5 South African celebrities who live positively with HIV/Aids in 2019
The African continent as a whole has the most recorded cases of HIV/AIDS in the world. At the time of its outbreak, people who contracted the virus had a short life-expectancy. However, modern medicine has made it possible for those who have a positive status to live a full and wonderful life. Take the following five South African celebrities with HIV/AIDS, who made their statuses public, and gave people hope that life goes on after being diagnosed. 1. Koyo Bala Bala publicly announced his HIV status in a 2011 interview with DRUM magazine. Bala, who was diagnosed in 2010, told the magazine he is HIV-positive. He added as a celebrity and someone who is openly gay, it is important to come out. Bala said he wanted to use his bubbly personality to help those struggling to come to terms with their status and instil a sense of hope. He died in 2015, not from the virus, but cancer. 2. Criselda Kananda Radio DJ Criselda Kananda, and mother of three. South Afric...
