Deputy President Paul Mashatile says it is concerning that South Africa is among the top 30 countries still burdened with the scourge of TB.
Meanwhile, Aids activists disrupted the commemoration in Rustenburg, demanding that North West Premier Bushy Maape apologise for missing a meeting on Thursday.
People Living with HIV interrupted Maape’s speech. Chairperson of the PLHIV, Mluleki Zazini, says they will not tolerate disrespect. ”We were told on the 11th hour after engaging with your office Premier, that you are not coming. You are in Mahikeng. We felt very disrespected as people living with HIV. This is Human Rights month and we said as the voice of people living with HIV in this country, we can’t accept that and we demand an apology Premier. You must lead by example and you must stop calling us people living with HIV Aids people. We are not AIDS, people’s identities,” says Mluleki.
Mbombo says over 290 000 people have tested for the lung disease over the past few months. She says there has also been a decrease in the TB positivity rate which stands at 14.9% in the province.
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