South African Security Forces Union and Others v Surgeon General and Others

admin — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:18:18 +0000

On 15 and 16 May 2008, a ground breaking case on the constitutionality of HIV testing policies that are used to exclude ALL people with HIV from recruitment to, promotion or foreign deployment in the SA National Defence Force was heard in the Pretoria High Court. The court was asked to declare the blanket exclusion unconstitutional, order the appointment or promotion of individual’s adversely affected by the policy and to order the SANDF to devise a new policy within six months.

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South African Security Forces Union and Others v Surgeon General and Others