King Zwelithini urges young people to abstain from sex

King Goodwill Zwelithini urged young people to abstain from sex to curb the high rate of HIV and Aids when he attended an abstinence walk campaign in Durban. The Mercury reports that the eThekwini Community Church launched its first Abstinence Walk Campaign, in an attempt to encourage abstinence from sex and restore moral values among young people. Addressing the gathering, Zwelithini said that abstinence was a way to show respect to one another and that it was a solution to curbing HIV infection rates. He added that abstinence was also in keeping with Zulu culture and it was a way to respect it.