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Unions resist AIDS levy

    JOHANNESBURG

    Trade unions are resisting government plans to introduce a civil service AIDS levy, South African Press Agency (SAPA) reported on Tuesday.

    Civil service unions are concerned about how the government intends to spend the R832 million (US $92.4 million) the levy could raise annually.

    In particular, the unions object to the government’s plan to use the funds to provide civil servants with HIV/AIDS counselling.

    Instead, the fund should pay for treating HIV-positive civil servants, the unions argue.

    Talks between government and the unions are set to resume next week.

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