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I believe one of the secrets of our success has been our commitment to empowering all members of our society.

— Festus Mogae

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The only country I mentioned at the UN meeting is South Africa which I said is the most liberal when it comes to issues concerning LGBT groups.

First, of course, we are teaching the A-B-Cs, abstain, be faithful and condomize.

In other words, whatever economic rate we achieve, it would be one-and-a-half percentage points less than what it would have been in absence of HIV.

These stakeholders determine the credibility of the elections and their involvement is critical.

The experts tell us that the effect of the HIV prevalence in our population would reduce our potential growth rate by one-and-a-half percentage points annually.

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