Silence about HIV/AIDS as serious as the disease itself - Mandela

Nelson Mandela has called for a new social revolution to defeat the "catastrophic" scourge of HIV/ AIDS in South Africa and "save our nation from destruction".

UN reports show progress but member nations fall short of goals

Two years after a historic Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on HIV/AIDS, despite considerable progress, many UN Member States will not meet basic AIDS prevention and care goals established at the 2001 meeting unless efforts are dramatically scaled up, according to reports released today by the UN Secretary-General and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

We must stand together in anti-AIDS war

Open letter to Lucky Mazibuko, columnist for The Sowetan newspaper, from Dr Nono Simelela, Head of the National AIDS Directorate, Pretoria

Starting early with the boys

It's a common belief among men, especially in South Africa, that women have no rights when it comes to dictating sexual behaviour. There's even a suggestion that women who don't agree to have sex with their male partners are being abusive.

Kranskop to pilot KZN Khomanani campaign

The rural area of Kranskop in the Midlands has been selected by the national government to pilot the Khomanani Campaign in KwaZulu-Natal. The Kranskop Community Communication Action Plan (CCAP) are to communicate accurate information and positive messages about HIV and AIDS to the residents of Untunjambili.

Surpassing expectations - the Thandanani success story

For a non-governmental organisation to remain in business, it needs to evolve into a self-sustaining entity run on business principles.

HIV/AIDS and poverty - major challenges

A wide range of delegates, from government officials to community activists, packed the ICASA session on "HIV/AIDS and Poverty" on Tuesday (23 September 2003), all looking for answers to the dilemma of how poverty and HIV/AIDS are driving each other.

HIV/AIDS treatment plan on it's way to cabinet

An HIV/AIDS treatment plan, which includes the provision of antiretroviral drugs at state health facilities, was presented to Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang in Pretoria on Tuesday (30 September 2003).

HIV/AIDS takes its toll on South African teachers

Thousands of teachers in southern Africa are dying of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses as relief agencies battle to get support from the international community to help combat "the greatest humanitarian crisis in the history of mankind", according to United Nations agencies.

HIV/AIDS will be Cape's biggest killer by 2009

By 2009, the number of HIV/AIDS-related deaths will exceed the combined figure for all other causes in Cape Town, assuming anti-retroviral drugs are not used to treat people who have the virus.