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Silence quietly shatters in Soshanguve
Aug 27, 2008 – Breaking the silence by telling a roomful of people that you’re HIV-positive, in a community that still vilifies those who are positive, requires an enormous amount of courage.
This is precisely what happened today in Soshanguve, a large township outside Tshwane, when members of the community convened as part of the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s community conversation series. The series has visited a number of communities throughout the country to discuss the issues surrounding HIV/AIDS.
The aim of the community conversations is to provide a safe space and platform for people to discuss the particular challenges they face around HIV/AIDS and to try to find ways forward together.
KwaLanga community conversation
Aug 18, 2008 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation held another event in the series of community conversations in KwaLanga on July 24, 2008.
Substance abuse within the community emerged as one of the key challenges facing the Western Cape location.
Thaba Nchu community conversation
July 28, 2008 – Close to 1 000 people living in the Free State’s Motheo District gathered at Moroka High School at the end of June to participate in a community conversation organised as part of the ongoing Dialogue Programme of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. These conversations are intended to emphasise HIV prevention at community level.
Giyani community conversation
July 28, 2008 – Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) Dialogue Programme community conversations series returned to Giyani for a second year on July 2, 2008.
While last year’s conversation in November had involved Giyani’s youth, between 16 and 24 years old, this year’s conversation encouraged participants from all age groups to attend the meeting.
Ignorance is not bliss
July 14, 2008 – The people in Kliptown discuss the HIV/AIDS pandemic as well as the Community Conversation that was held in the Soweto suburb.
Kliptown in conversation
July 14, 2008 – Nelson Mandela Foundation and Cool Ideas hosted a Community Conversation in Kliptown to build on HIV prevention work that was started in 2007. The Conversations form part of the Foundation’s programme for Mr Mandela’s 90th birthday year.
