ALARM OVER ARV RECALL:
A packaging error by a factory worker has led to a nationwide recall of two types of antiretroviral drugs manufactured by Adcock Ingram.
PRESS OMBUDSMAN APPEAL REJECTED:
Calls to appeal Press Ombudsman Joe Thloloe’s ruling again the Sunday Sun for publishing a homophobic article have been rejected by the SA Press Appeals Panel.
COUNTDOWN TO JOBURG PRIDE 08:
Joburg Pride, set to take place on October 4, is calling for floats, Pride-related events and advertising in the 2008 Pride Guide.
SIMELANE TRIAL DELAYED AGAIN:
The trial of the men accused of the hate crime murder of former Banyana Banyana soccer player Eudy Simelane has been postponed again.
GAY CINDERELLA GETS ICY RECEPTION:
A family production of
Cinderella on Ice featuring a gay romance has caused consternation among conservative groups in Melbourne Australia.
WILLIAMS LETTERS SUPPORT GAYS:
While Anglican head Rowan Williams has recently taken a conservative approach to homosexuality he once thought gay relationships might be comparable to heterosexual ones.
MAFIA POET RAPED FOR BEING GAY:
A member of the Sicilian mafia was allegedly gang-raped by his fellow gangsters as punishment for being gay, says his lawyer.
ANTIRETROVIRALS COULD PREVENT HIV:
People on ARV treatment who have undetectable viral loads are unlikely to transmit HIV, said scientists at the international AIDS conference in Mexico City.
TATCHELL SLAMS ANGLICAN CONFERENCE:
The Lambeth Conference is more interested in appeasing homophobes than in defending the human rights of LGBT people, said gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell on Thursday.
SUNDAY SUN’S HALF-HEARTED APOLOGY:
The publisher of the Sunday Sun has apologised for hurting “some people’s feelings,” but not for actually publishing the controversial Jon Qwelane column.