Brian Smith, Human Resources Director at Volkswagen South Africa'€™s Uitenhage plant says that although his company has been involved in HIV education for quite some time a formal policy was only implemented in July this year. The National Union of Metal Workers is working with the company to make a success of the programme. Mr Smith was reluctant to confirm HIV prevalence at VWSA saying the company was awaiting results of saliva tests that were recently taken from workers. Thandeka Teyise reports.

In its recent workshop in Cape Town, the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) agreed that the body should undergo massive restructuring in order for it to have a clear response to the HIV/AIDS challenge. SANAC has drawn criticism from a range of AIDS organisations, which accuse it of not representing the interests of people living with HIV/AIDS. The organisations have called for more representation on the SANAC of civil society as well as business organisations. Khopotso Bodibe filed this report.