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National Communications Survey

Community Media Trust (CMT) the producer of the Siyayinqoba Beat It! TV programme and Prevention and Treatment Literacy Training Materials, welcome the release of the 2009 National Communications Survey. CMT is a sponsor of the survey. CMT would like to thank Johns Hopkins Health Education in South Africa (JHHESA), Health & Development Africa (HDA) and our other partners for their work in producing this valuable study.

The survey confirms the key finding of the 2006 survey that the greater exposure to HIV communications, the greater the likelihood of safer sexual practices.

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Jacob Zuma's thoughts on Siyayinqoba Beat It!

Back in 2004 CHMT partnered with SABC Education to bring you Siyayinqoba Beat It! The launch was a great success, with special guest speakers such as then Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge and then Deputy President of South Africa Jacob Zuma. After his Speech Jacob Zuma shared his views on the importance of Siyayinqoba Beat It!

Read the speech issued by the presidency and watch Jacob Zuma's interview here.

Jacob Zuma plans to take a public HIV test this World AIDS day.

SIYAYINQOBA BEAT IT!

Thursdays 1:30pm on SABC 1

Embracing the theme of "Get Informed, Get Involved!" a group of young community journalists take the lead in the 2009 season of Siyayinqoba Beat It! which takes to the screen in September. At the helm of the well-known programme about people living with HIV/AIDS is anchor Nokubonga Yawa, a vibrant young woman living openly with HIV.

The group of 10 community journalists, some of whom are living with HIV, investigate and report on a range of issues from teenage pregnancy, to male circumcision, to long-term survival.  Each issue is seen through the eyes of a young person, who is directly affected - such as the 16 year-old mother in Episode 1, who describes her determination to pass her year-end exams despite being pregnant. Each episode brings us face to face with a particular challenge facing people living with HIV and their support networks - partners, family, friends and health workers. As our Community Journalists take us on this journey we learn about solutions which allow us all to overcome these challenges and beat HIV and AIDS.

read about our seventh episode MDR-TB here...

Vacancies at CMT

Community Media Trust are currently looking for applications for Video Editors.

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Community Media Trust is looking a Chichewa speaking person to log and transcribe tapes filmed in Malawi.

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Where else can I find Siyayinqoba Beat It!

"ARCHIVE A VALUEABLE RESOURCE"

UCT Libraries has joined forces with the Community Health Media Trust (CHMT) to house the archives of video tapes and transcripts documenting the history of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. The archive, touted to be the first of its kind in the Southern Africa Development Community states, contains policy, stories, and people's personal testimonies on AIDS during its manifestation. Jack Lewis, CHMT director, said the resource would become increasingly valuable as society moves away from "the heat of the epidemic". "By 2030, people caught in the heat of the epidemic (in the 1990s and 2000s) will have died, and this information will then be (even more) useful to students, researchers and academics," he explained.

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