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South African Agony Aunts Don’t Do HIV

August 24, 2009 – 8:00 am

Advice columnists have argued that people are tired of hearing about HIV, or that their aim was to entertain their audiences, Sue Goldstein, Soul City’s senior executive of South African programmes, told IRIN/PlusNews. Goldstein was talking about the new research conducted by Soul City, which shows that agony aunts for print media in South Africa [...]

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Advice Columnists In SA Don’t Address HIV/Aids -Research Exposes Fatal Flaws

August 18, 2009 – 9:52 am

Advice columns in South Africa’s print media are giving advice that puts people’s lives at risk, according to new research conducted by Soul City. These research findings were presented at a workshop today, which was attended by a number of advice columnists. Download the full report,  entitled Advice Columns In South African Print Media

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