Former deputy health minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge this week launched the book The Virus, Vegetables and Vitamins at the 4th Aids Conference in Durban. Madlala-Routledge used the platform to call for a truth and reconciliation commission on HIV/AIDS.

THE ANC is planning a post-election apology to the nation for former president Thabo Mbeki'€™s disastrous HIV-Aids policy, which has been blamed for the deaths of thousands of infected people, according to a report in The Times.

A small study finds very high HIV rate among gay men in Johannesburg and Durban.