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DRUM talks to famous faces about their fight against TB

IN THE NEWS: TB can be cured

DRUM Magazine

22 March 2012

Long before Sipho Ngwenya dreamed of becoming a star, the former generations actor (known to viewers as Ajax) was diagnosed with tuberculosis.

After undergoing six months of treatment, Sipho, also known to music fans as Psyfo thought he was cured. At the time he was 12.

Two years after his first diagnosis, the TV actor and rapper was again diagnosed with the disease that killed more than 51 000 South Africans in 2001 alone. If you think you wont contract tuberculosis (TB) because you're not poor and don't have HIV, think again...read the full article


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