Aids Day vigil to be held in Ekhaya Park

By Ndaba Mlotshwa

A CANDLELIT vigil will mark World Aids Day in the Inner-city.

Inner-city Residents are invited to gather in Ekhaya Park, in Hillbrow (Claim Street), at 6:30pm on Tuesday, December 1, to mark the international day of HIV and Aids awareness.

Pamphlets and Condoms will be distributed at the Event.

Friends of the Inner-city Forum Chairperson Moses Ka Moyo said: "The vigil is a chance to reflect on those we have lost and to celebrate the lives of those who are living with HIV and Aids."

Moyo Further urged that the community turn out for the Vigil in numbers to help remember, mourn, and celebrate the lives of those the world has lost to AIDS.

It is against this background that in the Morning of the 1st Of December, Friends of the Inner-city Forum will be joining hands with the South African AIDS Council (SANAC) and government at the Pretoria show grounds to mark the World AIDS Day under the theme “I AM RESPONSIBLE, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE, SOUTH AFRICA IS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY”.

Friends of the Inner-city Forum calls on all Inner-city Residents to join hands in the continuing fight against the spread of HIV and AIDS.Our Country has an estimated 5.7 million people infected with HIV-more than any other country in the World.Nearly 1000 south africans die every day of AIDS related diseases.


Members of the media are hereby invited to attend and report.

Issued by Friends of the Inner-city Forum
For more information please contact:
Moses Ka Moyo – Chairperson
+27 76 681 0577