HIV/AIDS

It is a well-known and accepted fact that the incidence of HIV/AIDS is causing havoc in the workplace in South Africa. Productivity is severely affected and the negative social issues increase daily.

It has therefore become imperative that awareness programmes be instituted in all workplaces so that employees can all understand the impact of this devastating disease- both on our personal lives and our activities in the workplace.

Management does not always have the time to do this and therefore workers at grassroots levels should now become involved: learning how to identify the needs of the workers in the organisation with regard to HIV/AIDS and presenting the important issues to their colleagues.

The training programme based on this topic is aimed at providing appropriate theoretical and practical training interventions to enable any person in the workplace to become involved in making colleagues more aware of the pandemic in our country and learning how to deal with it.