HIV positive woman Brenda Motsumi shares her inspiring story

A South African woman who has lived with HIV for the past 7years has shared her story on Facebook and it is inspiring. Brenda Motsumi says she contacted the virus from a guy she was dating in 2009 and didn’t know until he granted an interview admitting he had the virus. She decided to get tested and turns out she was positive.

However, she lived in denial until 2011 when she finally accepted her status on discovering that she was pregnant. She took ARVs to protect her child. She went back to partying and drinking after the birth of her daughter.



"Since I was not looking sick I thought there was nothing wrong so I went back to living my life until I got very sick in August and I came to the decision that HIV is real and its for you to move on for my family and daughter. It's for me to accept it and live positively. I then joined a youth support group and I noticed that I wasn't the only one living with HIV as there were also some young people living with it," she wrote.

Her daughter is HIV negative. She disclosed her status to her family and later made it public. Brenda now has a foundation and her message to the youth is "BE SAFE. If you can't stand condoms then ABSTAIN."