Men Care Enough to Act was the theme of the Men'€™s Imbizo held in Parow and Langa near Cape Town recently. Men in Partnership against HIV/AIDS also gathered in Cape Town to voice their frustration and disappointment at those men who continue to abuse women and children. The main focus of the event was the role men can play in addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic and sexual and domestic violence in South Africa. Well-known South Africans such as Steve Khompela, Caesar Molebatse, Dumile Mateza, Blondie Makhene as well as hundreds of men from the nine South African Provinces attended the forum to show their support.

Khaya Nkontso, coordinator of PPASA'€™s Men As Partners programme, is trying to help raise men'€™s awareness around issues of reproductive health, sexuality and HIV. Khaya says not all men are violent and want to dominate women. He says many men are showing a greater willingness to become involved in health issues that affect themselves as well as women and children. One of Khaya'€™s aims is to educate men about HIV/Aids, sexual violence and how to work in partnership with their wives or lovers.