Mayors and councillors must lead fight against HIV, says Ramaphosa
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday urged councillors and mayors across the country to take the lead in the fight against HIV in order to realise the government’s goal of defeating the pandemic by 2030. Speaking at the SA Local Government Association (Salga) conference in Sandton ‚ Ramaphosa said: "It is at municipal level where there has to be a deliberate effort and direct action that we need to see in the progress that we should make in turning the tide of HIV. "It is in those municipalities that have credible functioning local AIDS councils where our treatment and prevention programmes have the greatest chance of success." Ramaphosa is the chairman of the SA National AIDS Council‚ which brings together role players in the fight against HIV/AIDS. He said the council has structures in the provinces which have to be chaired by premiers‚ and at local government‚ the mayors should lead. "It is at this level in the municipalities where the mayor takes the lead in the fight aga...
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