Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)
@actsa-uk.bsky.social
Working in solidarity with southern Africa civil society to shift power and undo the legacies of colonialism and apartheid. Formerly the Anti-Apartheid Movement.
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OUT NOW: our report with Environment Africa Zambia,
@ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social and RAID about lead pollution in Kabwe, Zambia
Four mothers share their stories alongside the latest medical research and the evidence about whose responsibility it is to clean up: shorturl.at/uCH8r
#JusticeForKabwe
@ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social and RAID about lead pollution in Kabwe, Zambia
Four mothers share their stories alongside the latest medical research and the evidence about whose responsibility it is to clean up: shorturl.at/uCH8r
#JusticeForKabwe
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After the UK House of Lords debate on Kabwe (see our feed), we’re sharing a report we collaborated on with @actsa-uk.bsky.social (Oct 2025). The report examines impacts of lead contamination on women and children, with testimonies and new scientific research, and the class action in South Africa.
OUT NOW: our report with Environment Africa Zambia,
@ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social and RAID about lead pollution in Kabwe, Zambia
Four mothers share their stories alongside the latest medical research and the evidence about whose responsibility it is to clean up: shorturl.at/uCH8r
#JusticeForKabwe
@ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social and RAID about lead pollution in Kabwe, Zambia
Four mothers share their stories alongside the latest medical research and the evidence about whose responsibility it is to clean up: shorturl.at/uCH8r
#JusticeForKabwe
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 PM
After the UK House of Lords debate on Kabwe (see our feed), we’re sharing a report we collaborated on with @actsa-uk.bsky.social (Oct 2025). The report examines impacts of lead contamination on women and children, with testimonies and new scientific research, and the class action in South Africa.
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Yesterday, Lord Oates raised the lead pollution from colonial-era mining in Kabwe, Zambia, in the UK House of Lords with peers calling it a "horror" and a "shame"
Oates shared mothers' stories and said the UK as legal authority at the time has a moral responsiblity as well as miner Anglo American
Oates shared mothers' stories and said the UK as legal authority at the time has a moral responsiblity as well as miner Anglo American
January 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Yesterday, Lord Oates raised the lead pollution from colonial-era mining in Kabwe, Zambia, in the UK House of Lords with peers calling it a "horror" and a "shame"
Oates shared mothers' stories and said the UK as legal authority at the time has a moral responsiblity as well as miner Anglo American
Oates shared mothers' stories and said the UK as legal authority at the time has a moral responsiblity as well as miner Anglo American
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Tens of thousands of people in Kabwe, including thousands of children, are suffering as a result of contamination left behind by lead mining, most of which occurred during British colonial rule. The mining company responsible and the UK must ensure justice and restitution for the people of Kabwe.
Yesterday, Lord Oates raised the lead pollution from colonial-era mining in Kabwe, Zambia, in the UK House of Lords with peers calling it a "horror" and a "shame"
Oates shared mothers' stories and said the UK as legal authority at the time has a moral responsiblity as well as miner Anglo American
Oates shared mothers' stories and said the UK as legal authority at the time has a moral responsiblity as well as miner Anglo American
January 10, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Tens of thousands of people in Kabwe, including thousands of children, are suffering as a result of contamination left behind by lead mining, most of which occurred during British colonial rule. The mining company responsible and the UK must ensure justice and restitution for the people of Kabwe.
Yesterday, Lord Oates raised the lead pollution from colonial-era mining in Kabwe, Zambia, in the UK House of Lords with peers calling it a "horror" and a "shame"
Oates shared mothers' stories and said the UK as legal authority at the time has a moral responsiblity as well as miner Anglo American
Oates shared mothers' stories and said the UK as legal authority at the time has a moral responsiblity as well as miner Anglo American
January 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Yesterday, Lord Oates raised the lead pollution from colonial-era mining in Kabwe, Zambia, in the UK House of Lords with peers calling it a "horror" and a "shame"
Oates shared mothers' stories and said the UK as legal authority at the time has a moral responsiblity as well as miner Anglo American
Oates shared mothers' stories and said the UK as legal authority at the time has a moral responsiblity as well as miner Anglo American
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“Never Again”: Lords Fury Over Zambia Poisoning Scandal
British peers yesterday sounded the alarm over the public health disaster in Kabwe, a town scarred by colonial-era mining & now one of the world's most polluted places
Development Minister Champion said there are “clear lessons” to be learnt
British peers yesterday sounded the alarm over the public health disaster in Kabwe, a town scarred by colonial-era mining & now one of the world's most polluted places
Development Minister Champion said there are “clear lessons” to be learnt
“Never Again”: Lords Fury Over Zambia Poisoning Scandal
Britain’s peers have sounded the alarm over a shocking public health disaster in Kabwe, Zambia, a town scarred by decades of lead mining and now known as one of the most polluted places on Earth.
