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The South African National Defence Union, SANDU has welcomed the reinstatement of a military recruit who was denied employment due to her HIV status. In 2017, a woman had undergone two years of training before her contracts were cancelled due to her HIV status. The South African National Defence Force re-employed the woman in 2023 after threats of litigation by Section27 and the AIDS Law Project. SANDU's National Secretary Advocate Pikkie Greeff told our Senior Producer Ronald Phiri HIV discrimination persists in the SANDF, despite multiple court judgments...
By SAfmThe South African National Defence Union, SANDU has welcomed the reinstatement of a military recruit who was denied employment due to her HIV status. In 2017, a woman had undergone two years of training before her contracts were cancelled due to her HIV status. The South African National Defence Force re-employed the woman in 2023 after threats of litigation by Section27 and the AIDS Law Project. SANDU's National Secretary Advocate Pikkie Greeff told our Senior Producer Ronald Phiri HIV discrimination persists in the SANDF, despite multiple court judgments...

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