The Rebel Charge by Sydney Adamson. Source: Wikigallery
TAC complains to Public Protector about Tara KLamp
KZN MEC cited
Published: Aug. 24, 2012, 12:42 p.m., Last updated: Aug. 24, 2012, 12:44 p.m.
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has lodged a complaint with the Public Protector against the Kwazulu-Natal MEC for Health and the Kwazulu-Natal Department of Health for its continued use of the dangerous circumcision device, the Tara KLamp.
The complaint can be found here:
- Main Affidavit deposed by Patrick Mdletshe of the TAC: www.tac.org.za/userfiles/Affidavit(3).pdf
- Annexure 1: www.tac.org.za/userfiles/Annexure 1 - PP.pdf
- Annexure 2: userfiles/2nd Annexure(1).pdf
- Annexure 3: www.tac.org.za/userfiles/Annexure 3 - PP.pdf
- Annexure 4: www.tac.org.za/userfiles/Annexure 4 - PP.pdf
- Annexure 5:www.tac.org.za/userfiles/Annexure 5 - PP.pdf
The TAC media statement on the complaint can be found here:
http://www.tac.org.za/community/node/3308
News coverage of the complaint is listed below.
Call for circumcision device probeIndependent Online - 15 hours ago
The Treatment Action Campaign has asked the Public Protector to investigate the procurement and ongoing use of a device used to perform medical male circumcisions in KwaZulu-Natal. Durban -. The Treatment Action Campaign has asked the Public ...
KZN's use of circumcision device opposedThe Witness - 12 hours ago
THE Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has laid a complaint with the Public Protector to investigate the insistence by the KwaZulu-Natal government to use the Tara Klamp male circumcision device. Patrick Mdletshe, the KwaZulu-Natal chairperson of the TAC ...
Worries over 'dangerous' circumcisionsNews24 - 13 hours ago
Durban - The Treatment Action Campaign has asked the Public Protector to investigate the procurement and ongoing use of a device used to perform medical male circumcisions in KwaZulu-Natal. "The TAC's complaint was sent to the Public Protector on 2 ...
KZN govt still using Tara KLamp for medical circumcisions - TACPoliticsweb - 18 hours ago
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has lodged a complaint with the Public Protector against the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for health and the KZN Department of Health (DoH). The complaint asks the Public Protector to ...
Use of Tara Klamp in Male Circumcision under ScannerFrench Tribune - 2 hours ago
It has been reported that the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has asked for an investigation into the procedure and the equipment used in conducting male circumcision in KwaZulu-Natal. While calling for an investigation, the TAC noted that Tara Klamp ...
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The king, the car and the clamp by Marcus Low and Nathan Geffen
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The Tara KLamp Story: An update by Marcus Low and Nathan Geffen
Getting circumcision science right in the media by Nathan Geffen
