17 October 1999

The first episode of Beat It! – the programme for everyone living with HIV/AIDS their partners, families, friends, colleagues and healthcare workers, is broadcast on South Africa’s free to air TV station ETV.

Beat It! 1999 Episode 1

In this the first episode of Beat It! 50 people infected and affected by HIV joined the Beat It! team to discuss their expectations of the show. They also discussed disclosure, stigma and discrimination. This stigma and discrimination in society was made evident by the episode’s Special Report which looked at the murder of Gugu Dlamini in December 1998 because of her HIV positive status.