2004, Rose Smart | International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Mining communities constitute one of the most important and influential sectors in Southern Africa. They are also communities that are being severely impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
The Guide is intended to support the development of HIV/AIDS competencies and compliance in stakeholders and organisations operating in mining communities across Southern Africa.
The Southern African mining sector comprises a range of actors, including small scale miners, mining companies, suppliers, contractors and associated industries, national ministries, NGOs, labour unions and research institutions.
The primary users of the Guide will be emerging mining companies, trade unions, organisations providing goods or services to the large mining companies (eg contractors and service providers) and stakeholders from other related sectors (eg construction and transport). For ease of reference these diverse users are referred to throughout the Guide as contractors.
The secondary users of the Guide will be large mining companies with well-established HIV/AIDS programmes, the partners of these companies, such as the Chambers of Mines, training and research institutions, government ministries, NGOs, consultants – from geologists to jewellers – and even SMMEs and informal sector operations.
The Guide is intended to support the development of HIV/AIDS competencies and compliance in stakeholders and organisations operating in mining communities across Southern Africa.
The Southern African mining sector comprises a range of actors, including small scale miners, mining companies, suppliers, contractors and associated industries, national ministries, NGOs, labour unions and research institutions.
The primary users of the Guide will be emerging mining companies, trade unions, organisations providing goods or services to the large mining companies (eg contractors and service providers) and stakeholders from other related sectors (eg construction and transport). For ease of reference these diverse users are referred to throughout the Guide as contractors.
The secondary users of the Guide will be large mining companies with well-established HIV/AIDS programmes, the partners of these companies, such as the Chambers of Mines, training and research institutions, government ministries, NGOs, consultants – from geologists to jewellers – and even SMMEs and informal sector operations.
