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Anglo Platinum (Angloplat)

Angloplat undertakes to manage the HIV/AIDS threat and:

Minimise the total impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on the group and its stakeholders;

Ensure the long-term sustainability of its business operations by reducing the infection rate among employees and enhancing community health delivery in surrounding communities;

Comprehensively manage the pandemic;

Support efforts to prevent the further spread of HIV; and

Protect the rights of employees with HIV/AIDS.

The group’s approach has two focus areas, namely the workplace and the community, underpinned by Mining Charter requirements. The workplace programme includes promotive, preventative and treatment measures and aims to work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders, while the community programme aims to complement and enhance the policy delivery of both the governmental departments of health and social development; particularly with respect to prevention and healthcare promotion as well as socio-economic interventions.

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Small businesses

Is it reasonable to expect small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa to offer HIV/AIDS services to their employees?

As evidence has accumulated of the negative impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the South African economy, some sectors of society have taken action, while others have not. In the private sector, many large businesses, having recognised the imminent costs of the epidemic and the potential benefits of proactive intervention, are now offering HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services to employees. The vast majority of small and medium sized businesses, however, are not .. >.