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Balfour's application dismissed by judge
A bid to block the personal release of a report on the death of an HIV-positive prisoner by Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour was dismissed in the North Gauteng High Court on Friday. Pretoria Judge Brian Southwood dismissed the application for leave to appeal a…
Author: SAPA
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SOUTH AFRICA: Lives lost as state coffers run dry
BLOEMFONTEIN, 25 February 2009 (PlusNews) – Last week, regulars at the HIV treatment clinic at Pelonomi hospital, in Bloemfontein, capital of South Africa’s Free State Province, would have told you that the clinic has never been this quiet. Ever since the provincial government stopped initiating…
Author: Plus News
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Camps for displaced foreigners 'inhumane'
Original Source By Chelsea Laun Foreign nationals displaced by xenophobic violence two months ago are still enduring inhumane living conditions and basic human rights violations in Western Cape refugee camps, say two reports by the South African Human Rights Commission and the Joint Refugee Leadership…
Author: Cape Times (South Africa)
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South Africa Journal: Engaged Activism Bends the Arc Toward Hope
I returned this weekend from an extended visit to South Africa, where Atlantic has long been engaged in supporting organisations and leaders working on human rights, reconciliation and health issues. Ordinarily in a column, I try to drill down on some particular aspect of our…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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It is a duty of yours, mine and the state's to end all prejudice
Treatment Action Campaign, the Lesbian and Gay Equality Project and the Triangle Project are Atlantic grantees. She loved soccer and represented South Africa in our women’s soccer team, Banyana Banyana. On April 28, 2008, Eudy Simelane was raped, stabbed 25 times, robbed and murdered because…
Author: Cape Argus (South Africa)
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SOUTH AFRICA: Time running out for treatment targets
DURBAN, 2 April 2009 (PlusNews) – Task-shifting is urgently needed if South Africa is to meet its ambitious goal of reaching 80 percent of those in need of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment by 2011, delegates attending the fourth national AIDS conference heard this week. South Africa will…
Author: PlusNews
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SA's TB policy wastes money, fails patients
by Lesley Odendal and Victor Lakay The AIDS epidemic hit South Africa harder than most places, and the same can be said for drug-resistant TB (DRTB). As we mark World TB Day tomorrow, the latest 2007 data is that more than 7,300 people have multidrug-resistant…
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Millions from global Aids fund not forthcoming
by Sally Evans CHARITIES and non-profit organisations (NGO) are in for a rough two years. Economists say organisations that rely on corporate funding will need to brace themselves for a reduction in cash over the next two years at least. This comes a few months…
Author: The Times
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Southern Africa: HIV pregnancy, stigma and ignorance
JOHANNESBURG, 26 January 2009 (PlusNews) – For many women, pregnancy is a time of anticipation and celebration, but for those living positively it can be frustrating when their status – and not their pregnancy – takes centre stage. Being pregnant and positive often comes with…
Author: Plus News
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Hogan takes charge to solve ARV crisis
by Anso Thom The Health Department has intervened in the crisis in the Free State after financial mismanagement has caused a shortage of antiretroviral drugs. E-mails were sent to ARV treatment sites in the province last week, ordering them to stop putting new patients on…
Author: Pretoria News (South Africa)