As if we don’t have much to deal with when it comes to the issue of HIV and Aids, the leader of Ncandweni Gospel Christ Ambassadors, Timothy Myeni allegedly made a controversial and offensive remark about people living with HIV and Aids.
Apparently, Myeni insulted people with the virus by saying they should be branded on the buttocks to stop the spread of the disease.
Taking offence on this, the National Association of People Living with HIV and Aids (Napwa) wrote a letter to the SAMAs organisers, urging them to make sure that Myeni does not attend the event, as more than 300 Napwa members will be attending the event.
Failing to do so, Napwa threatened to make things ugly if Myeni attends the event or even wins an award. Consequently, he did not pitch.
Accentuating their message, Napwa also wants radio stations to stop playing and promoting Ncandweni’s music.
I find it very hard to understand as to why -a gospel singer nogal- would say such a thing. In my mind, this guy clearly thinks that, for one to get infected one has to be sleeping around. What a stereotype. Of course, now we wait to hear if he really made this remark, or it is just unfound speculations.
He better not have said that, or else I will make sure that in as much as I do not like their music, I would make it my mission to let people know what he said. That way, their reputation will be damaged, just as he had juts did to people living with the disease.
The last thing we want is people making this remark, simply because a leader of one of the popular gospel groups for the black market in SA said it. It seems to me that some people really need to be cultured and schooled. Especially our Christian believers.
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