ZACK SMIT

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2005 Episode 4 - Substance Abuse and Adherence

There are many different substances out there, and they have two things in common; they make it more likely for us to have unsafe sex and get infected or re-infected with HIV. Drugs also make it harder for HIV positive people to adhere to ARVs once they've progressed to stage 4 of the disease. In this episode of Siyayinqoba Beat It!, support group member Zack Smit was the youth guest. Zack shared his experiences as someone recovering from substance abuse and living openly with HIV with the viewers.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2005 Episode 8 - Sex Workers and HIV

We all want to live in a world that is AIDS free and we cannot be judgemental about sex work. Sex workers are as much at risk from their clients as clients may be from sex workers. Our objective has to be to make sex work safe for both clients and sex workers. In this epsiode the support group spoke about the dangers faced by sex workers and what kinds of services are offered to help them protect themselves.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2005 Episode 9 - Good leaders lead

In this episode we explored the impact of political leaders disclosing that they have lost family members to HIV/AIDS and how the public disclosure of Justice Edwin Cameron was used as an advocacy tool to push for access to treatment for all. Studio guest, Azola Goqwana, shared a youth perspective and debated the role of HIV/AIDS leadership in all sectors of society with Siyayinqoba support group members.