iClinic - September 15, 2000
Marjolein Harvey
Kobus Gous, MP Democratic Alliance Spokesperson on HIV/Aids says the DA estimates that these adverts, placed by the GCIS in all Independent newspapers this morning, will have cost the taxpayer a minimum of R70 000.
"For this money, we got what we already know," Gous says in a statement.
The DA believes that the GCIS should have used the money for an AIDS prevention message, with a statement that HIV causes AIDS and a description of the preventative steps that should be taken to avoid being infected. Alternatively, it believes the GCIS should have donated the money to one of the many AIDS prevention organisations in South Africa.
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