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Episode 1 - Meet the support group

Right at the start of this, the new season of Siyayinqoba Beat It!, it's great to hook up with some old friends and meet some new ones. Shalom finds out what Busi, Fanie, Nokubonga, and Victor have been up to since the last season and we meet Simphiwe and Luckyboy who're new to the studio support group. And believe us, there's been a lot going in their lives as always. There's also as usual so much happening on the show this season, and a funky cool montage gives us a glimpse as to what to expect in the coming weeks.

Shalom Ncala: SeSotho IsiZulu (Hello and welcome to the Siyayinqoba Beat It! Support group. Welcome everybody to the new series of Siyayinqoba Beat It!, the programme for everyone living with HIV/AIDS, our partners, families, friends, colleagues, health workers and everybody in South Africa. For this new season of Siyayinqoba we have a new look support group. Every week you can join me, Shalom Ncala. Nokubonga, How are you?)

Nokubonga Yawa: (Ndiyavuya sisi ukuphinda ndibe nani.) {IsiXhosa} I'm very well thank you

Shalom: Hello Fanie, how are you?

Fanie de Villiers: Doing well, it's nice to be back Shalom

Shalom: It's good to see you again.

Shalom: Hi Busi, kumnandi ukubanawe futhi. {IsiZulu} Hi Busi, it's nice to have you back.

Busi Maqungo: Ndiyavuya  ukuba nababukeleli kwakhona {IsiXhosa} It's nice to be back with our viewers

Shalom: Hello Simphiwe

Simphiwe Ngongoshe: Hello Shalom

Shalom: Unjani kodwa siyakwamkela kwelihlelo lethu (IsiZulu) How are you ? welcome to the show.

Simphiwe: Ndikhona kunjani? {IsiZulu}I'm very well thank you.

Shalom: Luckyboy unjani? (IsiZulu) Luckyboy how are you?

Luckyboy Mkhonzwane: Ndiphilile nam (IsiZulu) Very well thank you .

Shalom: Yebo mkhaya siyabonga ukubanawe futhi. (IsiZulu) Its nice to have you joining us.

Luckyboy: Yintokozo ukuthi ngibekhona lapha (IsiZulu) I'm happy to be here.

Shalom: Victor hello, its been a long time how are you?

Victor Lakay: Hello Shalom, you look beautiful I like your beads.

Shalom: Thank you very much

Shalom: We have some amazing stories coming up in the next few weeks. Here is a taste of some of them. (SeSotho)

Shalom: eJozi sikhuluma nabafana besikolo ngodaba lokweluswa (male curcumcision) kanye ne HIV. (IsiZulu). We speak to schoolboys in Jozi about circumcision and HIV)

Schoolboy 1: Grand grand kumele uspanise  icondom waya waya. Akunakuthi ibanana ayidliwa inekhaza. i-condom yi condom. (IsiZulu) The fact is, you have to use a condom. You don't eat a banana with a peel but a condom is a condom.

Shalom: eMpumalanga Koloni sihlangana nomfanyana oneminyaka eyi shumi oyintandane ophuza  imishwanguzo. (IsiZulu) In the Eastern Cape we meet a ten year old orphan on ARVs.

Siphosethu: Ndine HIV kodwa lonto ayindezi ndingabi nathemba. (IsiXhosa) I'm HIV positive, but that does not make me loose hope.

Dalli: I do

Zackie: I do too.

Shalom: Sifunisisa ukuthi abantu abaphila negciwani le HIV baphephisana kanjani! (IsiZulu) We find out how people with HIV in their relationship keep it safe!

Shalom: Futhi sihlangana neqhawe eli positive eligijima ama- marathons. (IsiZulu) And we meet a positive hero who runs marathons!

Tshabalala: Nakwaba badla i-ARV's, mabazidle ngesikhathi esifaneleyo. Ukuba kuthiwa ngu seven bayibe ngu seven. Ukuba kuthiwa ngu eigth nayibe ngu eight.(IsiZulu) To all the people on ARV's, please take them at the right time. If it's 7 o'clock, then let it be 7 o'clock. If it's 8 o'clock, then 8 o'clock it is!

Shalom: (SeSotho) Have you ever wondered how we bring you these amazing stories? On the new Siyayinqoba, we have a team of eager young journalist who are bringing us exciting stories from the front line of the fight for health in South Africa. Let's go to the Western Cape and meet Themba and Vuyo.

