Reforming Land and Water Rights in South Africa

Environment and Land in Bushbuckridge, South Africa

1. The Bushbuckridge environment and potentials for conflict The Bushbuckridge area of South Africa, together with the Pilgrim's Rest and Graskop area that adjoins it at the top of the escarpment, is a complex and sensitive environment of human settlement, commercial agriculture and nature reserves. Bushbuckridge town, from which the region is named, is a small trading and administrative centre...

Radio-epidemiological evaluation and remediation in water sources from two mines in South Africa

Background: In this study, the health risk associated with three types of drinking waters (fissure, underground treated and surrounding waters) from two mines in South Africa were assessed. Materials and Methods: The measurement of the radionuclides concentration was carried out by liquid scintillation counter and alpha spectrometer. The estimated radiological risk pose to the people consuming ...

Apartheid medicine. Health and human rights in South Africa.

Human rights and health care under apartheid in South Africa were studied. Human rights violations, such as detention without charge or trial, assault and torture in police custody, and restriction orders, have had devastating effects on the health of persons experiencing them. These violations have occurred in the context of a deliberate policy of discriminatory health care favoring the white ...

Health research and human rights in South Africa.

South Africa ground zero for reforming drug patents.