Defence Minister disputes HIV statistics in SANDF

Date: 18 Aug 2004
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Defence Minister disputes HIV statistics in SANDF

The South African Minister of Defence Mosioua Lekota dismissed as 'fallacy' claims that 89% of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) had tested positive for HIV/AIDS. Lekota said the results did not reflect the true situation since the members tested were not a representative group. He maintained that the percentage was about 22% or 23%. Lekota was responding to a question from Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentary member Mohammed Sayedali-Shah in parliament.

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01Meyer Jani (2004), 'SANDF unveils shock Aids data' ,from the Independent Online, 01 August, [online], Available at www.iol.co.za [Accessed: 17 August 2013]

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