CAPE TOWN Up to 23% in SANDF have HIV/Aids Posted Tue, 15 Feb 2005 Between 17 and 23 percent of SA National Defence Force members may be infected with HIV/Aids, Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota said on Tuesday. "We encourage members of the SANDF to go for voluntary testing but can't compel them once they are already in (the service)," Lekota told reporters during a briefing at Parliament. He said the estimated figure was based on the percentage found on a survey done among volunteers. He said comprehensive testing of recruits was done before they entered the service to judge a...
