Zackie Achmat

January 4, 2024
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Quick Facts

Zackie Achmat
Full Name Zackie Achmat
Occupation Director
Date Of Birth Mar 21, 1962(1962-03-21)
Age 62
Country South Africa
Birth City Johannesburg
Horoscope Pisces

Zackie Achmat Biography

Name Zackie Achmat
Birthday Mar 21
Birth Year 1962
Home Town Johannesburg
Birth Country South Africa
Birth Sign Pisces
Parents Mymoena Adams, Suleiman Achmat
Siblings Taghmeda Achmat
Spouse Dalli Weyers

Zackie Achmat is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on March 21, 1962 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Film director and activist best known for his socially conscious films, Apostles of Civilised Vice and Law and Freedom. He is active in LGBT and Social Justice groups.

In 2003, he was awarded the He was given the Nelson Mandela Health and Human Rights Award in 2003. Health and Human Rights Award.

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.

Achmat was diagnosed HIV-positive in 1990. In 2005 he suffered a heart attack, which his doctor said was unlikely to be caused by his HIV-positive status or treatment. He recovered sufficiently to return to his activism work.

In 2005, he married Dalli Weyers.

Zackie Achmat Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Director
House Living in own house.

Zackie Achmat is one of the richest Director from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Zackie Achmat 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was born in Salt River, Cape Town during Apartheid.

He was diagnosed in 1990 with HIV and had a heart attack in 2005.

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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Zackie Achmat Dating?

According to our records, Zackie Achmat married to Dalli Weyers. As of December 1, 2023, Zackie Achmat’s is not dating anyone.

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Before co-founding the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) in 1998, Achmat was a director of the AIDS Law Project based out of the University of the Witwatersrand, which is now headed by Achmat’s longtime collaborator Mark Heywood. The AIDS Law Project and TAC work closely together in all the legal matters that arise in the course of advocating for the right to health, including prosecuting cases and defending TAC volunteers.

Facts & Trivia

Zackie Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Zackie Achmat celebrates birthday on March 21 of every year.

On 5 January 2008, Achmat married his partner and fellow activist Dalli Weyers at a ceremony in the Cape Town suburb of Lakeside. The ceremony was attended by then Mayor Helen Zille and presided over by Supreme Court of Appeal judge Edwin Cameron. The couple divorced amicably in June 2011.

What did Zackie Achmat do?

July 2004— Zackie Achmat lives with HIV and has been an activist since the age of 14. He was detained and imprisoned several times as a youth activist protesting apartheid and has continued to risk arrest in his work to protect the human rights of, and secure treatment access for, HIV-positive South Africans.

What makes Zackie Achmat a good leader?

Achmat is full of energy, and has championed a seemingly endless array of causes. He was instrumental in securing equal rights before the law for gay and lesbian people, founding the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality. Achmat had a history with Nelson Mandela, who he met on a number of occasions.

Why was David Ho named Time magazine's Man of the Year in 1996?

TIME magazine bestowed upon Dr. Ho the “Man of the Year” honor for his pioneering research and treatment of the deadly disease.

What does the Treatment Action Campaign do?

In the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the TAC aims to achieve universal access to prevention, treatment and care for all people living with HIV/AIDS and other illnesses.

How much is Dr Ho net worth?

Among his impressive nicknames are ‘The King of Gambling’, ‘The King of Macau’, and Macau’s ‘underground governor’. Forbes ranked Dr Ho the 13th richest man in Hong Kong in 2011, with an estimated net worth of US$3.1 billion (S$4.07 billion).

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