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Original Post Date: 2009-01-22 Time: 17:00:09 Posted By: Jan
A 25-year-old Cape Town singer is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after she was hastily deported by Chinese authorities when a blood test showed she was HIV-positive.
The mother of a three-year-old, from Gugulethu, said this humiliating experience would not put her off travelling or singing, the things she loved doing most.
Speaking to the Cape Argus about her ordeal, she said it was difficult moving on with her life as everybody was asking her questions about her short stay in China.
But she said she was determined to put the “bad experience” behind her and to continue pursuing her musical career.
“It’s been a very difficult time for me and the band, with the remaining two members having to foot the bill for my air tickets after the hotel that was hosting us demanded that I refund them.
“Cutting the trip short has been a huge setback for me, having prepared for it for months,” she said.
The singer said she had viewed the trip as an opportunity to make “big money” and to further her musical career.
“My plan was to make a name for myself and after my return, to move to Johannesburg, since it’s really difficult to make ends meet as a musician in Cape Town.
“All of this sounds like it was a dream now, but I don’t want to remain angry and hold grudges against the people of that country. I want to put it all behind me and continue with my music career.”
The woman, who was a lead singer for a South African jazz band, went to Beijing at the beginning of the month to start a six-month contract to perform at a well-known hotel.
According to the country’s laws, foreigners have to go through an extensive medical examination, including blood tests, before they can obtain a work permit.
After her blood results came back positive, she was allegedly told by a doctor and government authorities to leave the country within 48 hours.
The freelance singer has been in the industry for nine years and travelled extensively to countries such as Thailand, Brazil and Saudi Arabia.
She said she was already talking to her local contacts to try to get gigs at functions and cafes to earn an income while planning her next move.
“There’s no point complaining about my ordeal and my HIV status all the time,” she said.
“All I want to do now is pick up where I left off and continue with my life and my music.
“I’m very sad about what happened in China though… They humiliated me and made me feel like I committed a crime.
“It shows the level of stigma associated with HIV/Aids in that country.
“At home the stigma is still there and it makes it even more difficult living with the disease.”
The singer said that when she told people about what happened, they all appeared shocked and looked at her differently, as if they pitied her.
“But I don’t think HIV is the one that shocks them, it’s the stigma attached to it that makes people look at me differently,” she said.
She also plans to travel to other countries and won’t let the shock of finding out her HIV status in a foreign country get her down.
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has since condemned her deportation, labelling it as a “gross human rights violation” and a setback to the prevention and anti-stigmatisation campaigning by Aids activists around the world.