No-one will ever know why Singer Motloung murdered Mpho and then committed suicide. But the words on her body are a clue. Government messages fail to tell the millions of people living with HIV that it is possible to live fully and productively for many years. They don t explain to people with HIV how to live healthily or that opportunistic infections like TB can be prevented and cured. There is no cure.
Men often blame women for the transmission of virus.
Counsellors across the country report abuse and violence against women based on such blaming. This is the burden of the Dlamini and Motloung families and women throughout our country. TAC extends its condolences to the families of Mpho and her husband Singer. They died needlessly.