Yearly Archives: 2001

Bongani Majola “Condoms! Condoms!” shouts Vusi Fahla (28) as he distributes condoms to the passing taxis. Words such as HIV/Aids, condoms and AZT are an inseparable part of his life. He is the project manager for Friends for Life, an NGO that provides life skills to HIV-infected people, home-based care for patients and pre-test, post-test […]

A KwaZulu-Natal man is writing to the president asking him to visit and bring hope to Aids sufferers Jaspreet Kindra Arthur Jokweni (20) wants to take President Thabo Mbeki to rural KwaZulu-Natal where HIV/Aids is “killing the community”. He wants to show Mbeki the face of Aids in areas where people have to travel more […]

DREW FORREST, Johannesburg | Friday FORMER Umkhonto weSizwe (MK)commander and defence minister Joe Modise challenges the principle that one should not speak ill of the dead. At best, his record is an ambiguous one. Modise was of former president Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo’s generation, joining the African National Congress Youth League in 1947 and […]

Natural herbs have no side effects and are less expensive than Western-based medication Thabo Mohlala The rapid spread of Aids, combined with the expense and difficulty in obtaining Western medicine, is forcing more people to consult traditional healers in search of a cure. But do the government and other players in the medical fraternity appreciate […]

Unions say the government is pushing ahead with job cuts despite the fact that a framework agreement is not yet in place Glenda Daniels The government has told 7 274 public servants that their jobs are redundant and they face retrenchment, according to a survey of members carried out by public service trade unions. This […]

Judith February The report by the joint investigative team into the arms deal somewhat overshadowed the rising of Parliament last Friday. Seven of the parliamentary committees will scrutinise the report during recess. The parliamentary year has, however, been anything but dull and some key pieces of legislation have been passed to the president. In addition, […]

Simon Kuper Apparently baffling events, such as England beating Germany 5-1 away, often turn out to be part of a logical pattern. What made the result seem particularly curious was that Germany had lost only one World Cup qualifying match before. However, so had Brazil before 2000. This time they lost six, and the Dutch […]

THULI NHLAPO, NAWAAL DEANE, Johannesburg | Friday THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) pulled out of helping the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) in its landmark challenge to the government on HIV/Aids after the commission’s then chair, Barney Pityana, got a phone call from the state’s advocate. After speaking to the state’s senior counsel, Marumo Moerane, in […]

Johannesburg | Friday BEER giant South African Breweries on Thursday announced its entry into the Central American market, buying the sole brewer in Honduras and forming a new company in El Salvador. SAB said it has bought a 97% interest in Cerveceria Hondurena S.A. (CHSA), sole brewer and largest soft drinks bottler in Honduras. It […]

Latest figures estimate that by the end of the year there will 28-million people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa Belinda Beresford Knowing the enemy has failed to help in the battle against HIV. Two decades after the disease was identified, HIV/Aids continues to rampage its way across the world. The long incubation period of […]