Aids Denialism

Opinion

/ 6 December 2023

Covid and Aids denial: Have we learnt anything?

Our energies should be focused on solving our health problems, not defending their existence

By Philip Machanick

Health

/ 22 March 2022

A sin tax on vapes is not as bad as Aids denialism. Here’s why

Lobbyists pushing for vaping as a way to help people quit smoking insist taxing e-cigarettes like traditional smokes will lead down a similar path as denying HIV treatment to state patients

By Joan Van Dyk

National

/ 1 July 2021

‘We only write about them when they are dead’: Hate killings of black lesbians in South Africa

In her book ‘Femicide in South Africa’, journalist and researcher Nechama Brodie examines the violent history the country’s black lesbians have endured

By Nechama Brodie

Health

/ 18 December 2020

Infodemic to infowar: The circus of disinformation will spin on

More people have died in South Africa from Covid-19 than have been murdered. This hasn’t stopped a misinformation pandemic from trying to misrepresent that reality

By Nechama Brodie

Health

/ 1 December 2020

‘Where the governments see statistics, I see the faces of my friends’

Yvette Raphael describes herself as a ‘professional protester, sjambok feminist and hater of trash’. Government officials would likely refer to her as ‘a rebel’. She’s fought for equality her entire life, she says. And she’s scared of no one

By Khadija Patel

Article

/ 13 January 2020

What comes after nationalism in Africa? A luta continua

There are a number of cases in the past decade where Africans have managed to push the conversation beyond liberal reforms as a political goal or did not spent all their energies on the politics of nostalgia, harkening back to a simpler time of national liberation or charismatic leaders. Young people, a generation with no […]

By Sean Jacobs

Podcasts

/ 15 July 2017

Mark Heywood: ‘I was pitched against the very government I had fought for’

Activists litigated to force government to give HIV-positive people antiretrovirals. Mia Malan talks to Mark Heywood about the political consequences

By Mia Malan

Article

/ 18 July 2016

#AIDS2016: When last did you hear South African President Jacob Zuma say, ‘HIV’?

The country’s political commitment to the fight against HIV cannot be judged solely by the accomplishments of a few government departments.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 15 July 2016

#AIDS2016: Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi admits that ‘key leaders were in denial’

South African health minister calls AIDS denialism an ‘unlucky’ moment for a country that has since become a leader in HIV treatment, prevention.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 15 July 2016

#AIDS2016: ‘Never again must the political meddling of a few derail progress’

The International Aids Conference returns after 16 years to a very different South Africa, but the battle against HIV is not yet over.

By Mia Malan

Article

/ 10 March 2016

15 questions for Thabo Mbeki

Not 27 questions, as some other figures of authority face, but a mere 15 for the former president.

By Shaun De Waal

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Article

/ 10 March 2016

Snub Mbeki like he did Nkosi

About 35 000 babies could have been born without HIV had the president listened to the boy.

By Mia Malan

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Article

/ 8 March 2016

Mbeki deserves to be condemned by history, says TAC

The ex-president will be judged harshly for his unrepentant stance over an estimated 300 000 HIV-related deaths, the activist organisation says.

By Mia Malan

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Article

/ 11 April 2014

From critical condition to stable

The nation’s healthcare system reflects the actions of the ministers responsible for it over the years.

By Amy Green

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Article

/ 12 April 2012

Letters to the Editor: March 30

Readers have shared their thoughts on why politics and business don’t mix and also on issues of homosexuality.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 5 April 2012

Making sense of the indefensible

Aids denialism was not just the hubris of Mbeki; it has emerged from a history of colonialism and science, writes <strong>Hein Marais</strong>.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 19 January 2012

Dramatic Aids turnaround in store for SA

South Africa is expected to make a dramatic turnaround in Aids due to a change in government policies, a UNAids official has said.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 10 November 2011

Zille’s unprotected tweets

Has Helen Zille crossed a line? She’s called for men who refuse to use condoms to be charged with attempted murder. We track the latest Twitter storm.

By Verashni Pillay

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Article

/ 20 November 2009

An apology will do

The ANC may be belatedly castigating Thabo Mbeki for his Aids denial, but the failure of the past decade is more systemic than one man’s error.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 14 September 2008

Rath drops libel claim against the Guardian

Vitamin entreprenur Matthias Rath has dropped a million-pound libel claim against the Guardian over his activities.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 4 March 2002

Mandela: Supply nevirapine now, debate later

Former president Nelson Mandela on Sunday proposed a radical challenge to South Africa’s Aids policy.

By Staff Reporter

Covid and Aids denial: Have we learnt anything?

A sin tax on vapes is not as bad as Aids denialism. Here’s why

‘We only write about them when they are dead’: Hate killings of black lesbians in South Africa

Infodemic to infowar: The circus of disinformation will spin on

‘Where the governments see statistics, I see the faces of my friends’

Mark Heywood: ‘I was pitched against the very government I had fought for’

#AIDS2016: When last did you hear South African President Jacob Zuma say, ‘HIV’?

#AIDS2016: Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi admits that ‘key leaders were in denial’

#AIDS2016: ‘Never again must the political meddling of a few derail progress’

15 questions for Thabo Mbeki

Snub Mbeki like he did Nkosi

Mbeki deserves to be condemned by history, says TAC

From critical condition to stable

Letters to the Editor: March 30

Making sense of the indefensible

Dramatic Aids turnaround in store for SA

Zille’s unprotected tweets

An apology will do

Rath drops libel claim against the Guardian

Mandela: Supply nevirapine now, debate later

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