'Army of orphans': The price of S. Africa's AIDS scourge

According to UNAIDS, there were 960,000 AIDS orphans in South Africa, compared to 1.9 million in 2009.

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A health counselor (R) talks to a student about HIV and AIDS prevention on March 8, 2011 in a mobile clinic at Madwaleni high school near Mtubatuba in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. (AFP)
By NewVision Reporter
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At the age of 13, Ndumiso Gamede was orphaned when his parents died at the peak of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa.

He was left to raise his two young

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