Opens today in #Oxford - The Rhodes Legacy Through the Eyes of Zimbabwean Sculptors New exhibition discusses the colonial campaign led by Rhodes in Zimbabwe, the history of Oxford's Rhodes Must Fall campaign and the tradition of Zimbabwean stone sculpture At @orieloxford.bsky.social till 8th oct

Now public: I wrote to the Government of #Malawi about the violent physical attacks against HRD Sylvester Namiwa during a peaceful protest last June. Unfortunately, the Government did not reply. srdefenders.org/malawi-viole...

“I realised if I stop now, who’s gonna stand up again? If I don’t do it, who’s going to do it? If it’s not now, then when?” I spoke to Gen Z protestors in Madagascar, who said they plan to fight on until the president resigns and the whole political system is reformed

NoViolet Bulawayo named Africa’s best short story writer, marking a milestone for the Caine Prize and African literary culture. theconversation.com/noviolet-bul... #ArtsCultureAndSociety

In rural Malawi, a project that provided antenatal care, cancer and HIV tests and malaria treatment for children to remote villages has been axed due to USAID cuts. No one told the numerous pregnant women and mothers that we met that their healthcare services had been cut.

THIS JUST IN: ExxonMobil is pushing a $30B gas project in Mozambique — even as Cabo Delgado reels from years of insurgencies. This project will bring the same problems: conflict, displacement, and chaos. Gas will not bring prosperity! #DontGasAfrica www.devdiscourse.com/article/head...

Madagascar's president has dissolved the government amid 'Gen Z' protests, that started on Thursday over water and power cuts

🔗 One of the world’s biggest copper producers with EU headquarters struck a controversial deal in Congo. Its own lawyers warned: the money may have gone to a billionaire under sanctions. “There are concerns over the risk of bribery”. Read the full story below on our website or app.

18 rural communities in Lesotho have lodged a complaint with the African Development Bank about phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project From poisoned wate & displacement to deafening noise pollution at night they say it “creates a sacrifice zone” that forces people out of land & livelihood

Malawi's former President Peter Mutharika is the winner of last week's elections, in a huge comeback The election was fought on economic grounds, with soaring inflation & living costs The election commission said it wanted to take 8 days to check everything carefully after 2019 election annulment

"When governments are forced to spend more on debt than on resources for their people, girls end up paying the highest price." ~ Malala Don't miss this Malala Fund briefing on why debt relief can transform the lives of girls in low-income countries ⬇️ The #G20 will be a key opportunity for reform!

Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

"When governments are forced to spend more on debt than on resources for their people, girls end up paying the highest price." ~ Malala Don't miss this Malala Fund briefing on why debt relief can transform the lives of girls in low-income countries ⬇️ The #G20 will be a key opportunity for reform!

"Three years have passed, and community members are still seeking accountability and a voice in the decisions about what comes next" Same story re corporate mining, another place ... earthworks.org/blog/three-y...

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!

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!

🔈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...

In Congo’s Virunga rainforest, millions in EU development funds were spent over a decade to reduce poverty and bring electricity to thousands of households. In the absence of buyers, Belgian Prince Emmanuel de Merode called in a French cypto cowboy, a hydroplant now powers his bitcoin mine.

🔈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...

This afternoon!

When will #AngloAmerican keep its promise that where it has “contributed to adverse human rights impacts we will contribute to their remediation”? Lead poisoning from the mining waste it left behind in #Kabwe, Zambia, continues to affect children with lifechanging health issues. #JusticeForKabwe

Africa's People Have Spoken! ✊🏿 If Africa does not plan and act for its own destiny, it will remain trapped in cycles of exploitation, resource theft, and recolonisation. This is our declaration 👇🏿 can-africa.org/wp-content/u... #PeoplesAssemblyACS2 #PeoplesVoices #acs2025

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...

Steve Biko's murder was 48 years ago today.

ACTSA UK worked hard on building support and awareness around the lengthy court case that led to this compensation scheme, and ACTSA Scotland assisted in that process. It's desperately disappointing that justice for suffering and dying ex-miners is still being thwarted.

"for every dollar that flows into Africa in aid, 4 dollars flow out in debt repayments" Southern Africa & the Global South is economically crippled by tax evasion, odious debt, unfair trade deals @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social on why now is the time for a fundamental restructuring of the world economy

Lesotho Times editor Mohalenyane Phakela was arrested on 29 August and held overnight in a freezing police cell after the DCEO accused him of posing as one of its officers to obtain documents for a corruption story. Read groundup.org.za/article/leso... by Sechaba Mokhethi

Steve Biko's principles still stand firm today: land justice, social protection, decolonising education. Black people are still fighting for justice across Southern Africa today, in South Africa's gold mines and Kabwe's polluted land, in Swaziland's trade unions and Zimbabwe's student halls.

