HEAIDS Conference: Calls for inclusion of youth, LGBTI community
The open dialogue between over 1600 youth delegates and panellists which includes Deputy Minister of Higher Education Mduduzi Manana as well First Lady Thobeka Madiba Zuma has got off to a heated start at the Durban ICC.
The dialogue is part of the Higher Education AIDS Conference now in its second day.
Calls have been made for the return of the death penalty - for both crimes of rape and murder.
Youth say the return of the death sentence is the solution in curbing rape abduction and killing of women and children #heaids2017 pic.twitter.com/HZQPNlDQb4
— Anelisa Kubheka (@AnelisaKubheka) June 10, 2017
Some young delegates called for government to include the LGBT community, when conducting dialogues of this nature.
"Whenever we have these conferences, let us get young people with firsthand experience and who will talk about things that they have been through. Let us also include LGBTI communities," one of the attendees said.
The conference wraps up tomorrow.
Depminister finance Sfiso Buthelezi's encouraged youth to report government officials who want sex in exchange for opportunities #heaids2017
— Anelisa Kubheka (@AnelisaKubheka) June 10, 2017