Rosh Pinah is a mining town[2] located in southern Namibia, close to the border with South Africa.

The town is economically entirely dependent on its mines which own 90% of the property and provide the vast majority of jobs.

"If the mines close, Rosh Pinah will become another Kolmanskop, as we are not sustainable as a town", Burger stated in 2019.

In 2020, a report was compiled by the company medical practitioner of the zinc mine, confirming chronic lead exposure of all 30 children that were tested.

When the lead poisoning came to light in 2023, accounts from local doctors hint at hundreds of cases over several years.