Making the small count

摘要

According to official figures published last week, up to 6.6m South Africans are HIV positive. This is shocking compared with the 4.5m previously thought to be infected. Realising that the disease imposes a high cost on their business, some South African firms, such as Anglo American and De Beers, have developed comprehensive programmes of prevention, testing and treatment. Yet most South Africans work for small and medium enterprises (SMES) rather than mining giants, most of which are not doing anything.