POLITICAL leaders attended events across Mzansi yesterday for World Aids Day.
Speaking in Port Shepstone, KZN deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa warned against destructive behaviour which contributed to the spread of the disease.
Ramaphosa called on sugar daddies to stop molesting Mzansi’s
children.
“It also thrives on destructive behaviour like the abuse of alcohol
and drugs and unsafe sex.”
The Treatment Action Campaign said the number of people dying
from Aids had gone down but new infections remained at a crisis level.
Around 6,8 million people in South Africa are now living with HIV.
And with the current medicine available all these people will require treatment
for the rest of their lives,” the organisation said.
Gauteng MEC for health Qedani Mahlangu was at the Tshwane Events
Centre for the day.
They are more worried about falling pregnant than contracting the
virus,” she said. Socialite Somizi Mhlongo, who attended the event, said he has
been affected by the virus.
Gay activist Brian Molefe said people needed to stop discriminating
against those infected with HIV.
In Limpopo premier Stanley Mathabatha told people gathered in
Tshikanoshi Village, near Marble Hall that all five of the province’s districts
were among the lowest HIV rates in the country.