HIV/AIDS

A place to call home

Repurposed shipping containers and green building methods have provided the space to set up a caring and nurturing environment for 80 orphaned and abandoned...

A place to call home

Repurposed shipping containers and green building methods have provided the space to set up a caring and nurturing environment for 80 orphaned and abandoned children. There is also opportunity for dignity through the home's environmental concerns.

Golden Globe for U2, Mandela movie

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom achieved its first success of the film awards season at the 71st Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday night, winning the Best Original Song award for "Ordinary Love", composed by Irish superband U2.

Cape Point brings Christmas cheer to kids

It was smiles all round at Cape Point, where 22 children from Homes for Kids in South Africa (HOKISA) were treated to an early Christmas celebration.

Circumcision campaign to boost HIV prevention

South Africa aims to medically circumcise one-million men over the next 12 months, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said at the launch of the government's medical male circumcision campaign on World Aids Day in Mpumalanga province on Sunday.

Zuma, Charlize Theron discuss HIV

President Jacob Zuma met with Academy Award-winning actor and activist Charlize Theron in Pretoria on Monday. The two discussed South Africa's response to HIV/Aids and Theron's role in the fight against the disease.

Child protection ‘is every adult’s duty’

Protecting South Africa's children is a shared national responsibility, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini said at the launch of National Child Protection Week in Durban on Monday.

Centre tackles HIV/Aids among truckers

A new Trucking Wellness Centre based along the busy truck route in Epping, Cape Town will provide HIV/Aids counselling, testing and condoms to truck drivers using the route. Such centres are planned for major trucking routes throughout South Africa.

New centres to help fight HIV in KZN

South Africa’s Department of Health will open four new centres in KwaZulu-Natal in April 2011 to help fight the high prevalence of HIV/Aids in the province.
Facelift for KZN children's hospital

Renewing South Africa’s nursing profession

At the recent 2011 National Nursing Summit, President Jacob Zuma called on nurses to go back to their basic values - caring and consideration for patients and respect for the profession.
Nursing chance for South Africa's unemployed