- ~~~~[b][Everywhere I go there is HIV It will remain with us for a while By Makwena Manamela We’ve been writing about HIV/ AIDS for many years since it was officially diagnosed about 30 years ago, in an attempt to raise awareness. Also through campaigns, activism, research and other civil initiatives, the virus has now been turned into a bearable chronic illness, with millions living with it across the globe. South Africa is one of the worst hit by the epidemic, the country has been making serious progress of late to try and avail the anti-retroviral drugs (ARV) to many of its millions HIV infected population in recent years. Although HIV treatment is expensive, both the NGO sect…