Overcome Aids like Apartheid - Mlambo-Ngcuka
The battle against HIV and Aids should be fought in the same way as those against colonialism and apartheid, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said on Monday.
Speaking at the opening of a three day International Department of Defence HIV and Aids Conference in Pretoria, Mlambo-Ngcuka said Africa could not afford to loose the battle against the pandemic.
"As Africans we faced many adversaries, we faced colonialism, we fought apartheid together and many other enemies that threatened the continent; it's important that we take the same attitude in this case," she said.
She said the defence force must strive to become Aids free.
"If we were to achieve this in the forces, the battle psychologically and otherwise would be won in broader society," she said.
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