Posts Tagged "Jacob Zuma"

Guilty as charged!

Posted by on Apr 6, 2010 in Gender equality, Post-rape care | 0 comments

On behalf of all the women of South Africa, especially those who have been directly affected by gender based violence:  a big applause to everyone at Sonke Gender Justice Network – we salute you! There are few things in life as beautiful and awe inspiring as a group of courageous men standing up for the rights of women.  In a country with extraordinary high levels of gender violence it is a victory that will bring hope and much needed belief in the South African  judicial system. The journey started on 22 January 2009: while addressing 150 Cape Peninsula University of Technology...

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Finally a shift in South Africa's doomed AIDS policy?

Posted by on Oct 19, 2008 in Gender equality, Meeting South Africa | 0 comments

I just read another article full of disturbing facts in the German magazine Der Spiegel and have to share this with you: The new Health Minister in South Africa, Barbara Hogan just stated: “We know that HIV can cause AIDS”. It is hard to believe but this an almost revolutionary shift in South Africa’s official policy. She also stated that the “policy of our government has failed”. FINALLY! So far scientists in South Africa have been oppressed and could not state facts about AIDS publicly without the fear of defamation or even further punishment. Even Nelson...

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