One missing fact, not in the article, that would be worth knowing: How infectious is this, and what is the differential rate of infection for non-HIV people versus those with HIV? Clearly, if these rates aren't dramatically different, this is a very bad bug.
the problem is that some people who catch it will die without treatment.
Those who are poorly nourished, have lung problems, or have HIV have trouble fighting off the infection. Most can be treated with drugs, but with HIV, your body's own immune system can't fight it off....so the germ ends up resistant.
Usually we treat with simply more drugs (In the "good old days" it was two or three. The last lady I treated, not HIV positive but an alcoholic, was treated with five drugs just in case...
The only way to keep this from spreading is to put them in TB sanitariums like the old days.
Alas,manypeople don't know they have it and spread it...and in South Africa, the miners live in dormatories where lung disease can spread quickly.