Hon members, the approach of Sanac, together with the Department of Health, is to ensure that we emphasise prevention. Minister Motsoaledi has always been at pains to explain that we don't have to allow these diseases to spread and then wait at clinics and hospitals for people who are already infected. So our key message is prevention and more prevention.
Research has now indicated that there is a problem if the message is getting across and is well received, but when we look at both boys and girls, we find that there are more girls infected than boys. This means that we have a situation of older men having sex with young girls. That is a problem which requires a much more targeted response that tries to discourage these sugar daddies from taking advantage of young girls because they are spreading the disease among young girls.
Otherwise, we are winning the battle where young boys are concerned as there are fewer new infections among young boys than there are among young girls. So, we have to continue learning and innovating and also targeting our efforts to ensure that we eventually win this battle and attain zero new HIV infections. That is our strategic goal here. Thank you.
Government's recognition of legitimate government of Central African Republic
8. The Leader of the Opposition (DA) asked the Deputy President:
Who does the government currently recognise as the legitimate government of the Central African Republic? NO907E