Africa's growing lead battery industry is causing extensive contamination: Serious lead poisoning cases are a growing problem on the continent. GeetyImagesAfrica is facing a serious lead poisoning problem. In Senegal, for example, researchers linked the deaths of children from processing lead waste to supply a lead battery recycling plant in a poor suburb of Dakar. Villagers … [Read more...] about Africa’s growing lead battery industry is causing extensive contamination | The Conversation
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The politics behind South Africa’s property clause amendment | The Conversation
The politics behind South Africa's property clause amendment: Farmers work in a field donated to the black community in Coligny, some 120kms west of Johannesburg. Luca Sola/AFP via Getty ImagesIt is hard to comment on a draft constitutional amendment that is apparently not in its final form. But the stakes surrounding the proposed change to section 25 of South Africa’s … [Read more...] about The politics behind South Africa’s property clause amendment | The Conversation
Medical waste offers insights into South Africa’s use of pharmaceuticals | The Conversation
Medical waste offers insights into South Africa's use of pharmaceuticals: The analgesic Grand-pa is among the most common pharmatrash in this study. Rebecca HodesMuch of what we know about human history comes from studying things that have been discarded. The archaeology of dumpsites and middens has long informed us about societies and their pasts. This has included how people … [Read more...] about Medical waste offers insights into South Africa’s use of pharmaceuticals | The Conversation
Probe into the death of UN boss 60 years ago needs South Africa’s help | The Conversation
Probe into the death of UN boss 60 years ago needs South Africa's help: Dag Hammarskjöld died along with 15 others when his plane crashed in Zambia. Getty ImagesDemocratic South Africa has skeletons in the closet that it needs to address. One of these is the death of Dag Hammarskjöld, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) in a plane crash shortly after midnight on 17 … [Read more...] about Probe into the death of UN boss 60 years ago needs South Africa’s help | The Conversation
South Africa’s Airlink to continue operations on abandoned SAA routes after Feb 29 – Port Elizabeth in the News |MyPE
South Africa’s Airlink to continue operations on abandoned SAA routes after Feb 29 – Port Elizabeth in the News: South Africa’s Airlink to continue operations on abandoned SAA routes after Feb 29: February 10, 2020: From February 29, South African airline Airlink will operate services linking Johannesburg with Port Elizabeth (South Africa), Entebbe (Uganda), Ndola (Zambia), and … [Read more...] about South Africa’s Airlink to continue operations on abandoned SAA routes after Feb 29 – Port Elizabeth in the News |MyPE
