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 Domestic workers in South Africa in the past have been tested for HIV without their consent. If these workers tested positive they would often be dismissed. In this Special Report we however met Veronica Xaba, who tested positive, disclosed her status to her employer and found support and understanding. Many employees were however not so lucky and so the insert goes on to show how the Employment Equity Act protects the rights of HIV positive workers.
This episode, the last in this series, covered the TAC COSATU Treatment Congress that was held in Durban from the 27th to the 29th of June 2002. Numerous civil society and faith based organisations spoke with one voice and called for the roll-out of antiretroviral therapy in the public sector. |
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 The Siyayinqoba Beat It! Support Group talked about the rights of HIV positive people at work in this episode. As an example the team used workers at a mine of Anglo Gold Ashanti. With the help of legal practitioners, we learnt the importance of understanding our rights and how they can help us in the workplace. Fatima Hassan, from the AIDS Law Project, joined the group and helped to shed a bit of light on how the rights of people living with HIV can be defended. Later Jason summarised the episode with the week's ‘Things we should remember'.
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Patient Abuse follows the events leading up to the formation of the Treatment Action Campaign and their struggles to access affordable quality treatment for all South Africans, by challenging the patent laws protecting the profits of multinational drug companies. Patient Abuse tells of how the Treatment Action Campaign grew from a handful of people on the steps of St Georges Cathedral to an organisation of thousands with support from activists around the globe. In April of 2001 the TAC was victorious when the PMA withdrew it's case.
Media, Method, Message follows the story of Beat It! the worlds first HIV/AIDS magazine programme. Narrated by the shows co-creator and director Jack Lewis, we see how Beat It! worked towards removing the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS and addressed the concerns of real people living with AIDS through documentary inserts and an in studio HIV+ support group.
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This source tape covered the Treatment Action Campaign and the South African Medical Association's press conference. The press conference was held on the day that these two organisations filed papers in the Cape High Court against the Medicines Control Council (MCC) and the national and provincial Departments of Health to address their inaction in enforcing the Medicines Act against Matthias Rath and his Foundation.
