TAC to back anti-retroviral plan, but monitor progress

Zackie Achmat, the hero in the national battle for an anti-retroviral treatment plan, has thrown the weight of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) behind the government's efforts to provide anti-retroviral drugs.

Students taught how to play the game safely

Thousands of young people fresh out of school are about to enter a whole new world of campus life with lots of partying - and a lethal cocktail of sex, drugs, booze - and HIV/AIDS.

Deadly serious game - YOUR MOVES

Thousands of young people fresh out of school are about to enter a whole new world of campus life, with lots of partying and a lethal cocktail of sex, drugs, booze - and HIV. The danger is that even if students know the dangers of contracting HIV through unprotected sex, consuming alcohol or drugs could reduce their inhibitions and cloud their judgement.

Honouring struggle doctors

At the centre of the old black-and-white photograph a woman stands defiant. She is wearing an old-fashioned floppy straw hat, the sort reminiscent of a day on the beach or a stroll through the rose garden in the 60s.

Deeper than the surface

[On the eve of International Women's Day, Liz Clarke spoke to a doctor who is committed to unravelling the intricate workings of the skin and taking her knowledge to the rural heartlands of KwaZulu-Natal.]

Umcebo Trust

Umcebo Trust is a non-profit organisation that believes that marginalised people have within them the creativity necessary to make a difference, and aims to establish a studio workspace for people to use and develop their artistic talents as a means of personal and creative development, as well as to generate income. Umcebo is an isiZulu word meaning "treasure".

School enrolments down as HIV/AIDS takes its toll

A major new study undertaken on behalf of the government has found that South Africa is in the midst of an HIV/AIDS crisis even more devastating than feared.

Fancourt owner sets up R48m AIDS programme

German software billionaire Hasso Plattner has given almost R48 million to establish a programme to fight AIDS in the southern Cape. The programme, Isombululo, designed by the Universities of Cape Town and KwaZulu-Natal, was announced in George by Plattner, owner of the Fancourt Hotel and Country Club, on the eve of the President's Cup (golf tournament).

HIV/AIDS study targets 14-year olds

Thousands of Grade 8 pupils in Cape Town are being encouraged to delay their first act of sexual intercourse and to use condoms when they become sexually active.

Spread the news - not the virus: UKZN action against AIDS stigma

"Nobody needs to live or die in isolation and misery. It's lack of information, understanding and support that kills." These were the words of Fezeka Khuzwayo, former University of KwaZulu-Natal student and HIV-positive social activist, when delivering the University Forum Lecture on Durban's Howard College Campus during its AIDS Action Week in April.