Environmental racism and holding corporations to account: the Kabwe case – event

Kabwe, Zambia, is one of the world’s most toxic towns. 140,000 women and children are taking mining giant Anglo American to court in South Africa for decades of toxic lead contamination that leave children especially with serious and irreversible health issues.

We are supporting the Kabwe community bringing this court case (more information here) and are delighted to be joined on 31 October by Barry Mulimba, community leader in Kabwe, to hear from him alongside a panel of experts. The panel will cover the lead pollution in Kabwe, Anglo American’s colonial history and human rights record, and environmental racism and sacrifice zones. Come along to hear more about the case and what you can do.

Tickets are free and available here.

Panel speakers:

– Barry Mulimba, Community Facilitator, Kabwe, Zambia
– Zainab Rahim, RAID
– Hamza Hamouchene, writer
– Andy Whitmore, London Mining Network

Barry Mulimba is a resident and community leader in Kabwe. Barry is an expert on the situation in Kabwe and has been involved in the lead poisoning class action lawsuit against Anglo American South Africa (AASA) as a community facilitator since 2018.

Zainab Rahim joined RAID in 2020, a corporate watchdog which holds companies to account for human rights and environmental harms. She has an MA in Postcolonial Culture & Global Policy and her dissertation focused on the slow ecological violence and access to justice in the Kabwe lead poisoning case.

Dr Hamza Hamouchene is the North Africa Programme Coordinator at the Transnational Institute (TNI), and a founding member of Environmental Justice North Africa (EJNA). His most recent book is Dismantling Green Colonialism Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region.

Andy Whitmore is a researcher specialising in extractive industries and has worked on issues of mining and affected communities since the 1980s. He is co-chair, trustee and founding member of London Mining Network, and was founding editor and managing editor of Mines and Communities website.

Tickets are free and available here.
Please arrive 10 minutes early to register at reception.
If you have any questions, contact us at [email protected]