"Debt is quietly undoing decades of progress. Right now, at least 1 in 3 developing countries are spending more on interest payments than on health care or education." @noahlawmp.bsky.social on the urgent need for a debt justice law www.devex.com/news/time-fo...

ACTSA joins the call by Corporate Justice Coalition for a gender-responsive Business Human Rights & Environment Act Corporate harms affect women & girls more, from direct discrimination and sexual violence to being more impacted by environmental loss UK legislation must respond to and address this

Only 30% of ex miners claiming compensation for lung disease from mining companies have been compensated Mass rejections based on technicalities go against the administering body Tshiamiso Trust's values of giving claimants the benefit of the doubt A huge injustice for ex miners in Southern Africa

🗺️ Join the movement to change how Africa is seen - literally. Sign the Correct The Map Charter, pledge to use the Equal Earth projection, and help undo centuries of cartographic distortion. It’s not just a map - it’s a narrative. Read more about the initiative here 🔽

African has "an urgent need for comprehensive debt relief... such relief today could avert dire consequences for the rest of the world. The repercussions of poverty and collapsing governments cannot be contained within borders." www.ft.com/content/cb99...

Highly recommended! A film about the extraordinary courage shown by young activists recruited at the LSE and elsewhere to perform high-risk anti-apartheid operations.

Only 30% of ex miners claiming compensation for lung disease from mining companies have been compensated Mass rejections based on technicalities go against the administering body Tshiamiso Trust's values of giving claimants the benefit of the doubt A huge injustice for ex miners in Southern Africa

Only three in every ten former miners claiming compensation from the R5-billion Tshiamiso Trust have been compensated, the Trust’s CEO Munyadziwa Kwinda told the online AGM last month. Most have been found to be medically ineligible. Read groundup.org.za/article/comp... by Sipokazi Fokazi

The number of migrants coming to South Africa is rising "in part due to worsening impacts of climate change —including extreme droughts, floods & failing agricultural soils — which are displacing tens of thousands of people from neighboring countries" These migrant then face harsh conditions in SA

The number of migrants coming to South Africa is rising "in part due to worsening impacts of climate change —including extreme droughts, floods & failing agricultural soils — which are displacing tens of thousands of people from neighboring countries" These migrant then face harsh conditions in SA

NEW: #JusticeForKabwe resource page The children of the world's most polluted town in #Zambia have sky-high levels of lead poisoning after decades of waste from a huge colonial-era mine Events, interviews, docs, indepth articles on everything from the health impacts on children to the legal case👇🏾

ACTSA strongly supports the #DebtRelief Bill and signed on to @debtjustice.bsky.social's briefing. External debt in Southern Africa and worldwide is at a 30-year high - a crisis rooted in colonialism. The City of London means UK legislation would make a huge difference. Read more & lobby your MP👇🏾

ACTSA strongly supports the #DebtRelief Bill and signed on to @debtjustice.bsky.social's briefing. External debt in Southern Africa and worldwide is at a 30-year high - a crisis rooted in colonialism. The City of London means UK legislation would make a huge difference. Read more & lobby your MP👇🏾

The first summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) convened in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on this day in 1961.

Very worrying new record. The ISDS system (investor-state dispute settlement), common in trade agreements since the 1990s, allows corporations to sue Governments for actions which threatens their profit, like environmental protections - with huge financial and democratic repercussions.

"The transfer of U.S. prisoners... is part of a wider pattern in which Swaziland acts as a staging ground for imperial interests, reactionary politics & repression. The people of Swaziland, however, continue to struggle with courage and determination for peace, democracy & justice" ~ Velaphi Mamba

London Recruits on Tour Five screenings of this remarkable story of young activists who stood with South Africa’s freedom struggle: 📍 Stratford-upon-Avon – 31 Aug 📍 Derby – 28 Sep 📍 Peterborough – 17 Oct 📍 Bury St Edmunds – 18 Oct 📍 Halesworth – 12 Nov #LondonRecruits #ACTSA #FreedomStruggle

The legendary Lindiwe Poswa leaves a legacy of unwavering commitment to social justice and to South Africa's children, for which she worked from the UK for so many decades. We will always be thankful for her example. Condolences to family, friends and comrades.

Two years on from #Zimbabwe's fraught 2023 elections, revisit our report with Dr Obert Hodzi in which civil society orgs report: ◼️sweeping police violence ◼️gendered political repression ◼️shrinking civic space, including the chilling Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Act ➡️ shorturl.at/nMHfX

More people are on the move due to climate change. In Malawi, it is both the devastation of cyclones and the slow-burn of droughts. I met Julius Chibonda, who has moved twice in the last 16 months in search of enough water and land to support his dreams. He said: "Without water nothing can exist."

Human rights defenders are suing the Eswatini government for accepting deportees from the United States, arguing it is both irrational and unlawful.