actsa.org
January 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM
“Never Again”: Lords Fury Over Zambia Poisoning Scandal
British peers yesterday sounded the alarm over the public health disaster in Kabwe, a town scarred by colonial-era mining & now one of the world's most polluted places
Development Minister Champion said there are “clear lessons” to be learnt
British peers yesterday sounded the alarm over the public health disaster in Kabwe, a town scarred by colonial-era mining & now one of the world's most polluted places
Development Minister Champion said there are “clear lessons” to be learnt
“Never Again”: Lords Fury Over Zambia Poisoning Scandal
British peers yesterday sounded the alarm over the public health disaster in Kabwe, a town scarred by colonial-era mining & now one of the world's most polluted places
Development Minister Champion said there are “clear lessons” to be learnt
British peers yesterday sounded the alarm over the public health disaster in Kabwe, a town scarred by colonial-era mining & now one of the world's most polluted places
Development Minister Champion said there are “clear lessons” to be learnt
“Never Again”: Lords Fury Over Zambia Poisoning Scandal
Britain’s peers have sounded the alarm over a shocking public health disaster in Kabwe, Zambia, a town scarred by decades of lead mining and now known as one of the most polluted places on Earth.
actsa.org
January 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM
“Never Again”: Lords Fury Over Zambia Poisoning Scandal
British peers yesterday sounded the alarm over the public health disaster in Kabwe, a town scarred by colonial-era mining & now one of the world's most polluted places
Development Minister Champion said there are “clear lessons” to be learnt
British peers yesterday sounded the alarm over the public health disaster in Kabwe, a town scarred by colonial-era mining & now one of the world's most polluted places
Development Minister Champion said there are “clear lessons” to be learnt
Countries like Zambia & Malawi are in economic crisis, diverting money from health and education to pay debts, while new analysis shows private investors in the Global North profit from their debt
We need #DebtJustice -the Government must deliver its promise to tackle the growing global debt crisis
We need #DebtJustice -the Government must deliver its promise to tackle the growing global debt crisis
How private investors are making billions from countries in debt
Exclusive: As an escalating climate crisis and a difficult economic outlook put ever greater pressure on developing countries, new analysis shows how wealthy private investors in the Global North are ...
www.independent.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Countries like Zambia & Malawi are in economic crisis, diverting money from health and education to pay debts, while new analysis shows private investors in the Global North profit from their debt
We need #DebtJustice -the Government must deliver its promise to tackle the growing global debt crisis
We need #DebtJustice -the Government must deliver its promise to tackle the growing global debt crisis
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Finance companies are raking in huge profits even after debt restructuring, because countries are not getting enough debt relief.
Debt restructurings should not leave countries still just one climate or economic shock away from another debt crisis.
Cancel the Debt Now!
Debt restructurings should not leave countries still just one climate or economic shock away from another debt crisis.
Cancel the Debt Now!
January 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Finance companies are raking in huge profits even after debt restructuring, because countries are not getting enough debt relief.
Debt restructurings should not leave countries still just one climate or economic shock away from another debt crisis.
Cancel the Debt Now!
Debt restructurings should not leave countries still just one climate or economic shock away from another debt crisis.
Cancel the Debt Now!
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Two South Africans were recruited to fight for Russia via the gaming social app Discord. One was killed in October, according to a medical certificate obtained by the family, and the other's whereabouts are unknown
Great reporting by @antonysguazzin.bsky.social
Great reporting by @antonysguazzin.bsky.social
Russia Recruited South Africans for Its War Using a Gaming App
Russia targeted South African video gamers as part of a recruitment drive for its war in Ukraine, according to documents involving two men who left to fight.
