My name is Johanna Ncala born in Katlehong in Gauteng, I am a mother of two: one in university and toddler of three. My boyfriend stays in Mozambique but intend to move together soon. I have sister who also is living with HIV and parents who are my pillar and strength. Because I was working […]

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Sir Winston Churchill AIDS entered my world on the 10th March 1983: The first person I knew with this disease – Michael Shortell – died on that day while the medical staff at the hospital frantically operated on […]

I am a 37 year old mother of two boys. I became involved with HIV and AIDS advocacy after losing my child to AIDS in 2000. In May 1999 my newly born baby was desperately ill with several diseases and I agreed that the baby be tested for HIV. The test was positive and I […]

I was diagnosed HIV-positive in August 1987. As a Theology student I had to change hospitals, and at the new hospital they included an HIV test in the routine blood. The doctor simply told me that I was HIV-positive. It was a tremendous shock because I didn’t even know I was being tested for HIV. […]