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HIV/AIDS initiative for petrol attendants

    JOHANNESBURG
    The South African Petroleum Association (SAPIA) on Thursday said some 10,000 petrol attendants would benefit from its upcoming HIV/AIDS awareness programme. SAPIA said in a statement that the six-month pilot programme would be launched at 15 service stations in the KwaZulu-Natal province on 16 June - Youth Day. A doctor at the province's Greys and Edendale Hospital AIDS clinic, Paul Kocheleff, recently estimated that around 400,000 people in KwaZulu-Natal could die of AIDS-related illnesses before 2006. SAPIA director, Colin McClelland, said "We believe that this HIV/AIDS awareness education programme is a positive move, and will have benefits for the service station industry over the longer term."

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