The Department of Health’s Acting Chief Director for HIV/AIDS and STIs, Petros Khoza says it is concerning that there is still a substantial number of people who are HIV positive in the country but are not aware of their status. Khoza was speaking on the sidelines of the official World AIDS Day commemoration at Mandeni in KwaZulu-Natal. The event was attended by various government officials and others.
Khoza elaborates, “Internationally, the case load of HIV/AIDS is about is about 40 million, the proportion of that, the biggest proportion of that is in South Africa. We estimate that PLH HIV is around 8 million people living with HIV of those currently as we speak, we have 5,8 million of PLH HIV knowing their status and actually on treatment. But there is still a gap in terms of the gap we still have to find members of our population who are HIV positive, but do not know their status and get to test and put them to treatment.”
Meanwhile, the Human Sciences Research Council says KwaZulu-Natal has the highest percentage of people with viral load suppression among those living with HIV in South Africa. This data emerged in its 2022 South African HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey.
Source: eNCA
In other news – No one understands the pain I’m going through – Sechaba Pali speaks out
Award-winning gospel musician Sechaba Pali, who lost his wife, Nompilo Shabangu, in a tragic car accident, is a troubled man. After losing his wife on September 10, while they were travelling together in Welkom, Free State, Sechaba has not been himself since. He sustained minor injuries but it looks like he is emotionally.
dilapidated.Sechaba released a Tik Tok video where he is crying uncontrollably, drunk and his chest bare. He can be heard saying in SeSotho : “You took my wife, I left you alone. You took my father, I left you alone. You took my kids, I left you alone. You see now I’m drunk… God is coming for you. Read more
