UK Parliament hosts event on lead pollution from mining in Zambia
Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) and Lord Peter Hain will host the event in the House of Lords next week.
A panel of regional, health and legal experts will discuss the impacts of lead pollution in Kabwe.
The panel will include Barry Mulimba, resident of Kabwe and a community leader, who is visiting the UK.
A class action suit has been filed in South Africa against Anglo American South Africa on behalf of around 140,000 women and children in Kabwe who are alleging harm from lead poisoning caused by historic mining operations.
On 19 April 2024, the Johannesburg High court granted permission to appeal an earlier ruling denying class action certification. The case will now be heard in the South Africa Supreme Court of Appeal.
