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You, me and HIV - South African couples share their stories
Rising HIV prevalence rates around the world have changed how we date and how we love, at least in theory. The sexual history discussion comes up earlier in dating, and HIV testing as a couple is just a step below becoming “official”. Then comes figuring out how to navigate love and also HIV. Two couples share their stories with IRIN/PlusNews…
For Pholokgolo Ramothwala, media owner and a father of two whose partner is HIV-negative, being an HIV activist made disclosing his positive HIV status easier, but the decision was still accompanied by fear of rejection.
“I have this policy - you either take it or leave it,” he says. “[But] even after I told her, I said to myself, ‘Look, you’ve told her - now you have to deal with whatever she says. If she wants to stay, fine; if she decides she can’t, you have to live with it.”
