On Thursday, 27 September, the HIV/AIDS and the Media Project will host a discussion forum on science reporting and HIV-prevention trials entitled “Democratising Science”. The forum aims to open discussion on science reporting and clinical trials, with a particular focus on the global campaign for microbicides. Participants in the forum include researchers currently investigating […]

In this week’s Sunday Independent, page three of the “Dispatches” section (page 15 of the newspaper), was dedicated entirely to a package of four articles from the Health-e News Service syndicate, which looked at the crisis of HIV/AIDS and poverty in the Letaba district of the Limpopo province. With varying degrees of overlap, the stories […]

Perfecting their song and dance routines, virgins throughout KwaZulu-Natal are busy preparing for next month’s Reed Dance Ceremony to be held at King Zwelithini’s palace in Nongoma. This ceremony is a big event on the province’s cultural calendar, and the need to prepare young virgins to take part in the ceremony means that the services […]