Al Jazeera: HIV-positive WORKERS not welcome here
The state of Qatar discriminates against HIV-positive people Qatar is one of only five countries which deny visas to foreign nationals based on HIV status. If a foreign national is…
No justice for seven-year-old
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) in Volksrust, a small town in Pixley Ka Seme Municipality in Mpumalanga Province, has campaigned against sexual violence for many years. TAC members have worked…
Ten years since the TAC case
A judgment that saved a million lives [caption id="attachment_929" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Zackie Achmat, courtesy of Treatment Action Campaign Archive[/caption] “The magnitude of the HIV/AIDS challenge facing the country…
HIV & the law
Is South Africa implementing the recommendations of a major United Nations report? “The law alone cannot stop AIDS. Nor can the law alone be blamed when the HIV responses are…
HIV & the law
Is South Africa implementing the recommendations of a major United Nations report? “The law alone cannot stop AIDS. Nor can the law alone be blamed when the HIV responses are…
People before patents
[caption id="attachment_910" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Gideon Mendel, courtesy of gideonmendel.com and throughpositiveeyes.org[/caption] Changes to South Africa’s patent laws are long overdue As it currently stands, South Africa’s intellectual property…
Decriminalise sex work now
[caption id="attachment_897" align="alignnone" width="567"] This picture were taken by a participant during a photo project titled, “Working the City: Experiences of Migrant Women in Inner-City Johannesburg”. It was a collaboration…
Decriminalise sex work – Ana's Story
Due to domestic violence and unfaithfulness of my husband I decided to run away from my marital home of 16 years in Tembisa to look for freedom and some peace…
A Long Wait for Justice
[caption id="attachment_878" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Sibongile Nkosi[/caption] In 2011 while Oscar Mabela, a former Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) employee, was conducting treatment literacy training at Dr C N Phatudi…
Human rights & access to justice in the NSP
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa says that everyone has the right of access to health care services. This includes access to life-saving medicines and related services such…
Human rights & access to justice in the NSP
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa says that everyone has the right of access to health care services. This includes access to life-saving medicines and related services such…
TB in prisons: What does the Dudley Lee case mean for TB in South Africa?
On 28 August 2012, the Constitutional Court heard argument in a case that will have major implications for public health and human rights. This case goes to the core of…