert_R 🐘:mastodon:🦣

@norbert-renner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

3 months ago

Der giftige Wind von Kabwe

Im #sambisch​en #Kabwe haben viele Kinder un­ge­wöhn­lich hohe #Blei­wer­te im Blut. Schuld ist eine vor vielen Jahren ge­schlos­se­ne #Mine. Der Abraum #vergiftet die Stadt weiter: weil große Firmen daran ver­die­nen

Von Rebecca #Stegmann, Kabwe […]

@oxhrh.bsky.social

4 months ago

University of Pretoria Centre for Child Law and OxHRH urge the Supreme Court of Appeal to put children first in landmark class action case on the Kabwe Lead Poisoning.

Read the press statement here: bit.ly/43ULWhY

#environmentaljustice #leadpoisoning #kabwe #childrights

Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)

@actsa-uk.bsky.social

4 months ago

Starting today in Johannesburg - the #Kabwe appeal hearing which will determine whether this landmark case on behalf of 140,000 children and women in Zambia can go ahead.

Read more in our report: shorturl.at/uCH8r

Damian Carrington

@dpcarrington.bsky.social

4 months ago

New report: Life in the world’s most polluted town - The origins of lead contamination in Kabwe, its impacts on children, and the case for corporate accountability Four mothers tell their stories alongside the medical, legal and moral case for corporate accountability by Anglo American in a new report about lead contamination in Kabwe, Zambia, by Action for Sout...

New report: "Life in the world’s most polluted town" covering the huge lead contamination in #Kabwe, Zambia, its terrible impacts on children and the case for corporate accountability

By @actsa-uk.bsky.social
#pollution
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actsa.org/new-report-l...

Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)

@actsa-uk.bsky.social

5 months ago

REPORT LAUNCH - Toxic Legacies: Holding Multinational Giants Accountable for Historic Pollution - ACTSA Mon 27 Oct

🚨EVENT🚨

Toxic Legacies: Holding Multinational Giants Accountable for Historic Pollution

Join the public launch of a new report into colonial-era lead pollution in world's most polluted town #Kabwe and support justice ahead of a class-action hearing

27 Oct, 5-6.30pm
London School of Economics

Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)

@actsa-uk.bsky.social

6 months ago

Anglo American questioned by affected mother at its AGM Mother and community advocate from Zambia, Lydia, asked Anglo American about historic lead pollution that continues to affect children especially and hamper crop growing.

When will #AngloAmerican keep its promise that where it has “contributed to adverse human rights impacts we will contribute to their remediation”?

Lead poisoning from the mining waste it left behind in #Kabwe, Zambia, continues to affect children with lifechanging health issues.

#JusticeForKabwe

Best Pizza in Town

@bestpizzaintown.bsky.social

8 months ago

📍 Kabwe, Zambia
🍕 Debonairs Pizza
⭐ Rating: 3.9
#pizza #kabwe #zambia

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Best Pizza in Town

@bestpizzaintown.bsky.social

9 months ago

📍 Kabwe, Zambia
🍕 Debonairs Pizza
⭐ Rating: 3.9
#pizza #kabwe #zambia

🔗 https://maps.google.com/?cid=11367205295894655212

Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)

@actsa-uk.bsky.social

9 months ago

Anglo American questioned by affected mother at its AGM Mother and community advocate from Zambia, Lydia, asked Anglo American about historic lead pollution that continues to affect children especially and hamper crop growing.

Just over a month ago, Lydia came to London for the Anglo American AGM to speak about the historic lead pollution it left behind in #Kabwe which affects children like hers.

"We see you are in Chile, Peru and you are doing the same thing that you did to Kabwe 50 years ago."

London Mining Network

@ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social

10 months ago

... says it is a fair question to ask about legacy & reputation/legal case.

Response is that "we are not responsible for situation in #Kabwe", therefore apparently we "do not have the moral responsibility" (despite extensive profits).

#AngloAmericanAGM #JusticeforKabwe

London Mining Network

@ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social

10 months ago

At #AngloAmericanAGM a question around #Kabwe tries to drill down again to AASA having resources if the court case is lost & also stresses the moral or reputational case based on legacy.

Company repeats that AASA do not really have liability, but it is a "substantial company". On latter ...

London Mining Network

@ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social

10 months ago

#AngloAmericanAGM - Tricia Sibbons asks a question on #Kabwe court actions, asking a question about whether there will be a commitment to ensure obligations with the reorganisation

Response is that although there is an appeal they do not expect to lose ... so no.

Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)

@actsa-uk.bsky.social

1 year ago

The town of #Kabwe, Zambia, is a warning of what an global mining giant can leave behind when it has extracted all the profit it can

Read our reply with London Mining Network and RAID to Anglo American about its duty to clean up lead pollution in Kabwe which most affects children: shorturl.at/NDglE

Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)

@actsa-uk.bsky.social

1 year ago

Roman Empire’s use of lead lowered IQ levels across Europe, study finds Widespread use of metal caused estimated 2- to 3-point drop in IQ for nearly 180 years of Pax Romana

The same is happening today in #Kabwe, in Zambia.

Generations of children there have levels of lead in their blood far higher than the estimate for children in the Roman Empire.

Why? Lead pollution by Anglo American that was never cleaned up. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)

@actsa-uk.bsky.social

1 year ago

Today, as #MinesAndMoney conference starts, ACTSA, Corporate Justice Coalition, London Mining Network and RAID wrote to Anglo American investors about lead pollution in #Kabwe, Zambia

We urge investors to consider the financial and moral risks of this investment. Read the letter: shorturl.at/QRr6m

@celsenna.bsky.social

1 year ago

#ArtedaBolaCelSenna Quem vai vencer o Duelo entre MUFULIRA X KABWE neste Campeonato Nacional de Zâmbia Temporada 2024 2025? GOLS! Senna #Futebol #Mufulira #Kabwe #Zambia

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@whoa-magic.lol

1 year ago

The Rise Of The African Left The number of African countries falling under military rule in recent years has dominated debate about the uncertainty of the future of democracy on the

"The resurgence of #left populist ideology in #Africa has most prominently been championed by Senegal’s Bassirou Diomaye #Fay, South Africa’s Julius #Malema and Zitto #Kabwe of Tanzania – the three founders of Africa’s youngest #Marxist-Leninist parties." #Leftists

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