DA urges Ramaphosa to stop Criselda Kananda-Dudumashe’s appointment to AIDS Council
22 August 2017
The DA has today written to the Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, to request that Criselda Kananda-Dudumashe is not appointed to the Board of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC).
The DA is of the belief that Kananda-Dudumashe is not fit to serve on the SANAC Board given the numerous concerning public comments she has made. Some of these comments include:
- In a news article released on 26 June 2014 it is was stated that “Kananda, who has tested HIV positive herself told the Citizen newspaper she will never take antiretrovirals because they are deadly and easy way out”.
- Further, she allegedly also “insists that HIV does not cause AIDS and that AIDS is instead the result of a compromised immune system, of living an unhealthy lifestyle and being attacked by infectious diseases”.