At age 70, many would consider themselves too old to continue working. Let alone as a campaigner to get people tested for HIV. But that's what retired nurse Dorothy Mosaka put away her uniform to do.
New evidence has emerged of the tobacco industry manipulating smokers switching to mild brands, as countries meet in Geneva to discuss tobacco controls
Government is investigating whether teenage pregnancies are being driven by people who want access to the Child Support Grant, Minister of Social Development Zola Skweyiya has revealed.
People taking medicine normally have to take it properly every day for it to make them feel better. This is called adherence. For people taking antiretroviral drugs for AIDS, adherence is very important as HIV can quickly develop resistance to the medicine if it is not taken properly.
There is a widespread perception that services in hospitals have seriously deteriorated over the past few years, due in large part to staff shortages and the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic.
After her first unpleasant experience with antiretrovirals in 2001, this week Selinah Mashinini, speaks of how hope, faith, confidence and the love of her children made her try the medication one more time ' and she has never looked back.
A massive reduction in the price of antiretroviral drugs now makes it possible for South Africa to turn HIV/AIDS from a killer into a chronic, manageable disease.
Peter Busse loved a good party and played host to some of the greatest parties around. However, he didn't only love to play. He was also a renowned teacher on HIV and AIDS. And his passing on has left a void in the AIDS community.
Peter Busse, one of the first South Africans to openly declare his HIV status, died on Friday. Health-e News Service spoke to a few people whose lives Busse touched in many different ways.
The impact of South Africa's severe AIDS epidemic will continue to change society. But, how and along what lines? AIDS writer Hein Marais, grapples with these questions and tries to find answers in 'Buckling: The Impact of AIDS in South Africa'.
An after-school programme at Winnie Ngwekazi, a primary school in Pimville, some few metres away from the busy Old Potch Road linking the Soweto township with the major high-ways into Johannesburg, teaches youngsters about the harsh realities of life.
In Vulindlela, the pleasures an older man with money is able to give to a teenage girl come at a price: six times' greater risk of HIV.
This has been another confusing year for those trying to make sense of government's AIDS policy, thanks to the Minister of Health and her oddball connections.
Springbok wing Ashwin Willemse, knows the importance of taking an HIV test. Announcing that he had been tested this week, he hopes that he will encourage the youth to act responsibly and do the same.
Less than 300 kilometres inland from the West Coast the environment changes from semi-dessert to lush vineyards where award-winning wine is produced and fruit trees strain under the weight of summer fruit.
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