File: An AIDS awareness ribbon. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP
JOHANNESBURG - Hundreds of people are left without jobs as US President Donald Trump cuts US Aid in South Africa.
Pepfar-funded HIV organisations in South Africa have had their grants permanently terminated.
Other health projects funded by US government sources have also been shut down.
Mark Heywood of the Treatment Action Campaign says Trump's decision is a major setback in the fight against HIV/AIDS
The South African government is concerned about the suspension of USAID funding and the potential impact on vulnerable groups.
The country had signed contracts that were supposed to go on for some years but these have been terminated with immediate effect.
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The Western Cape Social Development Department had recently signed a five-year, five-million-dollar agreement with USAID.