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.
ACTSA’s 30th Birthday- 30 years of Action & Advocacy
Alongside our birthday celeration we hosted the UK launch of In a Rain of Dust, the remarkable story of South African asbestos victims and their decades-long struggle to hold British company Cape PLC to account, a campaign ACTSA was part of.
Alongside our birthday celeration we hosted the UK launch of In a Rain of Dust, the remarkable story of South African asbestos victims and their decades-long struggle to hold British company Cape PLC to account, a campaign ACTSA was part of.
January 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM
ACTSA’s 30th Birthday- 30 years of Action & Advocacy
Alongside our birthday celeration we hosted the UK launch of In a Rain of Dust, the remarkable story of South African asbestos victims and their decades-long struggle to hold British company Cape PLC to account, a campaign ACTSA was part of.
Alongside our birthday celeration we hosted the UK launch of In a Rain of Dust, the remarkable story of South African asbestos victims and their decades-long struggle to hold British company Cape PLC to account, a campaign ACTSA was part of.
Lydia was joined in London by other communities affected by Anglo American in Peru and Chile.
Kabwe — one of the world's most polluted towns — is a warning for countries across the world of why we urgently need protections for the environment in the rapidly accelerating #CriticalMinerals race.
Kabwe — one of the world's most polluted towns — is a warning for countries across the world of why we urgently need protections for the environment in the rapidly accelerating #CriticalMinerals race.
January 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Lydia was joined in London by other communities affected by Anglo American in Peru and Chile.
Kabwe — one of the world's most polluted towns — is a warning for countries across the world of why we urgently need protections for the environment in the rapidly accelerating #CriticalMinerals race.
Kabwe — one of the world's most polluted towns — is a warning for countries across the world of why we urgently need protections for the environment in the rapidly accelerating #CriticalMinerals race.
Kabwe: the most polluted town on earth
The environmental injustice facing children in Kabwe, Zambia, was our focus in April
With @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social we invited Lydia from Kabwe to London to speak at Anglo American's AGM about the lead poisoning of children like hers: t.co/WRifFQdQPX
The environmental injustice facing children in Kabwe, Zambia, was our focus in April
With @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social we invited Lydia from Kabwe to London to speak at Anglo American's AGM about the lead poisoning of children like hers: t.co/WRifFQdQPX
January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Kabwe: the most polluted town on earth
The environmental injustice facing children in Kabwe, Zambia, was our focus in April
With @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social we invited Lydia from Kabwe to London to speak at Anglo American's AGM about the lead poisoning of children like hers: t.co/WRifFQdQPX
The environmental injustice facing children in Kabwe, Zambia, was our focus in April
With @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social we invited Lydia from Kabwe to London to speak at Anglo American's AGM about the lead poisoning of children like hers: t.co/WRifFQdQPX
Unjust debt is a core colonial legacy and ACTSA took part of the 2025 global #DebtJustice campaign.
We worked with the brilliant @debtjustice.bsky.social coalition to call for UK legislation.
Read more about the debt crisis in Southern Africa, such as in Zambia and Mozambique ➡️ shorturl.at/AzBf8
We worked with the brilliant @debtjustice.bsky.social coalition to call for UK legislation.
Read more about the debt crisis in Southern Africa, such as in Zambia and Mozambique ➡️ shorturl.at/AzBf8
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Unjust debt is a core colonial legacy and ACTSA took part of the 2025 global #DebtJustice campaign.
We worked with the brilliant @debtjustice.bsky.social coalition to call for UK legislation.
Read more about the debt crisis in Southern Africa, such as in Zambia and Mozambique ➡️ shorturl.at/AzBf8
We worked with the brilliant @debtjustice.bsky.social coalition to call for UK legislation.
Read more about the debt crisis in Southern Africa, such as in Zambia and Mozambique ➡️ shorturl.at/AzBf8
We launched our ‘All Families Matter’ report with Women of Zimbabwe in the House of Lords.
