Thembi Ngubane: "I said no way, this is not anonymous; this is Thembi and everyone has to hear it."

Thembi Ngubane, from Khayelitsha, a township in Cape Town, South Africa, discovered she was HIV positive when she was 16 years old. Six years later, while attending a support group, she was approached by a United States-based radio producer interested in making a documentary about a year in the life of a young, HIV-positive South African. Now, Thembi is doing HIV and AIDS outreach at schools across the country and recently participated in the reality TV series, "Imagine Afrika."

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Contributor: Laura Lopez Gonzalez, PlusNews
Published Date: May 7, 2008