The composer of the most beautiful piece of music in the world, Arvo Pärt, has recently turned 80.
HIV diplomacy can be used to help the country become a better, more influential global citizen.
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/ 30 November 2007
A few years ago, I co-authored an article on the possible relationship between crime and Aids orphans in South Africa. We also spoke about armies and police forces that might turn to "wilding" or even coup attempts as a result of the impact of Aids among their cadres. We were wrong, writes Pieter Fourie, the author of <i>The Political Management of HIV and Aids: One Burden Too Many? </i>
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/ 31 October 2006
This is an exciting yet precarious time in South Africa’s management of its HIV/Aids epidemic. Exciting because there seems to be some movement away from the infighting between government and Aids organisations that has marked the past decade; precarious because we live in a society that is already fatigued by news about the epidemic.
The United Nations has embarked on a research project to determine how the Aids pandemic will affect Africa’s future. UNAids and Shell International have announced the $2,7-million project to learn more about the effects of the pandemic on the continent