Silicosis: the lung disease kills silently

Ntshepi Ntshole, a former migrant mineworker in South Africa was forced to leave the industry because of a TB affliction.

Though he is cured, he says he fears that he could have also contracted silicosis, the debilitating and sometimes fatal lung disease.

Many ex-mineworkers in the SADC region who toil in South Africa, including those from Botswana, are at risk of contracting silicosis. Since the disease is preventable but incurable, many miners have also died silent deaths.

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