Thobani Ncapayi, 31. On treatment.

CCAC #:	0471
Artwork title:	Thobani Ncapayi, 31. On treatment.
Artist(s):	Gideon Mendel
Year made:	2003
Artwork type:	Photography
Medium:	Photographic print on perspex.
Dimensions (mm):	445 x 2430
Framed dimensions (in mm):	445 x 2430
Artwork series:	The Harsh Divide
Source:	Donated by the artist
Installation type:	Movable artwork
Current location:	On private display
Signage:	Thobani was the first patient on the waiting list for antiretroviral treatment as part of a pilot project in Khayelitsha in 2001. When he first heard he was HIV-positive, there was no AIDS education and the clinics sent him home to die. ARVs restored his health and life and he became involved in the Treatment Action Campaign's activism.
Themes:	Access to justice Archive and documentation Art as social practice Belonging Collective memory of contemporary South Africa Democratic South Africa Health and social justice HIV/AIDS Human Rights Inequality Inner-city life Intergenerational trauma Memory and memorialisation Photojournalism Spatial justice Stigma and social exclusion
Constitutional links:	Equality - constitutional value (section 1a, section 9) Freedom of expression (section 16) Health care, food, water and social security rights (section 27) Right to life (section 11) Human dignity - constitutional value (section 1a, section 10)
Related constitutional cases:	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) S v Makwanyane & Another (1995)

Photographer: Unrecorded
Photo copyright: Consult with CCT curatorial team

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NOTE: The process of photographing artworks in the CCAC is underway - we are currently working to improve image quality and display on the CMS but have included internal reference photos for identification purposes in the interim.