South Africans may be finally getting it right. If the youth are to be educated about the dangers of unsafe sex resulting in teenage pregnancies, we cannot ask people who practice unsafe sex with teenagers to be ambassadors in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

Members of the African Musicians Against HIV-AIDS (AMAHA) […]

Denim giant Levi Strauss is taking its Red for Life HIV and AIDS campaign a step further by getting into young people’s pants. Yes, the clothing manufacturer has discarded the “washing and care” instruction labels inside jeans and has replaced them with HIV-awareness messages.

The new “human being care labels” contain HIV […]

An inmate refuses to take antiretroviral treatment, allegedly because the minister of health said they were bad for you and give you side effects, AIDS is on the rise among South Africa’s rich and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) wants the Medicines Control Council (MCC) to fast track the registration of […]

When I ran across a story talking about the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) I was stunned and a little outraged. Why is it necessary to have NBHAAD? Do black people feel they should mobilise along racial lines to fight against HIV and AIDS?

It was with relief that I continued to […]