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Two South Africans were recruited to fight for Russia via the gaming social app Discord. One was killed in October, according to a medical certificate obtained by the family, and the other's whereabouts are unknown
Great reporting by @antonysguazzin.bsky.social
Great reporting by @antonysguazzin.bsky.social
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2025 was a bumper year for ACTSA activism and our 30th Birthday!
Here’s just taste of what we achieved collectively working in solidarity with our partners on the ground
We will be building on these campaigns in 2026 and making them bigger and better🧵
#InternationalSolidarity
Here’s just taste of what we achieved collectively working in solidarity with our partners on the ground
We will be building on these campaigns in 2026 and making them bigger and better🧵
#InternationalSolidarity
January 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
2025 was a bumper year for ACTSA activism and our 30th Birthday!
Here’s just taste of what we achieved collectively working in solidarity with our partners on the ground
We will be building on these campaigns in 2026 and making them bigger and better🧵
#InternationalSolidarity
Here’s just taste of what we achieved collectively working in solidarity with our partners on the ground
We will be building on these campaigns in 2026 and making them bigger and better🧵
#InternationalSolidarity
2025 was a bumper year for ACTSA activism and our 30th Birthday!
Here’s just taste of what we achieved collectively working in solidarity with our partners on the ground
We will be building on these campaigns in 2026 and making them bigger and better🧵
#InternationalSolidarity
Here’s just taste of what we achieved collectively working in solidarity with our partners on the ground
We will be building on these campaigns in 2026 and making them bigger and better🧵
#InternationalSolidarity
January 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
2025 was a bumper year for ACTSA activism and our 30th Birthday!
Here’s just taste of what we achieved collectively working in solidarity with our partners on the ground
We will be building on these campaigns in 2026 and making them bigger and better🧵
#InternationalSolidarity
Here’s just taste of what we achieved collectively working in solidarity with our partners on the ground
We will be building on these campaigns in 2026 and making them bigger and better🧵
#InternationalSolidarity
➡️Why is debt justice so important?⬅️
Start 2026 by learning about one of the most fundamental injustices facing Southern Africa: the debt crisis, a core legacy of colonialism
But across the region & the UK, people are campaigning to reform the economic system - learn about the Maputo Manifesto:
Start 2026 by learning about one of the most fundamental injustices facing Southern Africa: the debt crisis, a core legacy of colonialism
But across the region & the UK, people are campaigning to reform the economic system - learn about the Maputo Manifesto:
Reclaiming Africa's Future: The Maputo Manifesto on Feminist Debt Justice | Vanessa Jaravaza
YouTube video by AFRODAD TV
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 AM
➡️Why is debt justice so important?⬅️
Start 2026 by learning about one of the most fundamental injustices facing Southern Africa: the debt crisis, a core legacy of colonialism
But across the region & the UK, people are campaigning to reform the economic system - learn about the Maputo Manifesto:
Start 2026 by learning about one of the most fundamental injustices facing Southern Africa: the debt crisis, a core legacy of colonialism
But across the region & the UK, people are campaigning to reform the economic system - learn about the Maputo Manifesto:
Taking time this holiday season to deepen your understanding of history and the world?
Listen to this 10 min piece about the first Pan-African conference, which took place in Manchester in 1945, and was a key milestone in the struggle to overturn colonialism
Listen to this 10 min piece about the first Pan-African conference, which took place in Manchester in 1945, and was a key milestone in the struggle to overturn colonialism
Witness History - The 1945 Pan-African Congress - BBC Sounds
How a meeting in Manchester shaped the post-war struggle against colonialism
www.bbc.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Taking time this holiday season to deepen your understanding of history and the world?
Listen to this 10 min piece about the first Pan-African conference, which took place in Manchester in 1945, and was a key milestone in the struggle to overturn colonialism
Listen to this 10 min piece about the first Pan-African conference, which took place in Manchester in 1945, and was a key milestone in the struggle to overturn colonialism
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Our sister organisation ACTSA UK campaigns on this issue, about migrant Zimbabwean and other care workers being refused visas to the UK for their children despite having legal entitlement. See bit.ly/Allfamsmatter & actsa.org/campaigns/al... ACTSA Scotland has raised this with some Scottish MPs.
December 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Our sister organisation ACTSA UK campaigns on this issue, about migrant Zimbabwean and other care workers being refused visas to the UK for their children despite having legal entitlement. See bit.ly/Allfamsmatter & actsa.org/campaigns/al... ACTSA Scotland has raised this with some Scottish MPs.
