UPDATE - Buffalo City

Get Tested This New Year: Learn Your HIV/AIDS Status
Not everyone knows their
HIV/AIDS status. When you do
not know your status and do not
use condoms when you have
sex, you are at risk of getting
HIV or giving it to your partner.
That is why you and your partner
should test together before you
have sex.
If the results of the first test say
that you do not have HIV/AIDS,
wait for three months and then
have another test. Then you will be
sure of your status. If you have sex
before the final test result, always
use condoms.
Get tested
You can look fine for many
years when you first have HIV/
AIDS in your body. The only way
to tell if you have HIV/AIDS is by
having the HIV/AIDS test.
Your right to counselling
You should go to a clinic when
you are thinking about having an
HIV/AIDS test.
The health worker will explain
the test to you, and give you the
information that will help you decide
whether or not to have the test.
This is called pre-test
counselling. It is your right to have
pre-test counselling.
Should you decide to test for
HIV/AIDS, the health worker will
take a sample of your blood. Most
clinics can give you the results of
the test within ten minutes. The
HIV/AIDS test is free at government
clinics.
After the test, the health worker
will give you your results and
explain what the results mean to
you. This includes explaining to you
what to do next if your results are
HIV/AIDS positive.
This is called post-test
counselling, it is your right to get
post-test counselling.
Your right to confidentiality
The results of your HIV/AIDS
test are confidential. This means
that it is against the law for a health
worker to tell anyone the results of
your test without your permission.
Remember: If you are HIV/AIDS
positive it is your not to tell
anyone. But it may comfort you
to tell someone you trust.
A community member is being tested for HIV/AIDS
The results of your HIV/AIDS
test are confidential. This means
that it is against the law for a health
worker to tell anyone the results of
your test without your permission.
Remember: If you are HIV/AIDS
positive it is your not to tell
anyone. But it may comfort you
to tell someone you trust.
Source:
www.onelovesouthernafrica.org
International soccer teams inspect City facilities
BCM Executive Mayor, Councillor Zukisa Faku with the Cameroon delegation
Cameroon Football Association
(CFA) was a latest international
delegation to visit Buffalo City
shores in a mission to inspect
the City’s football facilities,
accommodation and health centres
The visit by the CFA was
a follow-up of a recent trip to
Cameroon, led by Buffalo City
Executive Mayor Zukisa Faku, to
lobby the Indomitable Lions, to
consider East London as a Team
Base Camp and Training Venue for
the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
The Cameroon Minister of
Sport & Physical Education, Michel
Zoah, nominated a delegation led
by the first vice-president of the
Cameroon Football Association,
David Mayebi to assess the viability
of considering East London as their
Team Base Camp and Training
Venue during 2010 FIFA World
Cup.
The Cameroonians were not
the only qualified country for 2010
Soccer World Cup to visit the
Municipality. Australia and Slovakia
were recently in town to survey the
City as a potential Base Camp and
Training Venue for the their football
teams.
The City has identified
Buffalo City Stadium (former
ABSA stadium) and Buffalo
Park as Training Venues for the
participating teams in the 2010
Soccer World Cup.
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