Migrant single mothers from Southern Africa working in health and social care have been denied visas for their children, separating their families for years while they look after ours here.
Migrant single mothers from Southern Africa working in health and social care have been denied visas for their children, separating their families for years while they look after ours here.
January 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
We launched our ‘All Families Matter’ report with Women of Zimbabwe in the House of Lords.
Migrant single mothers from Southern Africa working in health and social care have been denied visas for their children, separating their families for years while they look after ours here.
Migrant single mothers from Southern Africa working in health and social care have been denied visas for their children, separating their families for years while they look after ours here.
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 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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
Worldwide, women face - and resist - the gendered impacts of mining
Join us on Tuesday (12:00 GMT; 14:00 SAST), ahead of Anglo American shareholders voting on a proposed merger, to hear from activists and communities about the company's impacts on women
Register now us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on Tuesday (12:00 GMT; 14:00 SAST), ahead of Anglo American shareholders voting on a proposed merger, to hear from activists and communities about the company's impacts on women
Register now us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Worldwide, women face - and resist - the gendered impacts of mining
Join us on Tuesday (12:00 GMT; 14:00 SAST), ahead of Anglo American shareholders voting on a proposed merger, to hear from activists and communities about the company's impacts on women
Register now us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on Tuesday (12:00 GMT; 14:00 SAST), ahead of Anglo American shareholders voting on a proposed merger, to hear from activists and communities about the company's impacts on women
Register now us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Supporting South African Women's G20 strike and shutdown! #SouthAfrica #Femicide
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Supporting South African Women's G20 strike and shutdown! #SouthAfrica #Femicide
On #WorldChildrensDay read the words of four mothers whose children are affected by lead pollution
Most children in Kabwe, Zambia - known as the world's most polluted town - suffer the serious health & developmental impacts of lead poisoning
But the mining giant responsible CAN be held accountable
Most children in Kabwe, Zambia - known as the world's most polluted town - suffer the serious health & developmental impacts of lead poisoning
But the mining giant responsible CAN be held accountable
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
On #WorldChildrensDay read the words of four mothers whose children are affected by lead pollution
Most children in Kabwe, Zambia - known as the world's most polluted town - suffer the serious health & developmental impacts of lead poisoning
But the mining giant responsible CAN be held accountable
Most children in Kabwe, Zambia - known as the world's most polluted town - suffer the serious health & developmental impacts of lead poisoning
But the mining giant responsible CAN be held accountable
Starting in 35 minutes!
Tune in to hear about Anglo American's capital flight as it plans to leave South Africa and the #NoExitWithoutJustice campaign for accountability before it goes.
t.co/6JJ4EgsekJ
Tune in to hear about Anglo American's capital flight as it plans to leave South Africa and the #NoExitWithoutJustice campaign for accountability before it goes.
t.co/6JJ4EgsekJ
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Starting in 35 minutes!
Tune in to hear about Anglo American's capital flight as it plans to leave South Africa and the #NoExitWithoutJustice campaign for accountability before it goes.
t.co/6JJ4EgsekJ
Tune in to hear about Anglo American's capital flight as it plans to leave South Africa and the #NoExitWithoutJustice campaign for accountability before it goes.
