Unlike many others, this week has been filled with news on HIV and AIDS. A long awaited breakthrough finally came in insurance claims on AIDS-related deaths. The Treatment Action Campaign’s (TAC) Zackie Achmat announced his intention to discontinue being the TAC’s chairperson and Minister of Correctional Services Ngconde Balfour has broken […]

Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is facing an extended recovery period that will render her unable to return to work for a full six months, her doctors have said. This is a best-case scenario, if the minister doesn’t suffer any relapses or develop other illness (as she reportedly developed hepatitis while […]

Deputy President of the ANC Jacob Zuma certainly knows how to keep himself in the public eye. In a brilliant publicity move Zuma was tested for HIV in his home district of Nkandla.

According to an article in the Sunday Independent on March 4 2007, publicly undergoing an HIV test is an […]

The Cricket World Cup is here and the Caribbean media is using this sporting event to spread awareness about HIV and AIDS. Great stuff, but this brings to mind the question: why is it that there is little to no coverage of HIV/AIDS in the South African sport media in particular?
The […]

Since his rape trial, African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Jacob Zuma has been badgered to take an HIV test by AIDS groups. But he has maintained, and rightly so, that the decision to test is his alone.

But now the race to elect the next ANC president, who will be […]

Speculation about an individual’s health is often viewed as invasive, impolite and disrespectful. But if the person in question is arguably responsible for the death of thousands of South Africans and she is the advocate of healthy eating and good nutrition to keep hospitals away, etiquette be damned.

Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s health […]