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Open letter to Minister of International Relations: Intervene in Karabus case 2 Oct 2012 | 10:51 am
Dear Minister OPEN LETTER REQUESTING YOUR IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION IN THE CASE OF PROFESSOR CYRIL KARABUS We request you to intervene urgently to secure the release of Professor Cyril Karabus, a South...
Letter of concern regarding Umlingo WamaNgcolosi Lifestyle plans to exhibit at Durban Business Fair 31 Aug 2012 | 01:19 pm
Yesterday, TAC and HIV-911 Programme sent a joint letter to the Durban Business Fair and the Provincial and Ethekwini AIDS Councils, regarding the plans of Umlingo WamaNgcolosi Lifestyle to exhibit at...
TAC responds to MEC Dhlomo’s defence of a dangerous circumcision device 29 Aug 2012 | 05:03 pm
The Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) MEC for Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, today released a press statement responding to the Treatment Action Campaign’s (TAC) complaint to the Public Protector about the use and ...
Civil society organisations welcome announcement of Commission of Inquiry into Khayelitsha police 23 Aug 2012 | 06:32 pm
Today the Premier of the Western Cape Helen Zille announced the establishment of a commission of inquiry (CoI) to investigate problems with policing by the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Khaye...
TAC lodges a complaint with the Public Protector against KZN MEC for health and KZN DoH 23 Aug 2012 | 03:31 pm
KZN Government continues to rollout expensive and dangerous circumcision device The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has lodged a complaint with the Public Protector against the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Me...
TAC and partners will picket outside the Constitutional Court and at Pollsmoor Prison on 28 August 22 Aug 2012 | 03:35 pm
“It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.” -- Nelson Mandela, detain...
TAC complains to the Public Protector about the KZN government 20 Aug 2012 | 10:50 pm
TAC has lodged a complaint with the Public Protector against senior members of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) government. For further details, please attend our press conference this Thursday, 23 August at 1...
Include fixed-dose combinations in new ARV tender 14 Aug 2012 | 10:37 pm
TAC and MSF call for the inclusion of fixed-dose antiretroviral combinations purchased at reasonable prices in South Africa’s new ARV tender When more than one medicine is combined into a single tabl...
TAC intervention leads to important legal advance: public interest concerns are relevant in determining interim interdict in patent cases 31 Jul 2012 | 03:31 pm
TAC intervention leads to important legal advance: public interest concerns are relevant in determining interim interdict in patent cases On 26 July 2012, the Supreme Court of Appeal handed down its ...
Tackling TB: Expand access to and improve affordability of diagnostics and treatment 13 Jun 2012 | 05:03 am
Statement by the Treatment Action Campaign, SECTION27, Médecins Sans Frontières and Oxfam On 12 June 2012, The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), SECTION27, Médecins Sans Frontières and Oxfam hosted...