I first became sick in May 2007 and my family suggested that I should go and get tested. At the time I was married, but in 2001 my husband married another wife and left our home, but he used to come back home with food to support the family. My relatives wanted to go with […]
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My story is a simple one: I am a 37-year old widow who is living positive with HIV. After the death of my husband in 2007, I felt it was necessary to go and get tested. My husband had died of cancer – but I believed that his cancer was caused by HIV. I went […]
Cathrine Khumalo Phiri
I am a 50-year old, married woman who is living with HIV. Two of my children are also living with the virus. I was tested for HIV in 2000 – and the test came back positive. I was shocked and at first I did not tell anyone: because all I could see was death in […]
Noluvuyo Happiness Landzela
“I have always believed that I was born for a purpose. That God wanted me to to fulfil His great commission. God knew me before I was formed in my mother’s womb. I am not here by chance. He gave me all I need to survive in this earth. He inspired my dreams. But life […]