Important action by @unisontheunion.bsky.social and overseas care workers on #InternationalMigrantsDay. Even migrants mums who arrived before current restrictions have been denied visas for their children. Migrant workers are holding up our NHS - they deserve better!
📹📢 Yesterday, hundreds of overseas staff working in social care and the NHS travelled to Westminster to lobby MPs over plans to restrict visa rules for care workers.
💜✊ Today, on #InternationalMigrantsDay, we recognise the migrant workers whose voices were at the heart of that lobby.
💜✊ Today, on #InternationalMigrantsDay, we recognise the migrant workers whose voices were at the heart of that lobby.
December 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Important action by @unisontheunion.bsky.social and overseas care workers on #InternationalMigrantsDay. Even migrants mums who arrived before current restrictions have been denied visas for their children. Migrant workers are holding up our NHS - they deserve better!
Ani came to the UK in 2023 to work as a carer
But because she's a single mother, her children didn't get visas for almost two years, causing great pain. Many mums are still in this impossible situation
On #MigrantsDay, read Ani's story on @mumsnet.com
But because she's a single mother, her children didn't get visas for almost two years, causing great pain. Many mums are still in this impossible situation
On #MigrantsDay, read Ani's story on @mumsnet.com
Guest Post: “I came to the UK as a carer in 2023 because I was assured that I could bring my children. But I’ve not seen them for almost two years.” | Mumsnet
^The UK’s care crisis has led to agencies recruiting outside of the UK since Brexit, and many care workers have come from Zimbabwe. Many are sing...
www.mumsnet.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ani came to the UK in 2023 to work as a carer
But because she's a single mother, her children didn't get visas for almost two years, causing great pain. Many mums are still in this impossible situation
On #MigrantsDay, read Ani's story on @mumsnet.com
But because she's a single mother, her children didn't get visas for almost two years, causing great pain. Many mums are still in this impossible situation
On #MigrantsDay, read Ani's story on @mumsnet.com
Rest in power Susie Figgis, a highly acclaimed casting director but more importantly one of the scores of Brits who worked underground to assist the undercover struggle for a non-racist, democratic South Africa. Condolences to Susie's friends and family.
RONNIE KASRILS: Susie Figgis was a revolutionary recruit and honorary South African
We must not forget Figgis' substantial South African contribution
www.businessday.co.za
December 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Rest in power Susie Figgis, a highly acclaimed casting director but more importantly one of the scores of Brits who worked underground to assist the undercover struggle for a non-racist, democratic South Africa. Condolences to Susie's friends and family.
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2/2 🧵 ✨ The entire Frantz Fanon special issue is available to read and download for free — the perfect festive deep dive 🎄🔥
👉 buff.ly/6ZACRRN
💡 You can also suscribe to support #ROAPE as an fully open-access journal.
#Fanon100 #AfricanLiberation #Decolonisation
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💡 You can also suscribe to support #ROAPE as an fully open-access journal.
#Fanon100 #AfricanLiberation #Decolonisation
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
2/2 🧵 ✨ The entire Frantz Fanon special issue is available to read and download for free — the perfect festive deep dive 🎄🔥
👉 buff.ly/6ZACRRN
💡 You can also suscribe to support #ROAPE as an fully open-access journal.
#Fanon100 #AfricanLiberation #Decolonisation
👉 buff.ly/6ZACRRN
💡 You can also suscribe to support #ROAPE as an fully open-access journal.
#Fanon100 #AfricanLiberation #Decolonisation
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Are you a UK taxpayer? Did you know that £4.5 million of public money will be going to one of the largest mining companies in the world, which is accused — by communities in South Africa and Zambia all the way to Peru and Chile — of community neglect, environmental damage and damage to ecosystems?
FCDO slammed for spending UK taxpayer money on mining giant’s programme in South Africa
Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) has responded to news that the FCDO is partnering with mining giant Anglo American, which has a track record of poor community engagement and environmental degradati...
actsa.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Are you a UK taxpayer? Did you know that £4.5 million of public money will be going to one of the largest mining companies in the world, which is accused — by communities in South Africa and Zambia all the way to Peru and Chile — of community neglect, environmental damage and damage to ecosystems?
