By Rhodé Marshall
03 August 2007
The South African Football Players Union (SAFPU) started a HIV/AIDS baseline study yesterday, which aims to measure the level of knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS issues that affects professional football players.
“We started the study with teams in Gauteng, both in the PSL and Mvela, but we will roll out to other teams in provinces across the country in the coming weeks,” says SAFPU HIV/AIDS Coordinator, Ronny Zondi.
According to Zondi, the study will directly investigate the knowledge of players on the pandemic and find out what players think should be done to assist in alleviating the impact HIV/AIDS has on their sector.
“It is an open secret that there is no HIV/AIDS policy for our football players and with our programme we will educate the players about this disease more,” says Zondi.
He added that clubs should give the union the ample opportunity to develop or intervene to address the gaps in football on the subject of HIV/AIDS.
“We want to appeal to all the clubs in the Premier Soccer and Mvela Golden League to support us on this programme as it will ultimately help our national soccer team in their preparation for the 2010 World Cup,” says Zondi.
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