In 2003, Ben Sassman, a Capetonian now living in Johannesburg, dug deep into his own pocket and started the world's first ever dating site for people living with HIV. Four years later, despite few financial resources, the site continues to connect those seeking love and acceptance in a world that constantly rejects them.
Ngwavuma, in the north of KwaZulu-Natal province near the Swaziland border, has been hard-hit by HIV/AIDS. The resulting problem is the increase of children-headed households.
Ten years after being orphaned, Nathi Ndlazi has made a remarkable success of his life.
The high cost of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)-which fights the bacteria that cause pneumonia and meningitis in young children - makes it inaccessible to the poor.
They should have given up working long ago and now be enjoying their retirement after careers spanning more than 60 years combined. But retired nursing sister Mrs Seabela and Mrs Khumalo, a retired social worker, have come back from retirement to help the sick, especially those with AIDS.
Debate is raging about some people using unconventional methods to access the government's social grants. Some claim that a number of people with AIDS, who upon severe illness can qualify for a temporary disability grant, stop taking their antiretrovirals out of fear that they might forfeit the grants once their state of health improves.
Dismissed health workers will offer their services to Khayelitsha's Site B health facility in the morning following an interim interdict by the Cape High Court ordering the health department to restore reasonable functioning of services in the area.
Traditional healers' are accusing medic group, Doctors For Life, of opposing every attempt aimed at giving traditional healers the same legal recognition as that of Western medical practitioners.
Being young is often associated with risky behaviour - and research is showing that in South Africa the youth often take astounding sexual risks. But is this intentional dare-devilish behaviour?
The new urgency with which the government has started to address AIDS is like rain falling after a long drought. But it will take superhuman, united efforts to implement the country's new HIV/AIDS National Strategic Plan (NSP) and repair the damage done by years of government inaction, denial and simple incompetence.
The CEO of the R146-million Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA) has been suspended, allegedly for 'gross misconduct' ' yet he claims it is because he questioned his board's operations, particularly huge payments made to some board members.
Health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was repeatedly invited to speak at Tuesday's opening ceremony, organizers have revealed.
Government has claimed first evidence of a decline in South Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic after its annual survey among pregnant women showed a 'statistically significant reduction' of HIV prevalence between 2005 and 2006.
AIDS activists and their lawyers are gearing up for another battle in court in an attempt to force the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) to commit to the humane treatment of HIV-positive prisoners.
South Africa's National Strategic Plan (NSP) could stand for 'No Substantial Policy' when it came to the needs of injecting drug users, a human rights advocate told a gathering at the national AIDS conference in Durban.
