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Mulalo Mulaudzi shows off a certificate declaring that she is HIV negative. She said she was tired of people saying she had HIV/Aids.

“Please stop with the rumours, I’m not HIV positive”

 

A woman from Tshisahulu, whom friends have disowned and made fun of, has hit back in an open interview and lambasted community members for calling her a whore and saying that she is HIV positive. She decided to make her medical results public to set the record straight and show up the gossipmongers.

Mulalo Mulaudzi (24) of Tshisahulu New Stands, a mother of one child who is a student at one of the local colleges, has been leading an unbearable life for years, characterized by the pointing of fingers wherever she went. All this started because of a close friend who allegedly betrayed her after their friendship went sour.

Mulaudzi said it was around 2013 when she broke up with her friend of many years because of personal problems. “Soon after we broke up the friend, who was bitter, started going around gossiping about me to residents and my family, telling them I was  HIV positive and that my body was sustained by ARVs. The rumour started doing some rounds in 2013 and it circulated through the whole community and also to my family very fast,” said Mulaudzi.

She said wherever she went, people would be pointing fingers at her, some friends would start a topic about HIV and when she commented they would tell her in her face that she was also HIV positive and using ARVs. “This has made life very difficult for me and moving around in the village has become a problem for me," said Mulaudzi.

She said she nearly committed suicide when she first heard about it, but decided against it after having herself tested and finding out her real status, namely that she is HIV negative. “This I have done on a number of occasions to make sure the results were right. My family advised me to lay charges against those spreading the rumours, but I decided against that as I know the truth,” she said.

According to Mulaudzi, the problem of the rumours remained and she was battling to find a way of convincing the community members that she is HIV negative. She opted to conduct another test and make the results public.

"I would love to let this matter rest once and for all. I want closure in this matter and people to stop nagging me,” said Mulaudzi, flashing a new certificate clearing her of the deadly virus from the local clinic.

Munna Ndi Nnyi Men’s Forum chairperson, Mr Bardwell Mufunwaini, said he was shocked to hear of people still stigmatizing people living with HIV/Aids. “So many people are sick with the disease, and instead of gossiping about them, we should be giving them support. If there are still people talking about others, they are lost and they need to be educated about the disease,” he said.

A recent  medical certificate clearing Mulaudzi of the deadly HIV virus.

 

Date:19 February 2015

By: Elmon Tshikhudo

Elmon Tshikhudo started off as a photographer. He developed an interest in writing and started submitting articles to local as well as national publications. He became part of the Limpopo Mirror family in 2005 and was a permanent part of the news team until 2019.

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