This section of the Pieter-Dirk Uys website features articles on matters of current
concern to PDU. It also brings together articles relating to issues for which PDU
has long been an active campaigner.
Current Concerns
HIV and AIDS awareness and education
Pieter-Dirk Uys first began travelling around South Africa with his free AIDS-awareness
entertainment, For Facts Sake!, in 2000. Since then, he has visited over 1,5 million
school children, as well as prisons and reformatories. He has also released a corporate
AIDS-information video, Having Sex with Pieter-Dirk Uys, the family-friendly video,
Survival Aids, and Just a Small Prick!, a treatment of the fears surrounding testing
for HIV. This section of the Pieter-Dirk Uys website brings together articles specifically
related to the issue of HIV and Aids and to PDU’s Aids awareness education work.
The articles are arranged chronologically (see the drop-down menus above).
Freedom of Speech and Expression
Freedom of expression has been a central theme throughout Pieter-Dirk Uys’s career
as playwright, entertainer and activist. This section of the Pieter-Dirk Uys website
brings together articles specifically related to freedom of speech and expression,
which remains a compelling issue in many parts of the world. The articles are arranged
chronologically (see the drop-down menus above).
Elections and Voter Education
From the dawn of post-apartheid democracy in 1994, educating voters about the power
and importance of using their vote has been one of Pieter-Dirk Uys’s prime missions.
From his nationwide trek with Evita’s Ballot Bus in 1999 to the launching of Evita’s
People’s Party (www.epp.org.za) in October 2008, PDU has emphasised that voting is
not only a right and a privilege, but is also a responsibility for all citizens.
Always up to the minute, in 2011 Tannie Evita is encouraging voters to participate
in the elections on 18 May with daily posts on Twitter (twitter.com/#!/tannieevita).
This section of the Pieter-Dirk Uys website brings together articles specifically
related to South African elections, voter registration and voter education. The
articles are arranged chronologically (see the drop-down menus above).
The people must lead and the government can follow. Vukuzenzele!
