In what has been described as the final death of state sponsored AIDS denialism, President Jacob Zuma has delivered a historic speech in the National Council of Provinces acknowledging that the country was not winning the war against the disease and that extraordinary measures were needed. Read his full speech here.

Dr Linda-Gail Bekker of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the University of Cape Town was awarded the £60,000 Royal Society Pfizer Award at a ceremony in London this week.