We Are The Champions
There were people, both within the country and internationally, who made headlines by demonstrating their support of the HIV/AIDS struggle in South Africa. Ranging from courageous activists to artists, statespeople and HIV positive people who had the bravery speak out despite the intense atmosphere of threat, danger and stigma, these champions made their voices heard and their actions count.
- TAC activist Zackie Achmat
- TAC activist Sipho Mthathi
- TAC activist Vuyiseka Dubula
- Constitutional Court Judge Edwin Cameron on a public platform saying that the price of medicines is too high for him. Even as a judge, he had to be assisted by fellow judges, who to chipped in. Imagine you’re a regular person – how are they coping?
- Nkosi Johnson – breaking stigma and denialism [Footage of Johnson going to school and playing with other children and children speaking about being in school with someone who is HIV positive]
- Gail Johnson, mother of Nkosi Johnson speaking about the challenges they faced when he was
- Nomachule Thabayi, a teacher in Comfimvaba, Eastern Cape, who lost her job after disclosing her HIV status to the staff and principal of her school and after being reinstated became an activist advocating openness to other HIV-positive teachers
- Neo Moeti, a young pastor in Khayelitsha, sermonizes that its not a sin to be HIV positive after being isolated and judged because of his status in his previous church
- Former President Nelson Mandela coming out about losing his son to HIV/AIDS related illnesses
- Former President Nelson Mandela wearing HIV-positive T-shirt
- South African politician and Zulu tribal leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi
- Then US Senator Barack Obama on a visit to Khayelitsha Site B
- American actor Danny Glover
- South African singer and actress Zolani Mahola
- Singer, song writer, political activist and philanthropist Annie Lennox in the studio laying down a track
- Carlos Santana visiting Siyayinqoba offices in Muizenberg
- American rapper and record producer Sean John Combs aka P Diddy visiting MSF Clinic, Site B, Khayelitsha
- Driemanskaap, hip hop group – roundtable discussion about the merits and demerits of loveLife
- Cartoonist Jonathan Shaprio aka Zapiro
- Comedian Mark Lottering
- Gideon Mendel’s photography exhibition opens in Khayelitsha and Cape Town. Footage of him giving a speech about what inspired the photographs in which he documents people dying of AIDS.