Western Cape

Vuyo: Igama lam ngu Luvuyo Nibe. Ndihlala apha eKTC eCubungu street eGugulethu liKapa eli.I painting ndiyathanda kakhulu. (IsiXhosa) My name is Luvuyo Nibe. I live in Cubungu Street, Gugulethu, Cape Town. As I have said that I love painting very much. I know you will enjoy the  show.

Themba: Molweni babukeli emakhaya. Igama lam ndingu Themba Baleni. Ndingomnye we community journalist zika Siyayinqoba Beat It! Uthando lwam kwi perfoming arts noku educator abantu around i-HIV/AIDS kundenze ndafuma i-opportunity zokubz ndijoyine u Siyayinqoba Beat It! (IsiXhosa) Hello viewers at home. My name is Themba Baleni. I'm a community journalist for Siyayinqoba Beat It! My love for performing arts and educating people about HIV/AIDS gave me the opportunity to be part of Siyayinqoba Beat It! Tune in next time I'm just shaking now bye.

Support Group

Shalom: Leyo ibiyi Western Cape. Zininzi izinto ezenzekayo kwi province yenu, Yini futhi ono sitsela ngayo futhi nangawe nje? (IsiZulu) That was the Western Cape. A lot is happening in your province, what more can you tell us about yourself?

Busi: Izinto ezininzi sezenzekile since i-show yethu yokuqibela. But ke nanjengoko sisazi sonke ngomcimbi we PMTCT into yoba ibisakuba yi Western Cape kuphela esebenzisa idual theraphy, apho omama bebethi khona bakhusele abantwana babo basebenzise i-AZT ne Nevirapine ngexesha nye. But enye yedevelopments eziye zavela was that i-announsiwe kwilizwe ngoku banzi ukubana it's no longer i-Western Cape kuphela. Nga kum oh ininzi into eyenzekileyo, ukuqhibelana kwethu nababukeleli niza kukhumbula into bana ndandisesibhedlele, ndigula yi TB. And ngoko kwacaca into bana mandiqalise kwi-ARV's nanjengoko ndandingekaziqalisi kwi-ARV's. So ndiqhubekekile ne TB treatment yam ndiyithathe for 20 months. It was terrible but I finished my 20 months of my treatment.Enye yezinto ezibalulekileyo is that kufumanekise ukuba iphelile iTB ndiphilile, ndingumqabaqaba andisena TB at all. And I also started i-ARV's. I CD4 count yam ngoko nizokhumbula into yokuba yayisithi 357. Kodwa zange ndiqale ngoko nangoko ndiqalise  xa isithi 220 ndabona ukuthi iyehla nyani so ke ndaqalisa with I treatment wam. (IsiXhosa) (A lot has happened since our last show. As we all know that when it comes to PMTCT the Western Cape has been the only province to use dual therapy, where mothers used AZT and Nevirapine to prevent passing HIV on to their babies. One of the developments since then was that dual therapy is going to be rolled out nationwide, not just in the Western Cape. In my life, a lot has happened too. The viewers will remember that in the last series I was in hospital, sick with TB. And I had to start on ARV's because I wasn't on ARV's then. I started with TB treatment, which took for 20 months. That was terrible, but I finished my 20 months of treatment. The most important thing is that I'm completely cured of TB. I'm doing well, I'm healthy and there's no trace of TB at all. And I also started on ARV's. You will remember that my CD4 count at the time was about 357. But I only started ARV treatment when my CD4 count dropped to 220).

Shalom: Am happy you went on treatment ngoba bendi ne worry when you said you weren't ready for treatment. (IsiZulu) I'm happy you went on treatment; I was worried when you said you weren't ready.

Busi: I wasn't I think I knew because i-TB yam yayohlukile kwezabanye abantu was i- extra pulmonary TB that is i-TB lena ingaphandle kwemiphunga not lena yemiphunga. So lonto leyo ithetha ukuthi sele ndikwixesha lokuba mandithathe i-ARV's because that meant AIDS. (IsiXhosa) ( ...the TB I had was not you normal TB it was extra pulmonary TB, that is TB outside the lungs. So that for me meant it was time to go on ARV's because that meant AIDS.)

Shalom: So Fanie, what has been happening in your life?

Fanie: (Afrikaans) There have been many changes, my life turned around completely. I decided to leave University and changed my life to learn more about what's happening with HIV/AIDS, especially in the business sector. That is very interesting. I found love and we're looking at getting married at the end of the year. So there have been some developments.

