Progress made by South Africa since the inception of democracy in 1994 could be reversed by HIV and AIDS, according to Minister of Provincial and Local Government Sydney Mufamadi.
The minister told an AIDS gathering in Johannesburg at the weekend that the pandemic had created an "awkward situation", where public servants needed as much care as the general public.
Mufamadi was quoted by the South African Broadcasting Corporation as saying: "This threatens our capacity to respond to increased demand for services, because the age group we are supposed to recruit from is the most affected."
Issues on the conference agenda included identifying appropriate interventions and minimising stigmatisation.
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