Heuningvlei
Heuningvlei
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| belowrowclass = mergedtoprow | below = }} Heuningvlei is a village in Joe Morolong Local Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name means "the hollow of the bees where water gathers".[1]
Heuningvlei was formerly owned by Turner & Newall.[1] Blue asbestos was mined at Heuningvlei until 1979, and many local residents suffer from asbestos-related diseases.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Multinational Asbestos Miners Have Left a Trail of Deadly Fiber and Dying Workers in South Africa". Multinational Monitor, March 1982. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ↑ "Heuningvlei Asbestos Interest Group". Health Systems Trust. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