Victor: (Afrikaans) Do you think the business sector is doing enough?

Fanie: (Afrikaans) I am very impressed at this stage. I think there are people who really want to get involved. I don't think they're doing enough yet, a lot can still be done. I think in the business sector there is a very thin line, you can easily cause damage. People are quick to jump and say we will help, let's get our employees onto antiretroviral treatment. Then as soon as that person leaves the company, the medication falls away. There is a very thin line and it's debatable as to how we can handle such issues. Much more good can still be done. People catch slow, until it starts to affect the whole company. When it gets to that point and they see that they're losing productivity, then they start to realize that they have to do something. But it happens too slowly, we have to act sooner.

Shalom: Nokubonga kwenzakalani empilweni yakho wena. (IsiZulu) Nokubonga, tell us what's been happening in your life?

Nokubonga: (Since sihlukene kulo nyaka uphelileyo siphinde sizo dibana kuloo nyaka zininzi izinto ezenzekileyo ebomini bam nalapho ndisebenza khona. Andikayeki ukuba yi peer educator ekliniki ndiseyoiyo. Kuloo nyaka early this year ndiyendaqala nda looser  iweight ndibile ebusuku xa ndileleyo ndikhohlela. So ndimane ndiyo ku testa i-TB, i-TB ayabonakala. Ndaphinda ndaya okwesibini ayabonakala futhi okwesibini. Kuloo nyaka ngo February ugqirha wabona nyani  ndiyayi looser nyani iweight, waphinda wandikhohlelisa watsala ne gazi  zahamba zathunyelwa elab. Zabuya iresults zisithi iTB andinayo. Then benza i-TB culture kwafumanekisa ukuba ndinayo  i-TB.  Then nge 12 ka March ndaqala itreatment yam yeTB. Ndatshitswa kengokunake nakwi pilisi ebendithatha inevirapine. Njeba nje bendithatha i-3TC,d4T ne Nevirapine kwatshitswa inevirapine ngenxeni yetreatment le yeTB ndizakuyithatha ndatshintswelwa kwi Efavirenz.) {IsiXhosa} Hey, a lot has happened in my life and my work since the last time. I'm still a peer educator at the clinic. Sometime early this year, I started losing weight, I had night sweats and I was coughing a lot. I went for a TB test but they didn't find anything. I went for the TB test again, they didn't find anything. Then in February, my doctor noticed that I was losing some serious weight. We did  the sputum test again and sent blood to the lab. The results still said I don't have TB. That's when they did a TB culture and found that I have TB. Then on the 12th of March I started TB treatment. And I was taken off Nevirapine. I was taking 3TC, d4T and Nevirapine and they changed Nevirapine because of the TB treatment, I switched to Efavirenz.

Shalom: Ninganyakazi siyabuya manje (IsiZulu) Don't go away, we'll be right back.

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Shalom: (SeSotho) Welcome back to Siyayinqoba Beat It! Let's go to the Eastern Cape and meet Lelethu and Amanda......

Eastern Cape

Lelethu: (Igama lam ndingu Lelethu Bangani. Ok let's start again .Yisista wam, Qulala ngumntana ka sisi wam omdala, Lo ngu tata wam uYamile Bangani)(IsiXhosa) Hello viewers my name is Lelethu Bangani am going to bring some stories from in the Eastern Cape for Siyayinqoba Beat It! This is my baby sister. This is my niece Qulala. This is my father Yamile Bangani.

Amanda: My name is Amanda Funani, let's go inside and it's raining. (Ndiyi community journalist    yakwa Siyanqoba Beat It! Ndabe ndiniphathela indaba zase Eastern Cape. Ndeza inwele zam ukuze ndibukeke kahle etivini.for uSiyayinqoba.) (IsiXhosa) I'm a  community journalist for Siyayinqoba Beat It! in the Eastern Cape. I'm having my hair done to look nice for TV, for Siyayinqoba.

Support Group

Shalom: (Impumalanga Koloni yintle kakhulu futhi yenye yezindawo lapho khona ekutholakala  khona  izinga eliphakeme labantu abaphila negciwane lencujlaza. Kwenzekalani kwesi sifundazwe?)(IsiZulu) The Eastern Cape looks beautiful and it's one of the poorest province with a high prevalence of HIV. What is going on in this province?

