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Hlongwa says a report by the SIU linking him to corruption amounting to R1.2-billion, was nothing new and a ploy "to embarrass the Gauteng ANC"
The HIV lobby group says over 100 of its community healthcare workers have been arrested in Bloemfontein after a night vigil sit-in.
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/ 29 January 2012
The Free State health department has recalled over a million condoms distributed for the ANC’s centenary celebrations over quality concerns.
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/ 28 November 2011
The Global Fund for Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria is in financial crisis, putting pressure on Southern African HIV programmes for treatment.
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/ 23 November 2011
The Treatment Action Campaign faces closure due to a lack of funds, which it claims is primarily due to bad administration at the health department.
<i>TAC — Taking Haart</i> could be seen as propaganda, or part of the TAC’s campaign to win hearts and minds. But it’s good propoganda.
Reaction to the release of the government’s green paper on National Health Insurance has been marked by support and tempered with concerns.
The successes of SA’s first public-sector ARV programme shows governments what can be achieved ahead of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Aids.
Aids patients and government officials on Friday celebrated the 10th anniversary of a pioneering program that brought drugs to impoverished people.
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/ 7 February 2011
The Christ Embassy Church — recently banned by the Advertising Standards Authority from airing claims of faith healing — will appeal the ruling.
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/ 3 February 2011
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned the Christ Embassy church from airing its claims of faith healing, following a complaint from the TAC.
Trevor Ngwane weighs in on the inaugural Conference of the Democratic Left at Wits University last weekend.
Contradictory statements issued by department of health officials about the controversial Tara KLamp, leaves many scratching their heads.
Now is not the time to cut funding for HIV/Aids, say the TAC, MSF and Cosatu, among others.
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/ 24 February 2010
The TAC has urged President Jacob Zuma to take leadership and responsibility for himself, those around him and South Africa in fighting HIV/Aids.
Ngconde Balfour is disappointed that a court bid to block the release of a report on the death of an HIV-positive prisoner was dismissed on Friday.
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/ 30 January 2009
Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour was on Friday ordered to furnish a report on the death of an inmate to the Treatment Action Campaign.
South Africa has the world’s fourth-highest TB burden and the national response is in many cases a shambles.
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) says it stands by its statement on South African Broadcasting Corporation board deputy chairperson Christine Qunta and on Thursday laid complaints against her and the company Comforters Healing Gift. On Wednesday, Qunta’s legal representatives demanded the TAC stop publishing defamatory material about her.
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/ 30 November 2006
Zackie Achmat, chairperson of the TAC and South Africa’s most famous purveyor of the slogan ”HIV-positive”, has been an activist for 30 years.