Zimbabwe’s 2008 Elections Featured Systematic Rape

Members and supporters of President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party committed widespread, systematic rape in 2008 to terrorize the political opposition, said AIDS-Free World in “Electing to Rape: Sexual Terror in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe,” a report released today. These crimes against humanity have received little public attention and the government has made no effort to hold the [...]

World AIDS Day event on 1st December 2009 at 11:00 – 13:00

The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation is a public benefit organisation doing research and service provision, in the field of TB and HIV/AIDS. It has a site based at Masiphumelele (Cape Town, South Africa) that is serving predominantly the Masiphumelele community.
Our work currently focuses on HIV prevention research and strategies in the Community. This includes community [...]

Ode to an unimportant man

I write this in honour of Alpheus Molefe, a man who was born in Meadowlands, Soweto, 43 years ago. He was shot and killed by criminals outside the township of Vosloorus on Friday November 6.
Alpheus was our senior logistics officer — a fancy title for a simple but critical position: he drove our company [...]

Sub-Saharan Africa: Latest epidemiological trends

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region most heavily affected by HIV worldwide, accounting for over two thirds (67%) of all people living with
HIV and for nearly three quarters (72%) of AIDS-related deaths in 2008.
An estimated 1.9 million [1.6 million–2.2 million] people were newly infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa in 2008, bringing to 22.4 million
[20.8 million–24.1 [...]

Today Is My “HIV Birthday”

Please if you’re at health department or invloved in HIV related activitives especial support groups here’s a concept you could use as theme for your event (HIV Birthday).
“Seven years ago today, I found out I was HIV positive. I’m thinking a lot today about how my life has changed since that day. You know, I [...]

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Does male circumcision protect against HIV? not completely…

We might all know that Male Circumcision (MC) reduces HIV acquisition by 60%, this does not mean that all MC is protective for HIV.
Before I start I want to acknowledge that MC is a sensitive subject and I sincerely hope not to offend anyone reading this note.
One of the main ways in which HIV infects [...]

Does SABC appreciate the work Zikala did for it if not for SA?

I’m disappointed with the treatment Dr Snuki Zikalala has received despite his hard work which revolutionalised the SABC News from what it used to be.

 
 
I remember when he first joined SABC there was a lot of negative talk about his appointment
“The post was advertised and I went through an interviewing process about three weeks [...]

Why I stopped singing “areme boere”

Spent my lunch wondering in 1987 when I got chased for a distance of about 170-200 mitres by a soldier that had jumped off a moving apartheid hippo (aka mellow yellow).
 
This is one memorable moment I wouldn’t forget, probably the highest adrenalin rush I’ve ever had too. Poor soldier had a reason to be angry [...]

’till we meet again my loving sister!

Slept last night thinking about you
Prayed that the Lord may help you pull through this pain
Another night that I made my way through
Woke up today with tears in my eyes
So many dreams still left in my mind
But they can never come true
I press rewind and remember when
I close my eyes and I’m with you again
But [...]