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1. SOUTH AFRICA: Mandisa Dlamini, “You don’t know the real Gugu
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2. SOUTH AFRICA: Top five recent successes in HIV <#13070a191a952536_2>
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***SOUTH AFRICA: Mandisa Dlamini, “You don’t know the real Gugu
Dlamini”<http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?Reportid=92929>
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[image: lead photo]DURBAN, 8 June 2011 (PlusNews) - In 1998, HIV/AIDS
activist Gugu Dlamini was beaten to death near KwaMashu township outside
Durban after publicly disclosing her HIV-positive status. Her death, an
example of the depth of HIV stigma, shook South Africa. Dlamini’s death
almost destroyed her daughter, Mandisa, who was just 13 years old when her
mother died. Now 25, Mandisa spoke about her experience as part of this
year’s Nkosi Johnson memorial lecture, named for South Africa’s youngest HIV
activist who died in 2001, at the SA AIDS 2011 Conference.
Read report online <http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?Reportid=92929>
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***SOUTH AFRICA: Top five recent successes in
HIV<http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?Reportid=92931>
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[image: lead photo]DURBAN, 8 June 2011 (PlusNews) - South Africa's HIV/AIDS
programme has come a long way from the dark days of denialism and deadly
treatment delays. Francois Venter, chairman of the country's bi-annual HIV
conference, SA AIDS 2011, gave IRIN/PlusNews five reasons to be happy about
the country’s progress:
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