Monthly Archives: March 2009

OneLove is not about blaming people who have multiple concurrent partners

March 26, 2009 – 6:59 am

Nomathemba Hlope, Principal Secretary in the Prime Ministers office in Swaziland, says strategies for conveying the message about HIV and AID should not seem to be moralising and blaming others. “If we want to prevent new infections, there should be concerted efforts to continue creating awareness and understanding about the social practices, norms and values [...]

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OneLove featured on The Swazi Observer

March 25, 2009 – 7:04 am

Check out this article which announces the launch of the OneLove campaign in Swaziland. The article, which is published in The Swazi Observer, quotes Lusweti Advocacy and Marketing Coordinator Zanele, who said that the campaign sought to sell the idea of one love to both men and women. Lusweti and NERCHA (the National Emergency Response [...]

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What is a real man?

March 25, 2009 – 7:03 am

What is a real man?

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Bringing Good TV Back!

March 24, 2009 – 9:03 am

Moagisi Letlhaku was gripped by Soul City series 9 so much she decided to blog about it. “I never thought that a TV drama series would inspire my first blog. But it did and not only was I overly passionate in recruiting an audience for it but I wanted to tell as many people as [...]

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Spares and Besties (A South African Video on Multiple Concurrent Partnerships)

March 24, 2009 – 8:00 am

Check out this video which talks about on why we have multiple concurrent partnerships . It touches on the trend to have “the main partner,” and why young men may choose to have additional relationships that are based only on sex. Girls also talk about why they have additional partners, and what they want in a meaningful [...]

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Men Are Hurting Too

March 20, 2009 – 7:49 am

By Felecia Townsend I’m as guilty as the next woman of complaining about why men act as they do and do the things that they do. I’m often quick to blame them for hurting women and children, for being the takers of life in a certain twisted way because they can’t give birth to life. [...]

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Are your scars more valuable than your loved ones?

March 19, 2009 – 10:30 am

There is a Shona proverb in Zimbabwe which says that a man is not a real man if he hasn’t had more than one woman and suffered a sexually transmitted infection as a result. Wouldn’t you rather be a man who takes pride in how well he protects himself and his loved ones?

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