11/08/2025
KEESA ADR
Swiss Apartheid Debt and Reparations Campaign
Conference Host
Green Colonoalism - Litium Mining in Zimbabwe
KEESA ADR Goals:
Debt relief and economic justice in southern Africa
Colonial apartheid-related injustices
Accountability of Swiss economic and development interests in Southern Africa
Together with the Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG), KEESA ADR has conducted research on the social and environmental impacts of lithium mining in Zimbabwe – focusing on local communities, land rights, and gender dynamics.
The report reveals: under the guise of a “green energy transition,” new forms of extraction and exploitation are emerging – Green Colonialism.
KEESA ADR Conference Green Colonialism - Litium Mining in Zimbabwe
20 SEPTEMBER 2025
9:00-16:00
ALTE UNIVERSITÄT,
RHEINSPRUNG 9, 4051 BASEL
Please register online until 10 September 2025
keesa.ch/registration2025
Fees: CHF 50.-/ free for students
Cash at the conference or through e-banking.
Payment information will be shared after registration.
Conference language: English
The conference highlights the consequences of our energy transition, which stretch as far as Zimbabwe – into the daily lives of people in Zimbabwe. Together with speakers from Zimbabwean and European civil society, we will explore questions of justice, global inequalities and enduring colonial power structures. The event aims not only to raise awareness of these pressing issues, but to foster solidarity-based, transnational cooperation among civil society actors.
Anna-Sophie Hobi Barbara Müller-Frei Daniela Lilja