Deliwe Chiriseri is living positively with HIV/AIDS. Deliwe got pregnant by her boyfriend who was a teacher and decided to elope and live with him but things did not go well for her because her parents wanted lobola from their son in-law. She was taken by her parents and lived with them for seven months but her partner did not bring the required lobola.

Deliwe decided to return to her husband and within two months she fell pregnant for the second time. Her husband became ill and she also became ill whilst pregnant but she thought that it was her pregnancy which was causing the illness.

"Kupona kwemwana wangu"

Her husband secretly went for HIV testing and tested positive but did not tell his wife. Deliwe’s husband later told her he was HIV positive and encouraged her to go for counseling. Deliwe tested HIV positive and she delivered her baby under PPTCT programme but did not disclose her status to any of her family members except her twin sister.

Now she is a member of the E-Knowledge for Women in Southern Africa (EKOWISA) Community ICT Project and she goes around sharing her experiences with those who are in a similar situation. She is staying with her husband and her two HIV negative children.