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KeDezemba<\/p>\n
Ja nee, it\u2019s that time of the year again . We are in December, the month that practically only has 15 days! Time moves so fast, money is spent at the speed of a Golf 7 and boom\u2026 its January again! Nou my mense, it\u2019s all good and well mara let\u2019s not forget the responsibility that comes with keDezemba. There are unfortunately guys my age who still got their eyes fixated on many other stuff except what really matters. We celebrated (yes celebrated) World Aids Day recently on the 1st of December. Yes, I say celebrate, not commemorate \u2026 commemorate is such a \u201cheavy\u201d word in my opinion. The reason I say celebrate is because it definitely seems like we are winning this battle against HIV! Yes, those years are gone when we would gossip about Ou \u2018Zoekoep\u2019 who rapidly started losing weight the last six months, talking k*k about his family and waiting for him to die. We go to his funeral and act all sincere, crying with his mother kamma but whispering at his grave site with a few guys how stupid and irresponsible he has been getting himself infected. Nee wat, this is not 1993 anymore! Today we support one another through thick and thin. Trust me, it\u2019s not easy when death knocks on your family door with this disease. I can\u2019t recall how many of my own family and friends I lost due to this disease. Every time it happens you hope it\u2019s the last family member or friend you lose due to this. Mara today we are thankful for Ubuntu, the support Namibians give each other is just amazing. The proper introduction of ARVs and the general stigma of \u201cI might die tomorrow\u201d is gone! I swear, a few months ago I overheard someone at a party insensitively joking\u2026 \u201cetse ouens, lewe Emma hoeka nog, is sy nog nie dood nie?\u201d I was so disgusted I just walked away. The fact that they even speculated even further whether she was really HIV positive, and was basically just riding on the support of donors and the general public is a further insult as to what we have achieved so far. En ja, there\u2019s no stigma attached to this disease as you know. I heard this one time that white people called the disease \u201cstrikkie griep\u201d … Or ribbon flu, direct translation . The ribbon that symbolises HIV. Halloooo, my ma was vir 45 jaar n verpleegster… when I visited her at the hospital walking down the corridor where people pick up their ARVs I would see all colours, tribes doing the right thing\u2026 getting treatment . So strikkie griep is nie net vir sekere mense nie, dis vir almal wat onverskillig optree Oom Piet. So assbelief, all Namibians out there, the infection rate is at an all-time low. Let\u2019s not get tripped over again by keDezemba, kondomise… leave that k*k chiskop ideology of\u00a0 \u201cek eet nie lekkers met papiere\u201d goede nie . That is extremely dumb and ignorant. And the guys my age, don\u2019t be scared to get up to go get the condom\u2026 if you lose your erection then so be it\u2026 try maar weer later, but under no circumstances must you go chiskop… Promise that to yourself, you have a responsibility towards all Namibians. Together we will beat this, Viva Namibia!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KeDezemba Ja nee, it\u2019s that time of the year again . We are in December, the month that practically only has 15 days! Time moves so fast, money is spent at the speed of a Golf 7 and boom\u2026 its January again! Nou my mense, it\u2019s all good and well mara let\u2019s not forget the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":223890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-opinion"],"yoast_head":"\n