South Africa reports around 200 instances of mesothelioma each year. One 2002 review refers to that in excess of 2,700 South Africans have passed on from mesothelioma, and analysts accept the disease is tremendously underreported. Almost 30% of mesothelioma cases in South Africa are attached to natural openness, most regularly in the Northern Cape region. In excess of 70% of announced natural cases influence ladies and kids, who probably were uncovered when excavators brought back the filaments on their hair and garments. Infections like HIV and tuberculosis are serious medical problems for the nation, so uncovered labourers who pass on from these circumstances prior to creating mesothelioma can slant insights on the interesting disease's actual frequency. A previous worldwide innovator in asbestos creation, South Africa once worked a flourishing industry for over a really long period. Broad mining and utilization of the mineral in the past have brought about a great many passing’s from mesothelioma, an uncommon and forceful disease only brought about by asbestos openness. In 2008, South Africa prohibited asbestos. The boycott precludes the importation and exportation of asbestos, as well as the utilization and assembling of the minera.