A dusty street scene in Kabwe, Zambia. The town's dust is still heavily contaminated with lead after nearly 100 years of lead mining and smelting that eventually ceased in 1994.

In one former mining town in Zambia, more than 200,000 children and women have been shown to have elevated levels of lead poisoning. ... Kabwe — Zambia's toxic town.

04/02/2025 April 2, 2025. In one former mining town in Zambia, more than 200,000 children and women have been shown to have elevated levels of lead poisoning.

“A dramaturg generally works as a kind of advisor to a playwright,” muses Mwenya Kabwe, a theatre-maker currently based in Cape Town, South Africa who served as dramaturg for The Great Yes ...

For years the people of Kabwe were kept in the dark about the environmental mess in which they live and the health problems they suffered. Children. According to environmentalists one of Kabwe's lead ...

But she cautioned: “Going from Kabwe’s current condition to [a] ‘Green Town’ isn’t the simplest task and I can’t help but wonder what the results will be.” ...

In the video, Hon. Phiri, the Member of Parliament for Kabwe Central, urges the government “to find a lasting solution” and “clean up the waste piles at the former mine.” ...

Anglo American denies responsibility. The plaintiffs argue that tens of thousands of people living in Kabwe, a town 150km (95 miles) north of the Zambian capital, Lusaka, have suffered from lead ...

For over 30 years, the town of Kabwe has struggled with toxic lead from a former mine, leaving many children in affected areas with dangerously high lead levels. Show more “It has made nearly ...

Anglo American To Oppose Any Appeal Relating To Kabwe Claim - Quick Facts April 22, 2024 — 04:13 am EDT Written by RTTNews.com for RTTNews -> ...

Zambia government’s neglect exposing more children to lead poison, HRW says. Report says more than 95 percent of children in the central town of Kabwe had elevated levels of lead in their blood.