WOMAN'S DAY: MANDELA ADDRESSING RALLY IN PIETERSBURG re: Appeal to educate youth about sex in spite of tribal taboo because of danger of AIDS

Record ID: 892525

  • Title: WOMAN'S DAY: MANDELA ADDRESSING RALLY IN PIETERSBURG re: Appeal to educate youth about sex in spite of tribal taboo because of danger of AIDS
  • Date: 12th August 1995
  • Summary: IN PIETERSBURG re: Appeal to educate youth about sex in spite of tribal taboo because of danger of AIDS
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  • City: PIETERSBURG
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 95AUG12V02
  • Story Text:WOMAN'S DAY: MANDELA ADDRESSING RALLY INì
    PIETERSBURG re: Appeal to educate youth about sexì
    in spite of tribal taboo because of danger of AIDS

    13.26.43 MANDELA SPEECH cont...domestic violenceì
    must be eliminated. Violence & sexual abuseì
    against women & children must stop!
    13.28.09 ...the number of reported cases of AIDSì
    is on the increase. More & more women areì
    contracting the disease...more women than men haveì
    AIDS...
    13.28.30 ...at local level it must be ensured thatì
    AIDS education & contraception particularlyì
    condoms are readily available...
    13.28.53 ...amongst our people you don't talkì
    about sex at all. It is taboo. When the smallì
    child asks the mother, Mom where do I come from?ì
    That answer is a clap in the face because ourì
    people don't talk about sex, but we must decideì
    whether we are going allow the population to beì
    wiped out by AIDS or we are going to take methodsì
    to ensure that women men children are protected.ì
    We must decide.
    13.30.02 ...elderly people come to me...how canì
    you talk like that? How can you ask our childrenì
    to use contraceptives? You are now encouragingì
    promiscuity...whether we like it or not, once theì
    children reach a certain age, they will indulge inì
    sex whether we like it or not [APPLAUSE] and I sayì
    it is therefore better to ask them, to teach theì
    sex education...
    13.30.50 ...especially girls because they sufferì
    more than the boys...
    13.31.09 ...let's teach our children sex educationì
    but the elderly people in our society, they say,ì
    In spite of that, Mr President it is wrong for youì
    to talk about sex with our children...
    13.32.03 ILLITERATE WOMEN - EDUCATION = A RIGHT
    13.33.18 ...I asked the mining giant, GENCOR toì
    build a school & clinic in Venda, another school &ì
    clinic in Lebowa...in Gazankulu and that miningì
    giant accepted this with great enthusiasm...
    13.35.22 CUTAWAYS
    13.36.12 PREMIER NGOAKO RAMATHLODI
    13.40.16 CUTAWAYS CROWDS LISTENING
    13.40.30 WIDE PAN OF PACKED STADIUM
    13.42.53 ...finally, I have been asked byì
    traditional leaders...that they want to be paid byì
    the Central Government & they want to be put inì
    the same position as other gorv officials...
    13.43.53 RE BILL [PAYMENT OF TRAD LEADERS] PASSEDì
    BY PARLI BUT DIDN'T SIGN IT - REFFERRED IT BACK TOì
    PARLI
    13.47.11 WIDE ESTABLISH STAGE
    13.48.59 MET WITH WIVES OF LEADERS BECAUSE I amì
    determined to play whatever role is open to me toì
    unite this nation...I would like you to forgiveì
    what happened in the past...
    13.49.36 ...whether you are educated or not,ì
    whether you are rich or poor, whether you areì
    black or white, whether you are Venda pedi orì
    Shangaan - you must remember that you are a leaderì
    in your own right!
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