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It is very important to note the progress made by our government and effort by the entire public in combatting this deadly HIV/AIDS but we must also emphasis that a lot needs to be done.

Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) strongly believes that a lot of damage was done by the governing party during the Mbeki-era, the AIDS-denialism accounted for 300 000 deaths caused by this disease. There is a precedence in this country where politicians commit wrongs and unlawful act but they are never reprimanded.

We are still faced with the consequences of Thabo Mbeki who is today praised as one of the best leader the country have ever seen despite his role in the deaths of more than 300 000 citizen.

We have a growing number of infected people and affected families in our country, that figure is not decreasing as it should be the case but elevate at a very rapid rate.

It cannot be correct that many of our poor villages cannot access condoms to prevent themselves from sexual diseases. Those who are infected in the village are sometimes told that their medications (ARVs) are not available, ARVs are still luxury to many infected people.

Sex industry have 70 % of HIV positive workers, this is so because of inaction of government to take a policy position of either legalising the practice or dismantle the practice because it is doing more harm to both the economy and the health of our loved ones. It is known that the sex workers are not paying the taxman and that is problematic in itself.

Many young girls associate themselves with rich man because of their poor background, it is under this backdrop that we have a new phenomenon called "blesser and blessee" which signifies a sick society. The spread of the virus is directly linked to exclusive economy which was caused by the land dispossession by those who still refuse to voluntarily return the land to its rightful owners.

Issued by PAC