{"id":4617,"date":"2021-03-03T22:54:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T22:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=4617"},"modified":"2021-03-03T22:54:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T22:54:40","slug":"uk-mining-group-to-compensate-zambia-villagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2021\/03\/03\/uk-mining-group-to-compensate-zambia-villagers\/","title":{"rendered":"UK mining group to compensate Zambia villagers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The UK mining giant, Vedanta, is compensating local Zambian villagers due to claims of hazardous pollution that occurred back in 2015. The Nchanga Copper mine had spread toxic and harmful pollutants into the waterways that greatly affected the farmlands and health of local villagers. The communities of Hippo Pool, Kakosa, Shimulala and Hellen said that the Mushishima stream and the Kafue had become rivers of acid. These communities fought to receive help and bring an end to the pollution that has caused a continuous negative affect on their daily lives. In the court ruling, the company did not admit fault, but did agree to offer compensation “for the benefit of the local community.” Once this compensation goes through, more than 2,500 people are to receive an undisclosed amount. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case of the Zambian villagers has received global attention, and many are relieved to see that the villagers are receiving compensation. However, the compensation does not live up to justice in my opinion. The damages caused by the pollutants were life-changing for the villagers. Without water to drink, bathe, or clean with, daily life was unbearable for them. The UK company should not only compensate, but ensure that further pollution does not affect the villagers or the surrounding area. Furthermore, the global attention received by the news could create an impact consisting of better prevention and precaution of pollutants affecting life quality in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plenty of interest groups deal with issues such as pollution, life quality, and protection of human rights. For example, the Sierra Club and Greenpeace are both interest groups that could have easily been involved with the case of the Nchanga Copper mine. Additionally, an interest group could have been created specifically for the Zambian villagers, or anyone in the world who is affected by pollution by powerful companies. It is difficult to fight in court with companies such as Vedanta, so interest groups could have been main sources of help and security for the Zambian villagers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Article Link The UK mining giant, Vedanta, is compensating local Zambian villagers due to claims of hazardous pollution that occurred back in 2015. The Nchanga Copper mine had spread toxic and harmful pollutants into the waterways that greatly affected the farmlands and health of local villagers. The communities of Hippo Pool, Kakosa, Shimulala and Hellen said that the Mushishima stream… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4618,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4617\/revisions\/4618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}