The death of a nation... 1 in 4 will die of AIDS by 2020.

The SABC 3 News reported this evening that an Labour conference in Tshwane predicted today that 1 in 4 labourers will die of HIV AIDS by 2020 in South Africa.

The fear is not only that so many persons will die, but that the South African ecnonomy will not be capable of sustaining this loss of skill. It will not be possible to train persons quickly enough to fill the positions and posts left by those who die.

What on earth is the world coming to!?

The thing that just blows my mind is that tonight someone, somewhere in the world, will go to sleep in his or her luxury home, paid for by the starving and dying persons who scrape every possible cent that they can to buy Anti Retroviral Treatments...

That anyone should profit from the suffering of another is ungodly.... Surely we share blame in this regard. If there was enough political, social, and popular will to end this tyranny it would end... Sadly, however, we all seem to want to participate in the same economy - if we have a chance to be rich we'll do what it takes to make it happen...

Maybe it's just me who is greedy... I pray that I won't be!

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