At least 28% of South African schoolgirls are HIV positive.

[Danno 1,228]

South Africa: 'Over 25% of schoolgirls HIV positive.

At least 28% of South African schoolgirls are HIV positive compared with 4% of boys because "sugar daddies" are exploiting them, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said.

He said 94,000 schoolgirls also fell pregnant in 2011, and 77,000 had abortions at state facilities, The Sowetan newspaper reports.

About 10% of South Africans are living with HIV, official statistics show.

Mr Motsoaledi has been widely praised for his efforts to curb the disease.

It is clear that it is not young boys who are sleeping with these girls”

South Africa has run the world's largest anti-retroviral (ARV) programme since President Jacob Zuma appointed him health minister in 2009.

The number of HIV-positive people receiving life-saving ARV drugs more than doubled from 678,500 to 1.5 million after he took office, according to official statistics.

The government of former President Thabo Mbeki, who questioned the link between HIV and Aids, had argued it could not afford to roll out this treatment to all the South Africans who needed it.

Speaking at a public meeting in the town of Carolina in South Africa's Mpumalanga province, Mr Motsoaledi said the large number of young girls who were HIV-positive "destroyed my soul".

"It is clear that it is not young boys who are sleeping with these girls. It is old men," The Sowetan quotes him as saying.

"We must take a stand against sugar daddies because they are destroying our children."

Mr Motsoaledi said some pregnant girls - aged between 10 and 14 years of age - also tested positive for HIV.

"[About] 77 000 girls had abortions at public facilities. We can no longer live like that. We want to put an end to it," he said.

More than five million people in South Africa are HIV-positive - about 10% of the total population.

Last year more than 260,000 people with Aids died - almost half the figure of all those who died in the country.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21783076

[Darnell 8,478]

what would happen in South Africa if all of the HIV infected folk were killed and proceeds from the sale of any real estate go to the State Health System ?

Edited March 15, 2013 by Darnell

[Danno 1,228]

what would happen in South Africa if all of the HIV infected folk were killed and proceeds from the sale of any real estate go to the State Health System ?

I guess that was some type of macabre humor?

If you had a point, I surely missed it.

[BaBamSam 239]

This is shocking and terrifying and just made me so sad.

[Danno 1,228]

This is shocking and terrifying and just made me so sad.

I share your shock and sadness but what are you terrified about?

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I share your shock and sadness but what are you terrified about?

he's terrified he might fall in love with a sugar daddy and get the aids too

[Sandra G. 5,047]

Darnell i want to believe you were just high on drugs when you posted your disgusting comment.I have friends HIV positive and your comment is despicable.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Darnell i want to believe you were just high on drugs when you posted your disgusting comment.I have friends HIV positive and your comment is despicable.

I believe Darnell was commenting on the true Danno agenda and not making light of HIV and those who have it.

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I believe Darnell was commenting on the true Danno agenda and not making light of HIV and those who have it.

I don't know about that.

[decocker 7,198]

nice placement of the "service master" sign.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

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I don't know about that.

We can be certain Danno didn't shed a single tear for the victims of HIV in his OP. They were completely beside his point.

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We can be certain Danno didn't shed a single tear for the victims of HIV in his OP. They were completely beside his point.

His point is Donald Trump's point about people from certain parts of the world.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Why do you care, Danno?

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Why do you care, Danno?

He's on a mission to disprove the multiculti idea that all cultures are equally worthy of our respect.

[Danno 1,228]

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He's on a mission to disprove the multiculti idea that all cultures are equally worthy of our respect.

Actually S.A. is a prime example on Multicultural fail, it is actually a scary example, to think this was a Nuke power at one time

Apparently someone saw this coming and made the provisions to eliminate that during the transition.

But this story has nothing to do with that as history is full of scourges and plagues with most of them in homogenous societies.

It was shocking to me for several reasons I guess.

1. That such a high percentage of young people would have HIV.

2. The huge disparity between boys and girls.

3 The apparent high rate of Older men and young girl coupling.

It's just a human tragedy story.