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\"EvitaWent to see Pieter-Dirk Uys<\/strong> speak about Foreign Aids<\/a><\/strong> at the Theatre Royal in Brighton last night. He was dazzling to watch, and brilliantly witty and funny. You may know him as Evita Bezuidenhout<\/strong><\/a> – the most famous woman in South Africa.<\/p>\n

\"Pieter-DirkFor the last few years of his life, this man, without state funding and absolutely no corporate funding<\/strong>, goes around to every school in South Africa that invites him to talk to the kids and young adults about the seriousness of the AIDS pandemic in South Africa. He has visited every school imaginable, from Bishops High to schools with a cow and a tree for shelter. Uys is not very popular with many parents and teachers who don’t approve of the graphic language, humour and props he uses to get his message across to kids, some as young as 6. But the reality in South Africa is that kids are<\/u> using graphic language when they talk to their friends about sex; showing them how to put a condom correctly on a banana is not as relevant as using a dildo, and children even younger<\/u> than 6 in SA are exposed to the deadly threat of AIDS every day of their lives. The youth of SA love him because he is hilariously funny and they can ask him any question under the sun without feeling awkward or bad. Even though the government is trying to shut him up, he is arming South Africa’s children with condoms and knowledge and is saving countless lives. I have the greatest admiration and respect for this man.<\/p>\n

\"beadedAn important issue he addressed last night was WHAT is South Africa doing spending R53 BILLION on a dodgy arms deal<\/a> when we have no enemies<\/strong>? When the only enemy we have, is silent and invisible and more devastating than we have ever known before – the Southern African AIDS pandemic<\/strong>. There are almost 5 MILLION HIV sufferers in SA. Why is that money not being spent on more widespread use of anti-retroviral drugs – helping HIV positive people to stay healthy so they can LIVE WITH AIDS and die with dignity?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Went to see Pieter-Dirk Uys speak about Foreign Aids at the Theatre Royal in Brighton last night. He was dazzling to watch, and brilliantly witty and funny. You may know him as Evita Bezuidenhout – the most famous woman in South Africa. For the last few years of his life, this man, without state funding and absolutely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogalog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}