Mon, 28 Aug 2017 13:46:45 +0000 By Annie Zulu CHIEF Chipepo of the Tonga people of Southern Province has called on other traditional leaders to cooperate with Government in the implementation of programmes to fight HIV/AIDS. Chief Chipepo noted that Government would not be able to curb HIV without the help of traditional leaders, who should educate their subjects on how to prevent the spread of the disease. “Despite all Government’s efforts, the challenges of the HIV-AIDS pandemic remain a serious threat to our survival as a nation and Government alone cannot tackle this problem. “This is a societal challenge which needs all of us to find better ways of dealing with it. I call upon my fellow traditional leaders to actively become participants in the fight against HIV-AIDS,” The traditional leader also said he was concerned over the majority of citizens who were becoming infected as a result of refusing to have protected sexual […]