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Bad news on many levels that the number of healthcare workers coming to the UK has dropped by half due to immigration rules & racism
Workers already here are also leaving - including single mums whose children were never granted visas according to Women of Zimbabwe. Migrants must be treated better!
Workers already here are also leaving - including single mums whose children were never granted visas according to Women of Zimbabwe. Migrants must be treated better!
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Bad news on many levels that the number of healthcare workers coming to the UK has dropped by half due to immigration rules & racism
Workers already here are also leaving - including single mums whose children were never granted visas according to Women of Zimbabwe. Migrants must be treated better!
Workers already here are also leaving - including single mums whose children were never granted visas according to Women of Zimbabwe. Migrants must be treated better!
Bad news on many levels that the number of healthcare workers coming to the UK has dropped by half due to immigration rules & racism
Workers already here are also leaving - including single mums whose children were never granted visas according to Women of Zimbabwe. Migrants must be treated better!
Workers already here are also leaving - including single mums whose children were never granted visas according to Women of Zimbabwe. Migrants must be treated better!
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Bad news on many levels that the number of healthcare workers coming to the UK has dropped by half due to immigration rules & racism
Workers already here are also leaving - including single mums whose children were never granted visas according to Women of Zimbabwe. Migrants must be treated better!
Workers already here are also leaving - including single mums whose children were never granted visas according to Women of Zimbabwe. Migrants must be treated better!
Are you a UK taxpayer? Did you know that £4.5 million of public money will be going to one of the largest mining companies in the world, which is accused — by communities in South Africa and Zambia all the way to Peru and Chile — of community neglect, environmental damage and damage to ecosystems?
FCDO slammed for spending UK taxpayer money on mining giant’s programme in South Africa
Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) has responded to news that the FCDO is partnering with mining giant Anglo American, which has a track record of poor community engagement and environmental degradati...
actsa.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Are you a UK taxpayer? Did you know that £4.5 million of public money will be going to one of the largest mining companies in the world, which is accused — by communities in South Africa and Zambia all the way to Peru and Chile — of community neglect, environmental damage and damage to ecosystems?
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This #HumanRightsDay, we stand against the erosion of the right to health.
But cuts to UK aid are doing exactly that.
It’s time to #RepairNotRetreat 👉 healthyfutures.eaction.online/repairnotret...
But cuts to UK aid are doing exactly that.
It’s time to #RepairNotRetreat 👉 healthyfutures.eaction.online/repairnotret...
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This #HumanRightsDay, we stand against the erosion of the right to health.
But cuts to UK aid are doing exactly that.
It’s time to #RepairNotRetreat 👉 healthyfutures.eaction.online/repairnotret...
But cuts to UK aid are doing exactly that.
It’s time to #RepairNotRetreat 👉 healthyfutures.eaction.online/repairnotret...
The devastating impact of mining has changed the lives of women in Southern Africa irrevocably.
Today, as Anglo American shareholders gather to vote on the merger, women from South Africa and Zambia spoke of women's lived experiences of the impact and how they are fighting for justice.
Today, as Anglo American shareholders gather to vote on the merger, women from South Africa and Zambia spoke of women's lived experiences of the impact and how they are fighting for justice.
Mining and the many masks of gender violence : 16 days of activism in 2025 - ACTSA
Gender-based violence and other impacts on women are linked to the mining projects and lack of accountability of companies like Anglo American - as the UN's 16 Days of Activism against GBV catalyses a...
actsa.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The devastating impact of mining has changed the lives of women in Southern Africa irrevocably.
Today, as Anglo American shareholders gather to vote on the merger, women from South Africa and Zambia spoke of women's lived experiences of the impact and how they are fighting for justice.
Today, as Anglo American shareholders gather to vote on the merger, women from South Africa and Zambia spoke of women's lived experiences of the impact and how they are fighting for justice.
Starting in 1 hour! Register here: shorturl.at/StEGI
Women worldwide face gendered repercussions from the mining industry, from gender-based violence to economic violence. But they are fighting back.
Hear from speakers about Zambia, South Africa and South America on Tuesday.
9 Dec, 12 noon UK time, 2pm SAST time.
Register here: shorturl.at/StEGI
Hear from speakers about Zambia, South Africa and South America on Tuesday.
9 Dec, 12 noon UK time, 2pm SAST time.
Register here: shorturl.at/StEGI
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Starting in 1 hour! Register here: shorturl.at/StEGI