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HIV counsellors tread the path of protest

By JournAIDS Volunteer HIV counsellors protest over unpaid stipends and broken promises. The New Age (TNA) has reported that the volunteers were promised permanent paid positions but that to date nothing has been done about this matter. Volunteers also complained that meager stipends remained outstanding for three months.
Continue reading | 4 August 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: counsellors, healthcare, hiv prevention, labour, protest, the new age, volunteers

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