About 10 000 people from across the country participated in the Treatment Action Campaign'€™s '€œTreat the People March'€ that took place in Cape Town on Friday, February 14. TAC activists, religious leaders and non-governmental organisations called on government to implement a national ARV treatment plan before the end of the month. Morne Visser, a South African actor and HIV activist, is one of many who are growing despondent with the government'€™s slow response to the epidemic that is killing thousands. Tandeka Teyise of Health-e News spoke to him.