t.co/6JJ4EgsekJ
It has been *years* that some mums - who came over from Southern Africa to work in health and social care - have been separated from their children despite them having the right to bring them. ACTSA and Women of Zimbabwe are calling for the Home office to review the process. #AllFamiliesMatter
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It has been *years* that some mums - who came over from Southern Africa to work in health and social care - have been separated from their children despite them having the right to bring them. ACTSA and Women of Zimbabwe are calling for the Home office to review the process. #AllFamiliesMatter
Follow Leon Sadiki on instagram here: www.instagram.com/leon_sadiki/
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Follow Leon Sadiki on instagram here: www.instagram.com/leon_sadiki/
ARTIVIST OF THE MONTH: South African photojournalist Leon Sadiki✨
Leon took many of the photos in the Kabwe report and is known for “man in green blanket” seen here rallying miners ahead of the infamous 2012 Marikana massacre
Photojournalists in the region are often the only witnesses to injustice
Leon took many of the photos in the Kabwe report and is known for “man in green blanket” seen here rallying miners ahead of the infamous 2012 Marikana massacre
Photojournalists in the region are often the only witnesses to injustice
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ARTIVIST OF THE MONTH: South African photojournalist Leon Sadiki✨
Leon took many of the photos in the Kabwe report and is known for “man in green blanket” seen here rallying miners ahead of the infamous 2012 Marikana massacre
Photojournalists in the region are often the only witnesses to injustice
Leon took many of the photos in the Kabwe report and is known for “man in green blanket” seen here rallying miners ahead of the infamous 2012 Marikana massacre
Photojournalists in the region are often the only witnesses to injustice
"The bombing took place just hours before opposition leaders were set to hold a press conference on Zimbabwe’s constitutional crisis."
On the table to discuss was the President’s bid to unconstitutionally extend his rule by two years
Solidarity to Zimbabwe facing the worsening #AttackOnDemocracy
On the table to discuss was the President’s bid to unconstitutionally extend his rule by two years
Solidarity to Zimbabwe facing the worsening #AttackOnDemocracy
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"The bombing took place just hours before opposition leaders were set to hold a press conference on Zimbabwe’s constitutional crisis."
On the table to discuss was the President’s bid to unconstitutionally extend his rule by two years
Solidarity to Zimbabwe facing the worsening #AttackOnDemocracy
On the table to discuss was the President’s bid to unconstitutionally extend his rule by two years
Solidarity to Zimbabwe facing the worsening #AttackOnDemocracy
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
Read more in our report: shorturl.at/uCH8r
November 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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
Read more in our report: shorturl.at/uCH8r
Solidarity with Zimbabwean civil society, which has been opposing the regime's growing authoritarianism. Just this month ruling party Zanu-PF voted to undemocratically extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term by two years...
Our advisory board member Mako Haruzivishe comments: shorturl.at/1fGS5
Our advisory board member Mako Haruzivishe comments: shorturl.at/1fGS5
October 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Solidarity with Zimbabwean civil society, which has been opposing the regime's growing authoritarianism. Just this month ruling party Zanu-PF voted to undemocratically extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term by two years...
Our advisory board member Mako Haruzivishe comments: shorturl.at/1fGS5
Our advisory board member Mako Haruzivishe comments: shorturl.at/1fGS5
The illicit gold trade in countries like Zimbabwe enables corruption and money laundering and funds conflict in Sudan and elsewhere, while plundering nations
@jonnyoates.bsky.social asks the Govt to sanction corrupt elites involved & use its illicit finance summit to crack down on the 'gold mafia'
@jonnyoates.bsky.social asks the Govt to sanction corrupt elites involved & use its illicit finance summit to crack down on the 'gold mafia'
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The illicit gold trade in countries like Zimbabwe enables corruption and money laundering and funds conflict in Sudan and elsewhere, while plundering nations
@jonnyoates.bsky.social asks the Govt to sanction corrupt elites involved & use its illicit finance summit to crack down on the 'gold mafia'
@jonnyoates.bsky.social asks the Govt to sanction corrupt elites involved & use its illicit finance summit to crack down on the 'gold mafia'
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
October 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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
OUT NOW: our report with Environment Africa Zambia, @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social and RAID about lead pollution in Kabwe, Zambia #JusticeForKabwe
Four mothers share their stories alongside the latest medical research and the evidence about whose responsibility it is to clean up: shorturl.at/uCH8r
Four mothers share their stories alongside the latest medical research and the evidence about whose responsibility it is to clean up: shorturl.at/uCH8r
October 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
OUT NOW: our report with Environment Africa Zambia, @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social and RAID about lead pollution in Kabwe, Zambia #JusticeForKabwe
Four mothers share their stories alongside the latest medical research and the evidence about whose responsibility it is to clean up: shorturl.at/uCH8r
Four mothers share their stories alongside the latest medical research and the evidence about whose responsibility it is to clean up: shorturl.at/uCH8r
On Monday join us at LSE or online to hear about life in the world’s most polluted town - Kabwe Zambia - the origin and impact of the lead pollution, why it’s a corporate problem & the road to justice, eg the class-action
We'll launch our report with Environment Africa, RAID & London Mining Network
We'll launch our report with Environment Africa, RAID & London Mining Network
October 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
On Monday join us at LSE or online to hear about life in the world’s most polluted town - Kabwe Zambia - the origin and impact of the lead pollution, why it’s a corporate problem & the road to justice, eg the class-action
We'll launch our report with Environment Africa, RAID & London Mining Network
We'll launch our report with Environment Africa, RAID & London Mining Network
Kabwe, Zambia, is the world's most toxic town.
