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IZINDABA BRANCH ZAMAGATSHA<br />
NEWS<br />
28<br />
Izindabazegatsha<br />
Ngu-Luckyboy<br />
Mkhondwane<br />
Fundisa intsha<br />
nge-HIV<br />
Akwanele okwenziwa ezikoleni zethu ukufundisa intsha<br />
esencane nge-HIV, ubulili, ukukhulelwa kwentsha<br />
kanye nokuvinjelwa kwezifo ezithathelwana ngocansi<br />
(ama-STI). Lolu udaba olubaluleke kakhulu njengoba<br />
intsha esencane, njengawo wonke umuntu, isengozini<br />
yokutheleleka uma iya ocansini.<br />
Amalungu eGatsha le-<strong>Treatment</strong> <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Campaign</strong><br />
(TAC) eKatlehong South bebekhathazekile ngezehlakalo<br />
eziphezulu zokukhulelwa kwentsha esencane<br />
endaweni yawo. Babekhathazekile futhi ngemibiko<br />
evela emtholampilo wasendaweni okhombisa ukuthi<br />
inamba enkulu yezingane zasezikoleni eziphakeme ziza<br />
emtholampilo zizofuna ukwelashelwa igonoriya, i-STI<br />
ejwayelekile. Banquma ukuthi kufanele benze okuthize<br />
bese bephakamisa lolu daba nabalingani be-TAC.<br />
UNthabiseng Maretlane Umkhankasi Wezempilo<br />
Emphakathini we-TAC ovela eKatlehong South.<br />
Esebenzisana noDikeledi Senong, ongumsebenzi<br />
Wokufundisa Ngokuvimbela Nokwelashwa we-TAC<br />
uMaretlane sebebhekene nenkinga. Bobabili baqale<br />
ukunikezela amaseshini ezemfundo akhava ukukhulelwa<br />
kwentsha esencane, ama-STI, HIV kanye noshintsho<br />
I-TAC ikhumbula u-Xolani Khumalo<br />
Ilungu lesikhathi eside le-TAC uXolani Khumalo ushone ngomhla<br />
ka-13 Juni 2011. UXolani, Umsebenzi Wokufundisa Ngokuvimbela<br />
Nokwelashwa eMgungundlovu, wajoyina i-TAC ngonyaka ka-2004.<br />
Ngonyaka ka-2009 waba nguMkhankaseli Wezempilo Emphakathini<br />
we-TAC, akabe nguye kwaze kwafika isikhathi sokudlula emhlabeni.<br />
UXolani wayenamandla kakhulu futhi<br />
esebenza kanzima. Uzokhunjulwa<br />
kakhulu ngumndeni wakhe, abalingani<br />
bakhe emsebenzini, amalungu egatsha<br />
nomphakathi. Sengathi umphefumulo<br />
wakhe ungalala ngokuthula.<br />
Isithombe ngu-Luckyboy Mkhondwane.<br />
lwendlela yokuziphatha eKatlehong High School kanye<br />
neThuto Pele High School. Bobabili izitshudeni kanye<br />
nothisha ezikoleni ezimbili balwemukele uhlelo.<br />
Amaseshini ezemfundo anikeza izitshudeni iplatifomu<br />
yokukhuluma ngokukhululeka ngobulili bocansi kanye<br />
nezinselele ababhekana nazo njengentsha esencane.<br />
Kaningi bacabanga ukuthi abakwazi ukuxoxa ngalezi<br />
zindaba nabazali babo nothisha. Njenoba uMaretlane<br />
noSening bobabili kungabesifazane abasebancane,<br />
kulula ukuthi intsha ikhulume nabo.<br />
“Izitshudeni ziyakhuluma kakhulu futhi ziyajabula uma<br />
zikhuluma ngezindaba zobulili nezobulili bocansi, kanti<br />
nezinga labo lokuhlanganyela liyathokozisa kakhulu,”<br />
kusho uMaretlane. “ Kodwa badinga imfundo enkulu<br />
kakhulu ezindabeni ezifana ne-HIV, ama-STI kanye<br />
nobulili bocansi.”<br />
Intsha esencane ayikwazi ukuhlukanisa phakathi<br />
kwe-HIV ne-AIDS, kusho uMaretlane, ngisho bazi<br />
ukuthi i-HIV idluliswa kanjani. “Ukukhathazeka kwabo<br />
okukhulu” eqaphele, “ukukhulelwa.”<br />
“Ngingathanda ukulubona lolu hlelo luphuma luya kuzo<br />
zonke izikole eziphakeme endaweni,” kusho uMaretlane.<br />
“Ikakhulukazi ne-HTC-(HIV Counselling and Testing)<br />
ephakanyisiwe emkhankasweni wezikole, njengoba<br />
izitshudeni zizozilungeselela kangcono ukuhlolelwa<br />
i-HIV nangokusebenzisa uhlelo banganikezwa amandla<br />
okwamukela isimo sabo uma behlolwe baba phozithivu.”<br />
I-TAC ikhumbula uSithembiso Mkhize<br />
Ilungu lesikhathi eside le-TAC uSithembiso Mkhize ushone ngomhla<br />
ka-17 Juni 22011. USithembiso wajoyina i-TAC ngonyaka ka-2002.<br />
Ubengumsebenzi Wokufundisa Ngokuvimbela Nokwelashwa<br />
we-TAC eThekwini. USithembiso ubebandakanyeka emkhankasweni<br />
oyimpumelelo owenziwa yi-TAC wokuqinisekisa<br />
ukwelashwa ngama-ARV kweziboshwa eJele<br />
lase-Westville. Ngesikhathi edlula emhlabeni<br />
uSithembiso ubeqashwe yiNyuvesi yaKwaZulu-<br />
Natali eMgungundlovu. Sengathi umphefumulo<br />
wakhe ungalala ngokuthula.