My name is Thembelihle Dlamini-Ngcoya, shortened to “Lihle”. I was born and raised in a small community of Lamontville on 24 November 1974. I was my mother’s only child, but have 5 siblings from my father’s side. I am the eldest in my family. My home language is Zulu, but can also speak, read and […]

“I am because we are and this why I am who are I am” I’m a young women living with HIV, I came to the knowledge of my status in April 2001. I was young and enjoying life like any other young person not expecting this news. I consider my self lucky in way because […]

I fell sick in May 2004, while I was a second year student in CPUT. I had TB, pneumonia, thrush and sores. I finally found the courage to test after being sick for months and the results were what I knew but didn’t want to face. By then my CD4 count was 15 and I […]

My name is Nokubonga Yawa. I live in Khayelitsha with my mom, my two brothers and my daughter. I was born in Umtata, but moved to Cape Town when I was a baby. My mom is an unemployed single parent and couldn’t afford to send us to school, so somebody from our church looked after […]