Join us to launch a joint report with Environment Africa Zambia about the impact on children, why it's a corporate problem, and the class-action as one avenue to justice.
🗓️27 Oct, 5pm
📍LSE, Marshall Buildings
Open doors. FB event: shorturl.at/m4ryV
Join us to launch a joint report with Environment Africa Zambia about the impact on children, why it's a corporate problem, and the class-action as one avenue to justice.
🗓️27 Oct, 5pm
📍LSE, Marshall Buildings
Open doors. FB event: shorturl.at/m4ryV
October 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Kabwe, Zambia, is the world's most toxic town.
Join us to launch a joint report with Environment Africa Zambia about the impact on children, why it's a corporate problem, and the class-action as one avenue to justice.
🗓️27 Oct, 5pm
📍LSE, Marshall Buildings
Open doors. FB event: shorturl.at/m4ryV
Join us to launch a joint report with Environment Africa Zambia about the impact on children, why it's a corporate problem, and the class-action as one avenue to justice.
🗓️27 Oct, 5pm
📍LSE, Marshall Buildings
Open doors. FB event: shorturl.at/m4ryV
140,000 women and children from Kabwe, the world's most polluted town in Zambia, have filed a class-action against British mining giant Anglo American for lead contamination.
Join us in supporting their campaign for #JusticeForKabwe!
Join us in supporting their campaign for #JusticeForKabwe!
September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
140,000 women and children from Kabwe, the world's most polluted town in Zambia, have filed a class-action against British mining giant Anglo American for lead contamination.
Join us in supporting their campaign for #JusticeForKabwe!
Join us in supporting their campaign for #JusticeForKabwe!
🔈Anglo American recently announced a merger with Canadian company Teck Resources
ACTSA director Tricia Sibbons was on SAFM earlier this week highlighting its mining legacies across Southern Africa, from the lead pollution in Kabwe to the half million ex goldminers who contracted TB and silicosis...
ACTSA director Tricia Sibbons was on SAFM earlier this week highlighting its mining legacies across Southern Africa, from the lead pollution in Kabwe to the half million ex goldminers who contracted TB and silicosis...
September 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🔈Anglo American recently announced a merger with Canadian company Teck Resources
ACTSA director Tricia Sibbons was on SAFM earlier this week highlighting its mining legacies across Southern Africa, from the lead pollution in Kabwe to the half million ex goldminers who contracted TB and silicosis...
ACTSA director Tricia Sibbons was on SAFM earlier this week highlighting its mining legacies across Southern Africa, from the lead pollution in Kabwe to the half million ex goldminers who contracted TB and silicosis...
With the widespread aid cuts starting to take effect, now is the time to stand in solidarity with the Southern African activists and organisations building a fairer world.
Join ACTSA for as little as £2 a month: actsa.org/become-a-mem...
Join ACTSA for as little as £2 a month: actsa.org/become-a-mem...
September 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
With the widespread aid cuts starting to take effect, now is the time to stand in solidarity with the Southern African activists and organisations building a fairer world.
Join ACTSA for as little as £2 a month: actsa.org/become-a-mem...
Join ACTSA for as little as £2 a month: actsa.org/become-a-mem...