“If he wants to sleep with someone, you have to say yes. It’s normal that the coach sleeps with the players in our team.”
That’s what an anonymous player told The Guardian about Bruce Mwape, head coach of the Zambia
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The Study of Sexual Violence and Unintended Pregnancy Among Married Women in Zambia
By Family Law
From BMC Public Health:The study in this article shows the link between sexual violence and unintended pregnancy in Zambia. One of the outcomes of sexual violence is unintended pregnancy. In Zambia, 15% of married women age 15—49 years had experienced sexual…
Lead Mine Owners Face Human Rights Class Action
By John Freund
Augusta Ventures is funding a lead poisoning class action that may include more than 100,000 Zambians. London human rights attorneys at Leigh Day have collaborated with South African Mbuyisa Molee attorneys to file the class action lawsuit against Anglo American…
Weird Criminal Law Stories # 680: A hairy situation…
TENNESSEE: A hairy situation? We learn that a drunk, topless woman was caught munching on the mane of a miniature horse – and told police in 2020 it was made of candy. Cynthia Teeple was charged with public intoxication after…
ANGLO AMERICAN SUED ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN POISONED BY THE WORLD’S BIGGEST TOXIC LEAD MINE
By John Freund
Lawyers from Mbuyisa Moleele and Leigh Day today announced that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Anglo American South Africa Limited (“AASA”), a subsidiary of London-headquartered multinational mining company Anglo American Plc (LSE: AAL, JSE: AGL), in the…
Zambia: Why President Edgar Lungu cut salaries of senior officials
President Edgar Chagwa Lungu of Zambia on Friday 27 December 2019 announced that he was cutting his salary and those of senior officials such as Cabinet Ministers by between 10%-20% amidst an energy crisis. The cut was with immediate effect.…
UK Supreme Court clarifies issues on parent company liability in Lungowe v Vedanta
Summary
This landmark judgment from the UK Supreme Court means that the claim brought by 1,826 Zambian villagers against UK-based Vedanta and its Zambian subsidiary KCM can proceed to a trial of the substantive issues in the English courts. One…
UK Supreme Court clarifies issues on parent company liability in Lungowe v Vedanta
Summary
This landmark judgment from the UK Supreme Court means that the claim brought by 1,826 Zambian villagers against UK-based Vedanta and its Zambian subsidiary KCM can proceed to a trial of the substantive issues in the English courts. One…
Oh Africa!
I recently returned from a trip to South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe with my best friend (husband) and have to share some of the awe-inspiring scenes of these majestic countries and wildlife residing therein. I will concoct related legal…
Jurisdiction and parent company liability – Court of Appeal keeps door ajar for extra-territorial human rights related claims
The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in a landmark case on jurisdiction and parent company liability (Lungowe and Ors. v Vedanta Resources Plc and Konkola Copper Mines Plc [2017] EWCA Civ 1528). The judgment increases the likelihood…