Occupational health, occupational illness: tuberculosis, silicosis and HIV on the South African Mines1

In this chapter we discuss tuberculosis, silicosis and HIV in the context of the South African gold mining industry in order to assess the current state of these diseases on the mines and to suggest areas in which more research needs to be done. Although these diseases are probably the most pressing and urgent in terms of the threat to the health of mine workers, we will als