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Swimming in Confusion: A Qualitative Study of Factors Affecting Uptake and Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment in South Africa

Published by: Centre for Social Science Research

In 2007, less than one-third of all HIV-positive South Africans in need of lifeextending highly-active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) are accessing it through the public health system. This ‘treatment gap’ poses a significant challenge to health practitioners and researchers given the complex factors that influence the provision (supply) and uptake (demand) of this public health intervention.

Biotechnology and Biodiversity Debates and Policies in Africa

This paper characterises debates, considers policy and discusses the rationale for proactive GM technology policy (as in South Africa) and precautionary ones (such as in Ethiopia).

Foot-and-mouth disease and market access: challenges for the beef industry in southern Africa

Published by: STEPS Centre

Transboundary animal disease and market access: future options for the beef industry in southern Africa

Market access for livestock commodities: foot-and-mouth disease as a key constraint to market access – Republic of South Africa

Published by: IDS

South Africa: Market access for livestock commodities: foot-and-mouth disease as a key constraint to market access – Republic of South Africa

Klaar Gesnap as Kleurling: The Attempted Making and Remaking of the Griqua People

When Social Movements Bypass the Poor: Asbestos Pollution, International Litigation and Griqua Cultural Identity

This article examines citizen mobilisation and activism in relation to asbestos disease and litigation.

The Griqua Conundrum: Political and Socio-Cultural Identity in the Northern Cape, South Africa

Published by: Peter Lang

This book offers a reconceptualisation of indigenous people and their political involvement. It demonstrates the deep intertwining of constructions of indigenousness and identity with national, social and political histories and argues that differences and fractures within the indigenous movement - between leaders, spokespeople and ordinary men and women - shape the nature of indigenous politics both nationally and internationally.

Civil Society, Democratization and Foreign Aid: Civic Engagement and Public Policy in South Africa and Uganda

From the Physical Self to the Social Body: Expression and Effect of HIV-Related Stigma in South Africa

This paper discusses some of the forms and consequences of HIV-related stigma in a community living in KTC, an informal settlement in South Africa, drawing on ethnographic research findings.