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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.

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