BONELA shocked at Merafhe's condom ban

The Vice President, Lt General Mompati Merafhe, said last Friday at a National AIDS Council (NAC) meeting that BONELA should accept that the government is not going to provide any condoms in prisons, and should learn that a 'no' means 'no'.  "He told me that we have to stay out of these issues as they do not concern us," said the Director of BONELA Uyapo Ndadi.

Merafhe told BONELA to understand that inmates are insulted by the idea of provision of condoms in prisons, and that the cabinet has therefore decided against it.