Anglo American faces lawsuit for poisoning Zambia's Kabwe Town
Anglo American is facing a huge class lawsuit for its past corporate practices over lead poisoning in Zambia's Kabwe town. Johannesburg-based attorneys and Mbuyisa Moleele and London-based human rights law firm Leigh Day are preparing the case and an application to certify a class action will be filed in the Johannesburg High Court.
This is seen as a necessary first step in a class action against Anglo-American.
Indian mining giant Vedanta Resources which the Zambian government does not want anymore, is also connected to Anglo American...
The case of lead contamination involving Anglo stems from health issues linked to Kabwe, which Leigh Day said in a statement was once the world’s largest lead mine and operated from around 1915 until its closure in 1994. The law firm said Anglo owned and operated the mine from 1925 to 1974.
However, the diversified miner argues that the operation was nationalised and has been operated by the government for two decades.
Anglo American was one of the six companies involved in the R5bn silicosis class-action case in SA brought on behalf of former gold miners made ill by inhaling silica dust...