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 for two of [...]
Category Archives: Heroes
Heroes conquer 89km Comrades in 2010
May 30, 2010 – 10:00 pm
“Stigma is not based in any reality but on people’s perceptions”
May 15, 2010 – 4:00 pm
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. “Some people [...]
Stigma is a chief reason why the AIDS epidemic continues to devastate societies around the world
April 30, 2010 – 12:30 pm
“Stigma remains the single most important barrier to public action. It is a main reason why too many people are afraid to see a doctor to determine whether they have the disease, or to seek treatment if so. It helps make AIDS the silent killer, because people fear the social disgrace of speaking about it, [...]
President Zuma says “people living with HIV have not committed any crime, and that they have rights like any other citizen”
April 28, 2010 – 10:58 pm
South African President Jacob Zuma has implored the people of South Africa to change their attitudes about the epidemic and the stigma attached to HIV. Vuyiseka Dubula, General Secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign and Positive Hero joined President Jacob Zuma launch the new testing campaign when President Zuma took leadership on the issue of [...]
South Africa Aims for 15 Million HIV Tests in 14 Months
April 25, 2010 – 1:12 pm
Positive Heroes applauds President Zuma, the South African Ministry of Health and the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) for launching a campaign today to test 15 million South Africans by 2011 (up from 2.5million in 2009).
To find a public or private ARV site please go to the Treatment Action Campaign’s Antiretroviral Sites page or [...]
Universal Themes of Stigma
April 25, 2010 – 12:21 pm
Universal Themes of Stigma from the Stamp Out Stigma website:
– People are largely unaware that their attitudes and actions are stigmatising
– Language is central to how stigma is expressed
– Knowledge and fear interact in unexpected ways that allow stigma and discrimination to persist
– Sex, morality, shame, and blame are closely related [...]
Positive Heroes Rocks the Two Oceans Ultramarathon
April 3, 2010 – 2:00 pm
“I LOOKED AT THE MOUNTAIN AND I THOUGHT: I AM NOT GOING TO WALK” SO I TOLD MY HEAD TO RUN.”
And he did. Willie Engelbrecht ran the whole way up Constantia mountain – and then all the way back down the other side to complete the 56km Two Oceans Ultra Marathon in 5 [...]
Faghmeda in Marie Claire
March 24, 2010 – 12:00 pm
Check out our gorgeous cover girl in April’s issue of Marie Claire!
Thanks to Eulogi Reader at MC for the support. Click on this link to read Faghmeda’s Story reallives_april
Lindelwa inspires a nation
March 17, 2010 – 12:00 pm
Our Heroes are everywhere. Click on this Link Lindelwa to read Lindelwa’s incredible story in Move!
Thanks to Move! team, Siphume Nene and Standard Bank.
How a First Love can prove to be a potentially Fatal Attraction. LUCKYBOY tells it as it is in MOVE!
January 27, 2010 – 12:00 pm
