Media Watch

Tag: “manto Tshabalala-msimang”

ART, lies and videotape

By JournAIDS

It is estimated that over 300, 000 HIV-positive South Africans who could have lived long and healthy lives on ART, died from the effects of uncontrolled HIV infection, during the Mbeki-Manto HIV misinformation era.

The TAC’s campaign which fought and eventually won out against this menace is the subject of ‘TAC-Taking Haart’ a film reviewed in today’s Mail & Guardian by Shaun de Waal.

Continue reading | 9 September 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: aids denialism, civil disobedience campaign, mail & guardian, manto tshabalala-msimang, mbeki, policy, tac, taking haart

Not exactly spoilt for Choice™: Government issue condoms scrutinized

By Melissa Meyer

The New Age have chosen to highlight striking students’ demand for condoms among a list of other grievances that were laid before the management of Durban’s University of Technology (DUT) during protests that began last week.

This raises questions about the perceptions of government-issue condoms.

Continue reading | 25 July 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: alcohol abuse, branding, condoms, daily sun, durban’s university of technology, faulty condoms, government condoms, manto tshabalala-msimang, protest, risky sex, safe sex, sex-positive, students, the new age, unprotected sex