Zackie Achmat

Abdurrazack "Zackie" Achmat (born 21 March 1962) is a South African activist and film director. He is a co-founder the Treatment Action Campaign and known worldwide for his activism on behalf of people living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa. He currently serves as Board member and Co-director of Ndifuna Ukwazi (Dare to Know), an organisation which aims to build and support social justice organisations and leaders, and is the Chairperson of Equal Education.

Early life and education

Achmat was born in the Johannesburg suburb of Vrededorp to a Muslim Cape Malay family and grew up in the Cape Coloured community in Salt River during apartheid. He was raised by his mother and his aunt who were both shop stewards for the Garment Workers Union.

He did not matriculate but nevertheless graduated with a BA Hons degree in English Literature from the University of the Western Cape in 1992 and studied filmmaking at the Cape Town Film School.

Political activism

Achmat set fire to his school in Salt River in support of the 1976 student protests and was imprisoned several times during his youth for political activities. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1980 while serving time in prison. Between 1985 and 1990 he was a member of the Marxist Workers Tendency of the ANC, a Trotskyist breakaway group of the ANC and precursor to the Democratic Socialist Movement.

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Famous quotes by Zackie Achmat:

"We are saying he should be arrested under the Medicines Act."
"There is a crisis of prevention in this country."
"In that time millions have died because of lack of access to drugs, and millions more will die if we do not achieve universal access by 2010."
"In South Africa and in countless other countries, we have been working for more than a decade to ensure HIV treatment access,"
"We don't want our men to go to the chop shop, but have medical circumcision."
"If candidates do not support testing for HIV or Aids, don't vote for them. If candidates don't support the use of condoms, don't vote for them."
"There is a crisis of prevention in this country. There are 1,400 new infections every day. That must stop."
PLAYLIST TIME:

Swag Me Out

by: Odd Future

[Verse 1: Jasper]
Chillin' in class with a bag full of grass
Lookin' for a white chick to smoke up and choke up
I even got that white sniff come over here and take a
whiff
Now you ready to get raped and ate by Mr. Haley
Litter Life is the gang, it's that shit that we bang
Let's play an Odd game, it's called bitch you better
When those Odd Wolves come out
And chew you up bitch like bubble gum
Jasper's off climbin' trees with that nazist you see
Never met a nigga like me because I'm an Oddsby
Opposite of them Cosby kids, got that Virginia Tech
swag
Shoot up your school and laugh, bitch
[Hook]
Swag me out bitch
Wolf Gang!
[Verse 2: Left Brain]
Swag, me, the fuck, out
'fore you get punched in your fuckin' mouth
I'mma take your bitch back to my crib
You already know my dick is gon' be in ribs
Yeah, and I like barbecue
Fuckin' with me, I'm fuckin' with you
Uh, Wolf Gang, that's the fuckin' clique
If you got a problem bitch hop on this dick
Nigga I don't want you here
So get the fuck out 'fore shoot you like a deer
Swag me out, swag me out
I don't give a fuck, swag me out
Oh oh, where the fuckin' hoes?
Hoes hoes, where the fuckin' hoes?
Hoes hoes, where the fuckin' hoes?
Where the hoes?
[Verse 3: Tyler the Creator]
You faggots yap about tokin' kush
While I deal with drug dealers and they killed a whole
bush
George inside the storage if you wanna take a look
But keep your motherfuckin' daughter's mouth shushed
Lookin' for them white sluts who good at suckin' cat
Wolf dick black as nigga riders from the fat black
bitches
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All don't give a fuck
Loiter Squad, you know where the fuck we at
Earl and Berman swervin' in the Jeep
Me and Travis in the back squirtin' Jergins on our feet
What is that? Not a penis
What the fuck is extra meat? I don't know, ask Asia
Two nazi dykes shittin' in a Synagogue
Cause that bitch lick balls from Western to Crenshaw
And her grandma suck dick down in Rimpau
And she masturbates with Vaseline and a Ken doll
[Hook]
[Verse 4: Hodgy Beats]
We cool like the breeze at the fuckin' beach
They told me to write a flow, I wrote a fuckin' speech
Odd Future Wolf Gang rolls fuckin' deep
Taylor Swift come around, we go fuckin' deep
She's our slut for weeks and she wash our sheets
Brush our teeth but don't make our beats
Tyler got the waffles, Devon covers bacon
2DopeBoyz got the beef, we serve filet mignon shakin'
Sour D's got me touchin' the moon
Rollin' up blunts the size of a fuckin' cocoon
Wolves roll together like some family raccoons
Tellin' you to eat an ass like a fuckin' baboon
[Hook]
[Verse 5: Earl Sweatshirt]
Swag me out, swag me out, Jasper get them faggots out
Snortin' coke, got the Pope yellin' who let the rabbits
Kissin' whores and kissin' bunnies, put this horse dick
in your tummy
I am on this track because that nigga Taco isn't funny
(Me and Jesus in the Humvee, Ace and Mary gettin' comfy
Jeffrey Dahmer's in the bushes with R. Kelly tryna fuck
Steve Harvey, Kenan Thompson's plottin' how to jump me
Well fuck Steve Harvey and fuck Max B)
Fuckin' Waterham, Hodgy's ass eat skills help eat all
the Jam
Damn I'm like marmalam marmalade
[Verse 6: Mike G]
Yo motherfuck 'em if they haters, bet I'll rain on
their parade
I'm that ignorant motherfucker who took your daughter
on a date
Dare her to answer the phone if you call her cause
she's late
Black kid on the corner sellin' drugs go figure
Syd tha Kyd, what the fuck we doin'? (Flippin' bricks
nigga!)
[Verse 7: Taco]
Fuck you listenin' to this Wolf Gang
Drivin' with your bitch swagged Jasper
Don't give a fuck stealin' your fuckin' purse
All I do is laugh first yeah nigga
Swag me the fuck out, Loiter Squad Bacon Boys
Nigga we take your girl, rape her in the back
Of the fuckin' Jeep, we're off squirtin' feet
We're Jurgens nigga, ultra healin'
[Verse 8: Jasper]
Yeah we're swervin' in the Jeep, while I'm rollin' up
the tree
Litter Life don't give a fuck, that's why we fuckin' up
the trees
Wolf bandit and land it you niggas can't stand it
Chop a bitches head off and get a pleasure nut off,
bitch




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