Francois Venter talks about his unorthodox inaugural lecture, his work during the Aids crisis and his shoot-from-the-hip fix of our healthcare system
Instead of the Aids denialism of decades past, it’s US funding cuts that could lead to up to 300 000 more HIV infections in the next four years. Activists like Sisonke Msimang say the past has answers for the present fight
Our energies should be focused on solving our health problems, not defending their existence
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
In her book ‘Femicide in South Africa’, journalist and researcher Nechama Brodie examines the violent history the country’s black lesbians have endured
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
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
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 […]
Activists litigated to force government to give HIV-positive people antiretrovirals. Mia Malan talks to Mark Heywood about the political consequences
The country’s political commitment to the fight against HIV cannot be judged solely by the accomplishments of a few government departments.
South African health minister calls AIDS denialism an ‘unlucky’ moment for a country that has since become a leader in HIV treatment, prevention.
The International Aids Conference returns after 16 years to a very different South Africa, but the battle against HIV is not yet over.
Not 27 questions, as some other figures of authority face, but a mere 15 for the former president.
About 35 000 babies could have been born without HIV had the president listened to the boy.
The ex-president will be judged harshly for his unrepentant stance over an estimated 300 000 HIV-related deaths, the activist organisation says.
The nation’s healthcare system reflects the actions of the ministers responsible for it over the years.
Readers have shared their thoughts on why politics and business don’t mix and also on issues of homosexuality.
Aids denialism was not just the hubris of Mbeki; it has emerged from a history of colonialism and science, writes <strong>Hein Marais</strong>.
South Africa is expected to make a dramatic turnaround in Aids due to a change in government policies, a UNAids official has said.
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/ 10 November 2011
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.
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/ 20 November 2009
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.
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/ 14 September 2008
Vitamin entreprenur Matthias Rath has dropped a million-pound libel claim against the Guardian over his activities.
Former president Nelson Mandela on Sunday proposed a radical challenge to South Africa’s Aids policy.