Taken by surprise: Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang by KwaZulu-Natal Premier Lionel Mtshali’s announcement that the anti-retroviral nevirapine would be administered as an emergency measure in the province…
In court again: The Treatment Action Campaign won its legal challenge to force the Department of Health to make nevirapine available to all HIV-positive pregnant women attending public antenatal facilities. The government will appeal to the Constitutional Court to reverse the judgement…
Mounting toll: The United Nations joint programme on HIV/Aids produced its 2001 update on the epidemic. It estimates that five million people became infected with HIV this year and that worldwide 40-million people are living with the virus…
Defensive: Responding in Parliament to a multi-party challenge to the government’s HIV/Aids policy, President Thabo Mbeki expressed reservations about the use of anti-retroviral drugs to treat it.
A testing time: AngloGold says its research data estimates that 29% of its workforce is HIV-positive…
Farewell princess: Hundreds of Capetonians last Saturday bade farewell to five-year-old Sibongile Mazeka, who died of an Aids-related illness.
When it comes to elaborating grand plans, noble sentiments and making pious pronouncements, few political parties can match the African National Congress
I have never done the Otter Trail but I believe the rather beautiful yet torturous hike in the Tsitsikama has a number of exit points at intervals along the route
Do you ever get so paranoid you think the car in front of you is trying to follow you?
Gun owners surely have to be the most responsible people in the world