"Divisions"
by dheborah
In 1982, while a nursing student in Durban, the first official case of Aids was announced in South Africa. Over the next decade, the nation experienced civil unrest, the threat of terrorism and the most terrible of times. Today, over 360 000 people in Natal are suffering from Aids. Somewhere in between, however, people...even the poorest of the poorest, still managed to find moments of joy and glimpses of the exquisite...which, when pieced together, could only be described as a "beautiful life". In Durban, the Durban 'Alternatives' would dance...dance in dark, unadvertised spaces; some of which were in back alleys and under-ground night clubs.
