Today’s hardball.

I nowadays there is a lot of talk about South Africa because of the World Cup. All newspapers are covering Africa’s subject as well. Today I read the article from “The Economist” and was shocked by following lines:

“The number of infected by HIV/AIDS is now put at around 6m, or 1 in 8 South Africans.
Condom use has already been boosted by government advertising campaign. The government is also planning a large-scale male-circumcision programme because studies have shown that circumcised men halve their chance of infection.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa caused fall of average life expectancy from over 60 years to below 50 in the past two decades.
Alcohol abuse is another big health problem. Directly or indirectly, alcohol is responsible for 30% of all hospital admissions.
Drugs and alcohol abuse are partly responsible for the carnage on South Africa’s roads, where the death rate is 33 per 100000 inhabitants – almost double the world average.”