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?
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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 […]

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 […]

In an industry where every word and column inch means the difference between breaking even or making a profit, the Sunday Times must be applauded for their “Living with HIV – everyone knows someone” column.

This weekly column is written by people living with the disease in one form or another and who […]

The United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defines the term genocide as: “Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily […]