Smaller businesses ignoring HIV/AIDS - survey

Most mid-sized South African companies are turning a blind eye to HIV/AIDS, despite forecasts that the epidemic is set to ravage the country's workforce, a new report by a leading global accounting and financial services firm has said.

US funds new defence force HIV/AIDS initiative

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) HIV/AIDS treatment project this week received a US $50 million boost from the United States government to conduct research into the impact of anti-AIDS drugs on the military.

Hospice helps patient come to terms with HIV/AIDS

Fifteen years ago, Masindy Apie went to the doctor for what she thought was a sexually transmitted disease. Her doctor tested her blood and told her that she had HIV/AIDS and three months to live.

Getting tested: A New Start

The Society for Family Health (SFH) has launched a social marketing campaign for Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) aimed at changing the perception that HIV testing is only for the sick and encouraging all South Africans to regularly test for HIV.

The Three Amigos increase presence in South Africa

The Three Amigos, a series of twenty (20) multi-award wining Public Service Announcements (PSA€™s) designed to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS, have found a new home on SABC 2. Already playing on SABC 1 and 3, the PSA€™s are now going to be played on SABC 2 in Sotho and Afrikaans. The animated PSA€™s star three comedic animated characters to deliver a serious message encouraging the principle that condoms are our friends or amigos.

South African AIDS Conference programme released

South Africa's foremost HIV/AIDS experts will present their experience to more than 4,000 delegates in Durban next month (7 - 10 June 2005) at the country's second national AIDS Conference.

Blockbuster film benefits orphans of HIV/AIDS

South African orphans of HIV/AIDS are to benefit from the charity premiere of 'Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith' held on Thursday in Los Angeles, US.

HIV/AIDS candlelight vigil remembers police officers

A candlelight vigil at the weekend remembered South African police officers who died from AIDS-related illnesses.

Reaching church leaders and congregations

When Millicent Phewa discovered that her local church in Umlazi, a township near Durban in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal, did not have an HIV/AIDS community support programme, she decided to take matters into her own hands.

Deputy president urges all to test for HIV

South African deputy president Jacob Zuma has called on the public to know their HIV status, in order to maintain good health and access freely available anti-AIDS treatment.