Busi: (Andazi nokuba ndingathi zindaba ezimbi okanye zindaba ezimnandi about u-MSF kuba sonke sisazi umsebenzi omhle ubusenziwa ngu MSF e-Eastern Cape. Uguqule  impilo zabantu abaninzi ngokuzisa  i-ARV's. And there came a time apho urhulumente wethu uye wacinga ukuba inoba ba yi reachile i-goal yabo, into ebebe yizele eLusikisiki. Yokhumbula ba ulantuka ebese Lusikisiki. So ke ba yishiyile i- Eastern Cape kwangena urhulumente. But izinto  khange zihambe kakhle so ke kusekho imess up eqhubekhayo. Am hoping into yokubana bazakuyi sorter  out ngokukhawuleza because iEastern Cape ibiqhuba kakhuhle kakhulu especially iLusikisiki.)(IsiXhosa) I don't know whether to call the MSF issue good or bad news. We're all aware of the good work MSF has been doing in the Eastern Cape. They have saved people's lives by providing ARVs in the province. And there came a time when the government thought that MSF had reached its goal with all their work in Lusikisiki. MSF left the Eastern Cape and then government took over.  But things haven't been going well since; it's all just a big mess. Hopefully, they will sort it out soon because the Eastern Cape was doing very well especially Lusikisiki.

Shalom: (Simphiwe siyaqala ukukubona kwelihlelo lethu namhlanje. Sicela ukwazi ngabanzi ngawe? ) (IsiZulu) Simphiwe, this is the first time we have you on our show. Can you tell us a bit about yourself and where you're from?

Simphiwe: (Yebo ngiyabonga kakhulu Shalom ukuthi ungibuze lombuzo.Ave ngijabulile  ukuba yingxenye ye support group yakwa Beat it! Mina ke ngizalelwe e-East London e-Eastern Cape. Kodwa ke kwathi ngo 1997 ndathola ukuthi ngi HIV positive. Leyo into ke ndaye ke ndaphila nayo. Kodwa ke ngo 2001 nda mover from Eastern Cape ndaya eDurban. Ukuhlala no aunty wam eDurban ndafunda izinto eziningi, ukubana umntu angaphila ngcono ne HIV/AIDS. Kwenzeka inkinga last year kunyaka ophelileyo kwaqhuma icondom so ke endandi thandana naye wakhulelwa wabanengane. Kodwa ke bona bobabini basizakala ngobana udokotela wanqaba ukusinika ini iPEP eyi AZT ne 3TC. Kodwa ndaphela endinika endibhalela phantsi wathi mandiyo kuyithenga chemist  okanye epharmarcy. So ke kulapho  ke upartner wam endandithandana naye owayekhulelwe ingane  yam wathola ukusizakala angabinayo my HIV.) ( IsiZulu) Thank you Shalom, I'm so happy to be here in the Beat It! Support group. I was born in  East London in the East Cape. In 1997 I found out that I was HIV positive. I accepted my HIV status. Then in 2001, I moved from the Eastern Cape to Durban. Living in Durban with my aunt, I learnt a lot of things. Including that a person can live a positive life with  HIV/AIDS. But last year something happened. A condom broke and my partner fell pregnant and gave birth. But both of them were saved because even though the doctor didn't give us PEP, which is AZT and 3TC, he gave me a prescription to go and buy the pills. That's how  my partner, who was pregnant with my baby was saved from contracting my HIV.

Busi: (I think isehenye yengxaki esijongeni nazo if you look at into yokuba (PEP) Post Exposure Prophylaxis ingabikho available for abantu xa kuqhabhuke icondom. If iyakwazi ukuba khona emntwini xa erashiwe mna andiyiboni ifair kakhulu intoba xa kuqhabhuke icondom ngoba these things happen after all. Kwakuzakwenzeka njani ukuba ngoba wena wawukwazi uku afforda, kwakuzakwenzeka njani emntwini ongakeaziyo uku afforda for instance uyayibona lonto?) (IsiXhosa) I think it's still one of the biggest problems we're faced with if you look at the Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) in case of condom failure. If we can give it to rape survivors, it is fair not to give it when a condom breaks because these things happen after all. At least you could afford  to buy it, what happens to someone that can't?

