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born 1962 South Africa
Abdurrazack "Zackie" Achmat (born 21 March 1962) is a South African activist and film director. He is a co-founder of the Treatment Action Campaign and known worldwide for his activism on behalf of people living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa.
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Everything I know about justice,” comes from the people who raised me.
In South Africa and in countless other countries, we have been working for more than a decade to ensure HIV treatment access.
There is a crisis of prevention in this country.
Hope is passive; resolve is active. That’s why I believe in resolve, not hope.
We are saying he should be arrested under the Medicines Act.
Surprising to me during the campaign politically is two things stand out: one is the number of youth that have joined the movement, it’s exceptional and they really are exceptional young people.
In that time millions have died because of lack of access to drugs, and millions more will die if we do not achieve universal access by 2010.
If candidates do not support testing for HIV or Aids, don't vote for them. If candidates don't support the use of condoms, don't vote for them.
The second is the grannies…the gogos was who I expected would have a much greater loyalty to the ANC and the pain that people have gone through.
I think the fact that people don't know about my politics, my love, my understanding of culture, and everything other than HIV and sometimes queerness, is for me like, oh, come off it. I'm much more than an HIV-positive t-shirt.
My system of belief, ethics, and conscience requires one to love one’s neighbour as oneself, to protect oneself and others from harm, and to promote justice, equality, and freedom. I have no religion, apart from my system of ethics and I struggle to uphold it.
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