Top prof speaks out on violent crime pandemic affecting delivery of health services in Cape Town

We are faced with a pandemic of a different nature — rampant and escalating levels of violent crime

12 December 2023 - 21:33 By Kim Swartz

Forty years into the HIV/Aids epidemic, we are faced with a pandemic of a different nature — rampant and escalating levels of violent crime, endangering innocent community members, the public and private sector employees in parts of Cape Town...

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