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The Economic Impact of Aids In South Africa For over ten years South Africa has been in denial of its most threatining problem. The cost of ignorring this problem is the highest HIV and AIDS rates in the World. This problem has the abilty to to crush the nations population, work force, and economy. “AIDS makes most of South Africa’s other problems seem trivial”(8210:8). Little is known for certain about how many people are now infected, and all forcasts involve some speculation”(8210:8). The first case of AIDS in South Africa occured in 1987, where as the countries farther north than South Africa had their first AIDS cases way before. The epidemic did not begin in South Africa until 1993. “A study for ING Barings last year predicted 8m infections by 2005. A study by Abt Associates, a Johanesburg consulting firm , forcast the number of deaths attributable to AIDS at 354,000-383,000 in 2005, rising to 545,000-635,000 in 2010. Average life expectancy is set to fall from 60 years to 40 by 2008”(8210:8). Journalist Johanna McGeary spent a month in South Africa to get an up close and personal experience of how of AIDS effects the South African community. She got exactly t