Face to face with Michelle Meiring
Sometimes a child’s death is not just inevitable, but imminent. For a pragmatic like Dr Michelle Meiring the challenge lies in cushioning the landing.
What have we learnt from the last ten years of art?
A number of people have over the years played a role in the development of the TAC and our battle for antiretrovirals. There are too many to mention. In the…
Truth Telling Not Welcome?
By- Mark Heywood South Africa is gearing up for the International AIDS Conference, which starts on July 18th, Mandela Day. And nobody is gearing up more than the SA Government.…
Letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa: Send a message to world leaders to commit financially to fighting Aids
Dear Honourable President Ramaphosa, Greetings. Thank you for your tireless efforts to try to eradicate corruption and State Capture. We hope that these efforts will soon translate into a strong…
Issue 1: Introduction
[caption id="attachment_485" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Alon Skuy, courtesy of Treatment Action Campaign Archive.[/caption] On 1 December, World AIDS Day 2011, TAC and SECTION27 joined the rest of South…
So many have forgotten
By Vuyiseka Dubula – I was just months away from knowing my own HIV status when, in the year 2000, the people took over the streets of Durban marking a revolution to come. Although I was not present in Durban for that year’s AIDS conference – I was already connected to the struggle.
Issue 3: Introduction
[caption id="attachment_636" align="alignnone" width="577"] Fareed Abdullah, photo by Masi Losi[/caption] 2012 is a year of transition for the South African National AIDS Council. Leadership at the top is changing, the…
Helping Teens fight HIV
Set bold targets to reduce new HIV infections and teenage pregnancies and to increase condom use In this issue of the NSP Review we focus on young people and the…
Accountability is critical at National AIDS Council, says new civil society leader
HIV activist Solly Nduku was recently elected to the top civil society position at SANAC. Thabo Molelekwa asked Nduku and his newly elected deputies about their plans and priorities for the council.
Dawn at kalk bay
VIII Once I was a father Death and birth came in the same instant A life in waiting Gone before it could find a path A person of possibilities and…
Issue 5: Introduction
[caption id="attachment_990" align="alignnone" width="567"] Members of the Treatment Action Campaign and AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa during a march to demand more funding for the fight against HIV…
Judgement reserved in Bophelo House 94 appeal
By Nomatter Ndebele A full bench of the Bloemfontein High Court today reserved judgement in the appeal of the so-called Bophelo House 94. In July 2014 the Bophelo House 94,…