Siyaphila La (99 Faces)

CCAC #:	0469
Artwork title:	Siyaphila La (99 Faces)
Artist(s):	Gideon Mendel
Year made:	2005
Artwork type:	Photography
Medium:	Photographic print on perspex/glass. ID type photo collage.
Dimensions (mm):	1520 x 1230
Framed dimensions (in mm):	1520 x 1230
Artwork series:	We Are Living Here
Source:	Donated by the artist
Year acquired:	2015
Installation type:	Movable artwork
Current location:	In storage
Signage:	Founded in October 2003, the Siyaphila La (meaning “We are living” in isiXhosa) programme worked to improve treatment of, and challenge stigma about HIV/AIDS in Lusikisiki, a town in the Eastern Cape province.
Themes:	2000-2008 (Thabo Mbeki's presidency) Archive and documentation Art as social practice Belonging Citizenship Democratic South Africa HIV/AIDS Identity and representation Inner-city life Photojournalism
Constitutional links:	Equality - constitutional value (section 1a, section 9) Human dignity - constitutional value (section 1a, section 10) Right to privacy (section 14) Freedom of expression (section 16) Health care, food, water and social security rights (section 27)
Related constitutional cases:	S v Makwanyane & Another (1995) Minister of Health and Others v Treatment Action Campaign and Others (2002) Hoffmann v South African Airways (2000) Khosa v Minister of Social Development (2004)

Photographer: Unrecorded
Photo copyright: Consult with CCT curatorial team

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