Aids Denialism
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HIV research: Professor screw it, let’s do it
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
Fighting for funds: A new era of HIV activism
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…
Covid and Aids denial: Have we learnt anything?
Our energies should be focused on solving our health problems, not defending their existence
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…
‘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
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
‘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…
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…
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
#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.
#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.
#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.
Snub Mbeki like he did Nkosi
About 35 000 babies could have been born without HIV had the president listened to the boy.
15 questions for Thabo Mbeki
Not 27 questions, as some other figures of authority face, but a mere 15 for the former president.
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.