Zackie's life in a glimpse
Active in Anti-Apartheid Student Movement
- Class boycotts
- Attempted arson in protest
- Arrested and detained
Contributes to founding of United Democratic Front
Joins Bellville Community Health Project
- Works against HIV discrimination and prejudice
Joins AIDS Law Project as a paralegal &
Co-convenes National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality
Co-founded Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)
Constitutional Court rules in favour of TAC, forcing government to provide PMTCT
Establishes Equal Education (EE)
Establishes Open Shuhada Street
Establishes Social Justice Coalition
Norms and Standards for School Infrastructure adopted by SA government based on EE campaigning
Co-founds #UniteBehind: A Just and Equal SA
Which was to be a coalition of movements and organisations campaigning against state capture
RtC wins case against sale of Tafelberg site
Zackie stands as independent candidate in SA national elections in 2024
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21 March: Born Abdurrazack ‘Zackie’ Achmat
Recruited to the ANC
Joins Marxist Worker’s Tendency of the ANC
- Resists Stalinism and dishonesty in the ANC and South African Communist Party
- Supports activists resisting the Chilean and Pakistani military dictatorships
Jointly establishes Association of Bisexuals, Gays and Lesbians
Becomes Director of AIDS Law Project
- Helps to set legal precedents on informed consent, correctional supervision and employment
rights for people living with HIV
Sets up AIDS Legal Network
TAC starts litigation against Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to demand Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
(PMTCT)
Government slowly rolls out antiretroviral treatment
Establishes Ndifuna Ukwazi
an advocacy organization working toward affordable housing in well-located urban spaces.
Initiates Reclaim the City (RtC) campaign for affordable housing in Cape Town
#UniteBehind lays complaint against Judge Makhubele with the Judicial Services Commission
#UniteBehind lays complaint against 6 MPs to Parliament Ethics Committee
