THREE weeks ago (Reflecting on AIDS August 19, Why would Anyone Stop Taking ARVs) we reflected on why anyone taking ARVs would want to stop taking them, knowing full well what the benefits of HIV treatment are. A couple of days after publication, I received a moving response from Dorcas N Chewe of Ndola. The response was a deeply personal testimony, so deep and so personal that when I wrote back seeking her permission to share the testimony, I fully expected her to decline or at least seek to remain anonymous.

AFTER five years of experiencing pain, torment, and rejection at the hands of her late husband's family, Nyanyiwe Banda not real name has decided to tell her story in the hope that justice will prevail.

IT has been a year since retired Mongu Diocese Bishop Paul Duffy died at the Oblates of Mary Immaculate OMI retirement home in San Antonio, Texas, and those that were close to him have been consistently observing the movements in the hour glass.