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Possible change on the cards - activists

    JOHANNESBURG

    South African AIDS activists on Wednesday said a decision to suspend their civil disobedience campaign could resolve issues between the government and themselves.

    The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) accused the government of dragging its feet on an HIV/AIDS treatment agreement reached at the country's arbitration body, the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC), last year.

    "We are hopeful that our suspended action will finally see the government provide the much-needed treatment plan," TAC national manager, Nathan Geffen, told the UN news service PlusNews.

    TAC said the decision to suspend the campaign came after the country's Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, called for a meeting on 17 May to iron out differences between the government and TAC on a treatment plan.

    "Pending the outcome of the May 17 meeting, TAC will gladly pick up where we left off in our campaign," Heywood added.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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