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Thembi emerged from the shantytowns of South Africa on a mission to take on HIV. She travelled the world, met Barack Oba | dG1feE9zMWFZQVhzT00

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00:00I was doing grade 12 and you know I was healthy, pretty, you know, yeah I was hot, I can say

00:16that.

00:17I was very, very, very, very hot, 2002 and you know, when I think about that year that's

00:22where, at first I used to think that year almost really ruined my life.

00:30I'm gonna tell you how I was infected.

00:38I had this boyfriend and then we broke up, a year later I heard that he had died.

00:45When I went to his house, his family was gathered there, I said what happened, was he shot or

00:50was he stabbed?

00:51No, he was sick, that's when I started to get very worried.

00:58I went to the clinic, they bring all the equipment in front of me and just break me

01:03on my finger.

01:04He said you know when your blood looks like this, it means you have the virus, you are HIV positive.

01:12He called me, you know, Melkai, where are you?

01:16I met my house, you know me man, and she said no, can you please meet me between Joslov

01:23and Kailica Stadium.

01:24I said to him no, I'm coming baby.

01:26I just asked her what's wrong, you must come please, just come.

01:32I met her in there and then she was, she didn't wear any shoes, no, her shoes was, she was carrying

01:44her shoes, no, like she said to me, like someone was running or maybe she was running, I don't

01:51know.

01:52And she told me that I have to tell you something, I said what, what's going on with you?

01:57From the love love centre, I came straight and I met him by the school, by the school.

02:03I met him there and I told him that I just come from love life and they said I'm HIV positive,

02:08just like that.

02:09I told her that it's okay, yeah, just like that, yeah, and then she, she went back,

02:15you know, I just hugged her, you know, ah baby, ah, it's okay, but I was, on my mind,

02:21I just, I was, I was thinking about how long I'm going to live, man, how long I'm going

02:26to live.

02:27I went to hell, you know, I disclosed to him and he came home, he didn't know what was

02:33HIV, what was AIDS, what did I tell him, he just told his mother and now everything was

02:37like a mess.

02:38In that time, man, I was, I was, I was, I was so, I was so crazy, you know, and then

02:43scared, you know.

02:44Sometimes I just, just look to myself that, hey, I'm, I think I'm getting things, you

02:47know, but it's my board, you know.

02:50They locked me in this room, they called everyone to come, everyone was like shouting at me,

02:54you know, all those things were happening and that made me stronger and I said okay, if this

02:59is the way that an HIV person has to live, I'm not going to take this route anymore.

03:04I'm going to fight for my battles and I'm going to fight for my life, I'm not ashamed,

03:07you know.

03:08Everyone, everyone can just get HIV without knowing.

03:12We separated for, for, for a, I think a week or two weeks, you know.

03:17I just go back to the team again and say, hey baby, no man, I, I can understand now, I

03:25can go with you to the support group and let me be supportive to you just because like,

03:29okay, there's nothing's going to change, you know, I'm also going to get tested now.

03:42I'm going to fight for you.

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