Immoral men in the HIV spotlight
PROMISCUOUS men are the ones spreading the HIV virus, while women are on the receiving end, says Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi
Addressing delegates attending Cosatu's central committee in Midrand yesterday, Motsoaledi said the country had to prioritise HIV-Aids, which was rampant in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, North West and Gauteng.
"Africa has O,7 percent of the population of the world but 17 percent of people with HIV-Aids are in Africa. We have more women dying during pregnancy," he said.
He said between 1997 and 2004 most young people died at the age of 30 because of infection.
Motsaledi said an observation was made that during the seven year period "something was killing young women during child-bearing years, which was not in line with the laws of biology".
He said women's deaths were escalating despite the fact that the "life expectancy of women was longer than that of men".
He said between 1997 and 2006 death figures had doubled from 317,000 to 612,000.
"Some people believe it is because of population growth, but no, it is because of sickness," he said
Motsaledi said the government had embarked on, among other things, the widespread provision of condoms, male circumcision, HIV-Aids testing and counselling to reduce deaths.
He said the high rate of infection in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga was because traditionally the Nguni clans did not go "to the mountains".
He urged workers to start having confidence in public hospitals to avoid high medical costs charged in private hospitals.
"Employers can increase your medical aid subsidy by up to 100 percent but your benefits will end by June because private hospitals charge exorbitant amounts," he said.
Motsoaledi said there had to be a mechanism to regulate fees that private hospitals charge.
He said unless private hospitals were regulated, the National Health Insurance scheme would never solve the problem of access to healthcare.
He condemned private hospitals for charging up to R15,000 for a simple procedure such as circumcision.
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no wonder ba le nkani so, ke dipipi tsa di convertibles, it is so disgusting to see a grown ass with a foreskin, you have to open and close it during and after f.ucking. Hey Limpopo this and that, but we are not spreading the disease. i wonder how some women tolerate that smelly white-cream in the foreskin. 95% of Limpopo guys do not have that shit. i also heard that guys with convertibles are superhorny, they dont have time to put in the condom, Ag sies!!!
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KHOROMMBI
lEAD BY EXAMPLE DUDE. Talk to your President first. Ri ne ri a kona u di fara.Report Abuse
kasi=dreamkiller
@Dr Motsoeledi"He condemned private hospitals for charging up to R15,000 for a simple procedure such as circumcision"
phambili. these private hospitals ba re bolaya.
"He urged workers to start having confidence in public hospitals to avoid high medical costs charged in private hospitals."
But then public ones is just a mess which needs to be fixed before you talk 2 much
@Spaceboi
yah neh jy is dom sunnie
@takoskonvict
"no wonder ba le nkani so, ke dipipi tsa di convertibles" kwakwakwaaaaaaaa hahahahahahahahaha very good morning
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letsetse
Well Aaron Motsoaledi i wish you luck in your endeavour maybe you will succeed with your motivation.So many thing are wrong in SA we sometimes dont know where to start.We need guidance maybe with guidance we will win against the plague which affect our societyReport Abuse
Pabi
@takosconvict ba nkane because they have barret on their p!p!'s hahahahahaha!ya limpopo is number one when it comes to initiation schools.
please let us condomise it doesn't matter whether u roll it before and after f.uck!ng long as we have condoms may be we can beat this sickness.
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dinks
@35 million in claims against Gauteng hospitals!Do you see how 'cheap' this treatment is? DO YOU!
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Teaspoen
why don't we keep our stupid opinions to ourselves hheee??? Don't rush to conclude that u're not spreading the deases before u even knw yr own status...., that's lame and shows someone emptiness upstairs....who just talk before thinking....dat's if u ever think...!!!! Foreskin or not...take care of yourself....whether your're from KZN, Limpopo or Mpumalanga, doesn't realy matter....! Stop with dum comments in this public interaction platform....!!!Report Abuse
mbondozi
Dr pls drum that to our poligamist leaders and celebrity as well , people like our first citizen and Mbongeni Ngemas of this world.Report Abuse
tsayaya
Women are the ones who are promiscuous because they are nine times more than men and each one wants to get a nookie.Report Abuse