Community Stories
Here, South Africans talk to TAC members about their experiences of HIV and AIDS.
Seven-year old waits for treatment as her health deteriorates
By Sibongile Mashele
Pretty is a seven-year-old girl who lives in Pienaar near Nelspruit. Pretty was born with HIV and she lives a positive but difficult life with the virus. Pretty's mum didn't know her status when she was pregnant with Pretty and she did not know about mother-to-child transmission.
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Both HIV Positive, Married and Taking ARVs
By Busisiwe and Themba Radebe as told to Lerato Maloka
My name is Busisiwe Radebe, I was raised in Soweto in the location called White City. I relocated to the Vaal area after being diagnosed HIV positive and rejected by my family. I then joined a support group at Bervily Hills were I met my husband Themba Radebe.
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How my child lives with HIV
By 'TM' as told to Vathiswa Kamkam
My name is TM. I live in Town Two, Khayelitsha. I was born on 1 January 1971. On 25 June 1997 I gave birth to a baby girl at Karl Bremmer Hospital. During that time I also heard that I was HIV-positive. My little girl passed away after five days.
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Trying to change things in Mpophomeni
By Zanele Mncube
Mpophomeni is an urban area under the Umgeni Municipality in Kwazulu-Natal. There is a high rate of unemployment but Mpophomeni is a nice place. In the early 90s women were trying to survive by staying at hostels with people from different places. That is when HIV started to spread rapidly.
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