WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD : Concealing your HIV Status and Infecting your Partner is a Crime

Complexion Nhlamulo and Mroks, discuss with the case of a 47-year-old man from Boschkop who appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on a charge of attempted murder after allegedly concealing his HIV status from his girlfriend. The conversation looks beyond the courtroom at the wider national and international conversation around HIV awareness, disclosure, trust and responsibility in relationships, while also considering how cases like this raise difficult questions about informed consent and the responsibility people have toward their partners.