Section27, TAC join big pharma bust-up over cancer drug
The TAC and Section 27 have joined the fray in a face-off between Aventis Pharma and Cipla Life Sciences in a patent war over cancer drug Docetaxel.
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Grootboom win a house of cards
This week, Niren Tolsi, looks at the transformative impact of Constitutional Court judgments in the communities which need it most.
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Mokonyane: Health and social development to split
Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane has confirmed the province's beleaguered health and social development department will be split in April.
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National Press Club announces its 2011 newsmakers
The National Press Club has named Public Protector Thuli Madonsela and former ANC Youth League president Julius Malema as its newsmakers of the year.
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Urgent need to expand drug roll-out
Universal access to antiretroviral therapy could have saved more than 4,37-million children in Africa from becoming orphans.
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HIV testing must 'protect learners' rights'
The lack of privacy at schools means that HIV tests on schoolchildren there must not proceed without proper planning and protection of human rights.
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ANC mulls legal action over conference spat
Legal action may be taken against the civil society leaders who questioned the moral integrity of ANC leaders and named them, the party says.
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ANC fears MDC-type opposition party
The conference held by a coalition of civil society groups in October have triggered fears in the ANC that a "workerist" party would be established.
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Protesters ask US not to cut Aids funding
Thousands marched to the US consulate in Johannesburg on Thursday to deliver a memorandum demanding that HIV/Aids funding not be cut.
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Prison a breeding ground for Aids and TB
Researchers and advocates have singled out South Africa's under-staffed and overcrowded prisons as hotbeds for the transmission of HIV and TB.
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