Well, it certainly took some searching: under the wreckage of the South African executive’s various setbacks, gaffes, scandals and furores, some good was done. Some government departments are broadly functional; a handful are thriving. We look at 10 isolated examples of the country and government we dream of
Looking to support a UK-based South African cause? Did you realise there are more than 20 South African charities active in Britain? They are all listed here in alphabetical order, for ease of reference.
A major discovery in HIV is good news for South Africa, where about 1 in 10 are HIV-positive. Patients previously believed ‘cured’ of HIV have experienced a viral rebound, marking an important new question: if HIV can remain in the body while undetectable in the blood, where might the ‘deep reservoir’ that harbours the virus be?
World Aids Day is on Sunday 1 December, and SA education charity plans on tackling HIV head on as more people are infected by HIV/AIDs in South Africa than any other country in the world.
With contributions from figures such as Bill Clinton and Desmond Tutu, FIRE IN THE BLOOD is the story of the remarkable coalition that fought Western pharmaceutical companies’ and governments’ blocking of access to Aids drugs. It will be screened on Monday 7 October in London.
Fortified food e’Pap is a finalist for a global social innovation award, acknowledging the benefits that this remarkable, homegrown foodstuff has for nutrition.
My South Africa is not Cuba or China or USA or Europe. My South Africa is not Zimbabwe (yet). My South Africa is a 19-year old teenager on the edge of adulthood and a nation where the rainbow needs urgent re-inventing, says Pieter-Dirk Uys
Charlize Theron is recognised for her grassroots work focusing on social issues, particularly in South Africa, where she founded the Africa Outreach Project. It provides funding for a mobile health and computer clinic that visits high schools in rural communities affected by HIV/Aids.
Despite health risks and widespread complications, one white teenage boy from East London decides to support his Xhosa friend all the way in the controversial rite of passage
A swallow’s eye view of the Ulutsha Horizon Theatre Company blossoming in Masiphumelele, Fish Hoek
Love is All We Need, a UK based charity that supports children affected by the HIV/AIDs pandemic in South Africa, held its fifth annual Friend Raiser in Brighton on Saturday.
Love Is All We Need, a UK charity helping South Africa’s poorest communities is holding a ‘Friend Raiser’ event on 29 June in Brighton.