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South Deep Mine

South Deep gold mine in South African is controlled though a joint venture by Placer Dome and Western Areas. This mine is a southerly extension to the Western Area Gold Mine.

Goal

Prevention through training.

Key questions

How can a company evaluate the effectiveness of their peer educator programme?

What incentives and methods can a company use to increase the VCT programme uptake?

What is an acceptable range for condoms distributed per employee per month? How is this range driven by the nature of business and its relation with the surrounding communities?

Programme description

South Deep has worked with its unions to develop and implement prevention, VCT, wellness, and home-based care programmes.

In both 2000 and July 2002, South Deep developed an HIV/AIDS policy and signed it with both labour unions.

South Deep’s prevention and awareness programme includes events, induction training, peer educators, condom distribution and syndromic sexually transmitted infection (STI) treatment.

South Deep has provided free Informed Consent Voluntary Counselling and Testing (ICVCT) services to all employees and partners since 2002.

South Deep provides employees with care, support and treatment both at the workplace and in the communities where they re-locate after ill-health retirement.

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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 .. >.