Swaziland: Business and labour fight AIDS together

Ten years ago, attempts by businesses to talk about AIDS in the workplace were enough to make workers down tools. But after a decade in which Swaziland's AIDS epidemic has devastated its workforce, labour and management are finally starting to work together to reduce the spread of the disease. "AIDS is as much an economic problem as a health problem in Swaziland," said Musa Hlope, former executive director of the Federation of Swaziland Employers and Swaziland Chamber of Commerce (FSE/SCC).