In addition to our campaign with Move! Magazine Positive Heroes attracts a large amount of coverage with which the Heroes convey their“Messages of Hope”. The central strategy is that Heroes from a wide range of communities and backgrounds share their experiences, challenges and responses to being diagnosed and living with HIV. Through storytelling the Heroes […]
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Positive Heroes on Prime Time TV
SABC3 is currently airing “Beyond Positive” a series of 24 minute documentaries revealing the essence of prominent South Africans who have moved from living with the label HIV+ to being regarded as living Beyond+. The key question that underpins the series is how do some people transcend merely living with the virus to living in […]
Heroes conquer 89km Comrades in 2010
Evelina Tshabalala, Kenneth Methula, Masibulele Gcabo and Willie Engelbrecht all completed the 89km Comrades on Sunday 30 May 2010. The four Positive Heroes, who are all living with HIV, took their ARVs whilst running what is known as one of the world’s toughest ultra-marathons. This toughest of tough marathons is hard enough but […]
"Stigma is not based in any reality but on people’s perceptions"
In South Africa there are almost 300,000 pregnancies per year involving HIV-positive mums-to-be, according to the latest antenatal survey in 2007. With numbers like these, it might be surprising that Fikile Mabuza* thought she would be the only HIV-positive pregnant woman at the clinic. This is because of misconceptions about HIV and pregnancy. […]
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