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Clean Bills of health?
by Anso Thom TWO Bills recently tabled in parliament are set to shake up the private hospital industry and centralise decision-making over hospital tariffs as well as the regulation of new medicines and scientific trials within the health minister’s office. The National Health Amendment Bill…
Author: Sunday Tribune (South Africa)
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UN: HIV spreading faster than treatment in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – New HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa are growing twice as quickly as antiretroviral (ARV) drugs are rolled out, despite a 39% hike in treatment access, UNAids said on Wednesday. The number of people receiving Aids treatments in the region, where two-thirds…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online
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Court Clears Way for Prosecution of Cases from Apartheid Era in South Africa
The Legal Resources Centre is an Atlantic grantee. A court decision today confirming the obligation of prosecutors in South Africa to investigate cases from the apartheid era, especially those involving persons who have been denied amnesty, will help guarantee justice for victims, the InternationalCenter for…
Author: New Liberian
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State seeks to overturn court's child rape ruling
Shielding victims from abusers under spotlight by Karyn Maughan Justice bosses don’t want to be ordered to protect South Africa’s child rape victims from the horror of facing their alleged abusers in court. The Justice Department was to ask the Constitutional Court today to overturn…
Author: The Star (South Africa)
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South Africa Endorses Interim President
by BARRY BEARAK and ALAN COWELL JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Parliament chose Kgalema Motlanthe as the country’s interim president on Thursday, sealing the political demise of Thabo Mbeki, whose nine-year tenure came to an ignominious end last weekend when the governing African National Congress ousted…
Author: The New York Times
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How we can create free health care for all
We are now 15 years into our democracy and we have yet to remove one of the most important barriers to access to health by the poor – money. The 1994 National Health Plan of the ANC called for ensuring that all South Africans, rich…
Author: Cape Argus (South Africa)
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Traditional leaders slam constitution
Original Source By Xolani Mbanjwa South Africa’s world-revered constitution has come under fire from traditional leaders at the National Heritage Council (NHC) conference in Pretoria. They believe the constitution has protected the rights of the minority groups such as gays and lesbians while disregarding the…
Author: Pretoria News (South Africa)
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This Short Film Explores the Challenges LGBT Refugees Face Living in South Africa
By Sarah Karlan Many LGBT Africans seek asylum and refuge in South Africa, where the constitution – put into effect in 1996 by President Nelson Mandela – promises equal rights to all. A new video from Atlantic Philanthropies, a foundation focusing on human rights around…
Author: Buzzfeed
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Red Cross opens R125m complex
Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital is an Atlantic grantee. Cape Town – Cape Town’s Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, the only stand alone, specialist hospital in southern Africa dedicated entirely to children, officially opened its new R125m Operating Theatre Complex on Wednesday. The…
Author: News24.com (South Africa)
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Refugees 'beaten, shocked' by metro cops
The Aids Law Project, the Legal Resources Centre and Lawyers for Human Rights are Atlantic grantees. by Louise Flanagan Destitute people who were arrested while sleeping outside the Methodist Church in central Joburg a week ago say police beat them, insulted them, gave them electric…
Author: The Star (South Africa)