Chairperson, I hereby move without notice:
That the Council -
(1) notes that a study conducted by the International Organisation for Migration on 23 farms in Malelane, Tzaneen and Musina found that 39,5% of the farming workforce who anonymously gave blood specimens for testing are HIV-positive;
(2) further notes the study found that almost half of women working on farms around Limpopo and Mpumalanga are HIV-positive, compared to only a third of the male workforce; and
(3) takes this opportunity to call on government, particularly the Department of Health and the Department of Labour, to establish programmes targeted at raising awareness among farmworkers about exposure to concurrent partnerships, transactional sex, irregular condom use, and sexually transmitted infections.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.