Vigs‐politiek in Suid‐Afrika: 1987–1992

ABSTRACT

AIDS is a subject which has been largely neglected by South African political scientists. Nevertheless, the pandemic poses serious national and international implications. The politicisation of AIDS in South Africa has resulted in serious criticism of the different phases of the government's AIDS policy from a broad spectrum of the political, community, health, labour and business sectors. In this article attention is paid to the politicisation of AIDS, the government's AIDS policy and criticism of it. It is concluded that future AIDS policy measures should be formulated in consultation with all political groupings and should be grounded in community participation in order to ensure legitimacy and effectiveness and to prevent failure of such a policy.