Simphiwe: Enye yezinto endiyibonayo eyenzekayo khona kunabantu, umntu athathwe ahlaliswe esibhedlele kufumanise ukuthi umntu uneTB le TB inganyangekiyo kodwa kukho abantu abaye ba baleke ezibhedlele baye kwindawo abahlala kuzo.So inkinga longxaki leyo yenye yengxaki esizivayo nge-Eastern Cape.) (IsiZulu) (There's another thing that seems to be happening a lot in the Eastern Cape lately. Some of the people that are hospitalized because of this incurable strain of TB just escape from hospital back to their communities. That's one of the biggest problems coming out of the Eastern Cape.

Shalom: (Yebo Simphiwe i-TB isiphenduka inkinga enkulu kakhulu kumaprovince ngokugcwala kwawo. Kwenye yam programmes ethu sisezo khuluma kabanzi ngendana yeXDR ne MDR TB njengokuba seyinto esematheni abantu kangaka.) {IsiZulu} TB has become such a problem in all our provinces, nationwide. So much that we have an upcoming programme dedicated to XDR and MDR TB as it has become such a burning issue.

Shalom: And you Victor, what is going on in your life?

Victor: Well Shalom it's really good to be back on the programme. Since the last time we were on the show I have been initiated on ARVs. So my regiment is AZT, 3TC and Efavirenz. So the first three weeks was a bit difficult to deal with the night sweats and the dream, the vivid dreams in fact. I think for everyone who is on Efavirenz they would know all about the dragons, the snake. But I am doing much better, ARVs saved my life. My CD4 count dropped to 2. It has gone up to about 145 now, I am on INH which is TB prophylactic treatment. So am doing fine, am doing very well. As Busi mentioned too early that the Western Cape has its PMTCT guidelines implemented, the challenge for us is to ensure that all the other province implement the guidelines as soon as possible. And then TB and HIV co-infections is a big problem in the Western Cape and we are going to deal with that for the programmes but we need to do a lot more in reducing TB, HIV co-infections.

Shalom: (Ninganyakazi siyabuya manje) (IsiZulu) Stay turned, we'll be right back.

Shalom: (SeTswana) Welcome back to Siyayinqoba Beat It! Now let's go to Gauteng and meet Mxolisi and Tumi.

Gauteng

Tumi: (SeSotho) My name is Tumi Moleko. And I am a qualified photographer. I don't know why I am speaking in English. I am 25 years old. I live in Randburg but I'm from Soweto. I'm a community journalist for Siyayinqoba Beat It!

Mxolisi: (Molweni babukeli emakhaya. Ndingu Mxolisi Mgoboza. Can we do it again? Ndizakube ndise Gauteng ndinikhangelele izistory ezi related kwi HIV/AIDS.) (IsiXhosa) Hello viewers at home. My name is Mxolisi Mgoboza. Can we do it again? I'll be reporting from Gauteng bringing you stories related to HIV/AIDS.

Support Group

Shalom: (SeTswana ) I live in Gauteng, so I like to know about what's happening there. I'm looking forward to seeing lots of stories from Tumi and Mxolisi. uLuckyboy ngumkhaya wam eGauteng. Luckyboy ungasigxoxhela banzi ngephilo yakho?. (IsiZulu) Luckyboy is also from Gauteng, can you tell us a bit about yourself ?

Luckyboy: Njeba utsho igama lam ngu Luckyboy. Nga diagnoswa ngokuthi ngi HIV positive  2002 okutsho ukuthi ngina more than five years okwamanje ngiphila ne HIV, ngikuma ARV's. Ngi experience okuninzi, abantu abaphila neligciwani abaku experiencesayo. Like I had i-TB before. I like I had  esinye sezifo that happen kubantu abaku stage four i- Mycobacterium Avium Complex. Nje endikwenzayo manje I consider myself to be human rights activist. Angi deali kuphela emsebenzini enguwenzayo ngezinto eziphathele ne HIV kuphela, kodwa konke okuphethene namalungelo abantu.As you have can see am a person who is gay and am open living with that. One of the things that I have noticed ukuthi ziyenzeka eGauteng is ukuthi we still lagging behind ezintweni eziningi. We are still facing is i-issue abantu abaningi end up dying because abakayi eccess itreatment. Because ukuze ukwazi uthola ama ARV's you still need to go to the hospitals. It's not  accessible to most of the local clinics which makes it difficult because namgaphandle kokuthi  iGauteng iyisifundazwe which is urbanized kakhulu kodwa it's still difficult for people to access  itreatment becauese we  have to travel  (IsiZulu) Like she said, my name is Luckyboy. I was diagnosed HIV positive in 2002, meaning I've been living with HIV for the about five years, and I'm on ARV's. I've experienced a lot that other people living with HIV come across. I had TB and I had a rare stage 4 infection called Mycobacterium Avium Complex. My life in general, I consider myself as a human rights activist. My work is not only around HIV/AIDS related issues, it encompasses human rights issues. As you have can see am a person who is gay and am open living with that. One of the things I've notice in Gauteng is that we're still lagging behind in a whole lot of things. We're still faced with issues of people dying because they can't access ARVs because ARVs are still really accessible only from hospitals. It's not accessible to most of the local clinics which makes it difficult because Gauteng is very much urbanized province but it's still difficult for people to access treatment because we have to travel.

