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I sat down with Micheline Muzaneza, a trainer on Sonke’s Refugee Health and Rights project, to discuss the team’s recent success in running a workshop with Somalians in Cape Town. Somalis are a hard-to-reach community, especially when it comes to …
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“Less Risk – more responsibility. One Man Can is going to infect every man in Gugulethu with Love.” With these words, Patrick Godana, the National One Man Can Manager in Cape Town, opened the One Man Can Men’s Wellness Centre …
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The Swa Koteka Project is a 3-year research programme being implemented in the Bushbuckridge area in Mpumalanga. Swa Koteka means: ‘It is possible!’ The programme has two components. The first component aims to reduce girls risk of HIV by keeping …
This paper seeks to outline the policies and laws in place that are focused on the prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS and the prevention of sexual violence in South African detention centres. Each year, 360,000 people circulate through …
The submission, made to the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services, is in lead up to a hearing on the prevalence of torture in Department of Correctional Services (DCS) facilities. As a form of torture, prison rape is a clear violation …
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In November 2011, UNFPA and Sonke co-hosted a dialogue with civil society, UN members, government and policymakers, to discuss the state of inclusion of men and boys in national policy, with a specific focus on South Africa. There is growing …
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The National Strategic Plan (NSP) on HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Tuberculosis (TB) (2012–2016) NSP is the strategic guide for the national response to HIV, STIs and TB for the next five years. The plan addresses the drivers of …
“The wind is part and parcel of the city, so today Worcester welcomes you all.” The wind, always a sign of change, swept through the veld of the Breede valley, a reminder to keep shaking things up, to refuse stagnation …
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The cancellation by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria of all new programming until 2014 is unacceptable. This decision will cost lives and cripple international efforts to deliver on health-related goals, breaking promises made to some of …
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KABWE, Zambia, 18 October 2011 – The National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council has distributed more than 30,000 Brothers for Life posters and brochures to its provincial and district officials nationwide. “It is critically important that Brothers for Life reaches the community level, …
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The HIV, STI and TB National Strategic Plan (NSP) 2012-2016 is the culmination of extensive review of documentation, consultation and deliberation with a wide range of stakeholders over several months. These processes were key in determining the strategic priorities in …
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It was two years ago when the late Dr. Molefi Sefularo, then Deputy Minister of Health, launched the Brothers For Life Campaign in front of 10 000 people in KwaMashu, Durban. Dr. Sefularo challenged this initiative to address issues that go …
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People are passing by quickly. A town, diverse and colourful. We are rushing through it on our way to Gugulethu Mall, to work with Sonke staff at an HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) drive for World AIDS Day, December 1, …
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December 1, 2011 is an enormously significant date for all South Africans. On that day, World AIDS Day, the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) will launch the new and finalized 2012-2016 National Strategic Plan for HIV, STIs and TB, …
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Last winter, I packed my bags and headed to Cape Town for a two‐month internship with Sonke Gender Justice. As a research assistant in the Policy, Research and Advocacy unit, I would be working under Emily Keehn, a UCLA Law …
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This Women’s Month, August 2011, Sonke collaborated with various partners nationwide to celebrate the women in our lives and communities. Thami Nkosi, a One Man Can trainer on our community radio project, was invited to speak at a Women’s Day …
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For the next three years, Dumisani Rebombo, Sonke’s One Man Can Manager, will run a new One Man Can (OMC) project in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Bushbuckridge Local Municipality (LM), in the central lowveld, plays host to Wits Rural Facility …
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The National Planning Commission Diagnostic document (‘the diagnostic’), is an important step in planning for the continued development and success of South Africa as a nation. It highlights key fissures in South African society, as well as impediments to the well-being of the …
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