KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Finance, Ms Belinda Scott who is also a champion MEC for uMgungundlovu District in partnership with Mkhambathini Municipality Mayor Cllr T Maphumulo will on Monday 01 December 2014 host the district World AIDS Day.
MEC Scott will lead the district in this important day in the district calendar under Operation Sukuma Sakhe in a bid of uniting people in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Speaking before the big day, one of the millions of people who are living with HIV and AIDS in the country, Ms Promise Makhanya from France in Pietermaritzburg said that she was diagnosed 13 years ago and has been living positively ever since.
“I would like to remind my fellow South Africans that HIV and AIDS is still here. It is very important to know your status so that you can start your treatment as early as possible where necessary. I have been positive for 13 years but I am not taking treatment because I am living positively. I also have a three year old child which tested negatively and is healthy and strong as ever. Having HIV is no longer a curse there is life after discovering it. But it is important for us to work together in a bid of turning a tide against new infections” said Makhanya.
This commemoration which will take place at Inkosi Msinga Mlaba Indoor Sports Centre in KwaXimba, Ward 1, will also provide the opportunity for MEC, District Mayor, Local Mayors, Religious leaders, Business fraternity, Amakhosi and the people of the district to show their support for people living with HIV and to remember people who have died from AIDS or AIDS-related causes.
All the media houses are invited to attend.
Date: 1 December 2014
Venue: Inkosi Msinga Mlaba Indoor Sports Centre (KwaXimba, Ward 1)
Time: 08h30am
Kindly RSVP today, 30 November 2014.
For more information contact:
Musa Cebisa
Cell: 071 687 8777
