NEWS Barack Obama's visied TAC in Khayelitsha in 2006 November 05, 2008 Barack Obama CAPE TOWN — On the 22nd of August 2006 Senator Barack Obama, during a tour of Africa, visited South Africa and met with members of the Treatment Action Campaign in Khayelitsha. He also visited Site B Clinic in Khayelitsha were he saw the work that TAC’s Treatment Literacy Practitioners do on a daily basis in clinics across the country. During the closed session of their meeting TAC members suggested to Senator Obama that he run for president. Obama took a strong position on preventing and treating HIV/AIDS and was critical of President Mbeki and the South African government’s response to the epidemic and their disregard and animosity towards the Treatment Action Campaign. Footage of this visit is available here –Issued by TAC Related news Love, family, friendship, and the voting booth in the US