For doctors who qualified in the 1970s or 80s, the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa in the past 10 to 15 years has left many of them ill-equipped to respond to the needs of patients with HIV or AIDS. In an effort to solve the problem, the South African Medical Association (SAMA), has been running three-day courses for General Practitioners in various parts of the country. At one of these courses in Cape Town, the association invited Elaine Maane, Provincial Co-ordinator of the National Association of Persons Living with HIV and AIDS (NAPWA), to talk about how people with AIDS want to be treated by doctors.

Wednesday, November 14th was observed internationally as World Diabetes Day. To some people the day doesn't bear any significance whatsoever, but to others like Michelle Kannemeyer, a travel and tourism student at Cape Technikon, the day has greater significance. Michelle Kannemeyer is 18. When she was eleven months old she was diagnosed with diabetes. Doctors refer to this disease in children and young people as Type 1 diabetes. To survive for the past 17 years, Michelle has been on a strict programme of insulin injections because her pancreas cannot produce insulin naturally. In this audio report in Sesotho and English, Michelle speaks about life with diabetes and how she copes with it.