The uKhahlamba-Drakensberg mountains in the west of KwaZulu-Natal have been home to people for over 25ka years. primary occupation has, however, within last 3ka. Settled primarily by hunter-gatherers, there appears a possible ephemeral pastoralist presence around 2ka and an increasing agriculturist during 1ka. This paper outlines these occupations, focusing on northern uKhahlamba-Drakensberg, w...

The high degree of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) diversity in the Cameroonian population indicates a relatively old epidemic in this country. However, studies of pygmy 'hunter-gatherers' show only rare HIV-1 infection, mainly after contact with Bantus rather than from contact with non-human primates.