Shalom: (Manje masiyeni KwaZulu Natal sihlangane no Similo no Merisha sibone ukuthi bona bathini). (IsiZulu) Let's go to KwaZulu Natal and meet Similo and Merisha.

KwaZulu-Natal

Merisha: Hi am Merisha Lalla. Thank you for welcoming me in to your hearts and homes. As we at Beat it continue to inspire, motivate and educate the nation about HIV and AIDS.

Similo: (Sanibona babukeli emakhaya. Igama lam ngingu Similo Gobingca. Ngilana eThekwini ngiyi community journalist ye Siyayinqoba Beat It! Mina no Merisha Lalla i-colleague yam sifuna ukuniphathela amabali abalulekile nabantu abaphila negciwane le HIV/AIDS.) (IsiZulu) Hello viewers at home. My name is Similo Gobingca. I'm a community journalist for Siyayinqoba Beat It! Me and my colleague Merisha Lalla will bring you stories of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Support Group

Shalom: (i-KZN yenye yezindawo ezithinteka kakhulu  ngale ligciwane lengculaza. Ngakho ke uSimilo no Merisha bayazi ukuthi babheke kweziphi indawo.)(IsiZulu) KZN is one of the province most affected by HIV/AIDS. And so Similo and Merisha have their work cut out for them.

Simphiwe: Shalom ngokwa KwaZulu Natal sinenkinga yama waiting list .Kusekhona namanje izibhedlela ekukhona ibigger number zabantu ekuthiwa mabame ukuze banikwe imitswanguzo. Zikhona izibhedlela uthole ukuba umntu ozophela eshona engakhange awathole imitswanguzo yakho. (IsiZulu) Shalom in KZN we have a problem of long waiting lists. We still have hospitals where people have to wait a long time before they get ARVs. We have hospitals where people die while waiting to be put on ARVs.

Fanie: We still struggle to get medication to people. But in all our other provinces I think except for the Western Cape we are under spending on our HIV budgets. That was quite interesting for me to hear because the budgets are there, the money is the but why are we under spending? Why is government under spending on roll out of medication?

Nokubonga: (Mna nje ukuvela nje kancinci kulento ubuyibuza ye waiting lists umahluko uyabonakala especially eWestern Cape. Njengoko usisi Busi sele etshilo ukuba iWestern Cape iya leadisha kwinto ezininzi. Zandile iklininki ezikhupha iARVs and nanjengoko niqhibo kutsho ukuba  umntu uyaqaliswa kuse early iARVs zakhe akalindi ide ibe ngaphantsi kuka 200 because ixesha elininzi ithi iCD4 count yomntu ifika ngaphantsi kuka 200 abe sene Ois ezininzi egula kakhulu.)(IsiXhosa) Just to add a bit on the issue of waiting lists in hospitals. Things have improved in Western Cape. Like Busi mentioned earlier, the province is leading with lots of things. The number of ARV accredited sites has increased. And now people can start on ARVs much earlier, they don't have to wait until the CD4 count drops below 200. Because by then they would have fallen sick with opportunistic infections.

Shalom: (Sijabule kakhulu ukuba nani namhlanje kumnandi ukubuyela emoyeni futhi emva kwekhefu elide. Sizobuya futhi ngaso esisikhathi kwiveki elilandelayo. Kuze kube ngokuzayo zivikele uvikele nabanye bye) (IsiZulu) Thanks for joining us today. It is great to be back on air. These bangles show that am keeping it safe and taking responsibility. Protect yourself, Protect others. Join us again next week, same time, same place. Until then, protect yourself, protect others! Thank you bye bye