Category Archives: General News

Siyabonga’s story: The benefits of medical male circumcision

Siyabonga, 23, was one of the first in his community in KwaZulu-Natal to go to the Marie Stopes South Africa clinic for a medical circumcision. “Now I’m saying to others go and get this circ, it’s not bad like you think it’s gonna be,” he says. Siyabonga reports that, “it was not very painful. I…

Video: Brenda’s battle

A mother of four, Brenda is a woman with a mission – to speak out and to put a stop to unsafe abortions.

Video: Tshedisego’s story

Tshedisego was 19 years old when she fell pregnant. Stigma and fear of what her friends and family would think led Tshedisego to a “backstreet” abortion providers who failed to perform the procedure safely and completely, putting her life in danger.