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Narrator, Bently Nkomonde, demonstrate the correct use of a condom using dummy. This, together with the free distribution of condoms takes place after each show. The audience is also invited to ask questions
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Joe's friend Harry and May comfort Joe and support him during this difficult time
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Joe is dying of Aids - he feels alienated from people and tries to make contact, but the audience is too stunned to respond
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The African Research and Educational Programme (Arepp) was established in 1988 to educate the public about Aids through workshops and puppet shows. Puppets Gladys, May and Joe stroll through the streets of Nyanga township prior to the show, Cape.
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A few days later, with the drain now removed, Hilda Maseko feels recovered and wants to return to her home and family in Alexandra Township
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Nurses wheel Ms Maseko to her private ward
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A doctor explains to Ms Maseko the surgical procedure she will undergo before he administers a local anaesthetic
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Hilda Maseko is wheeled through to the trauma unit where nurses and doctors are on standby
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Hilda Maseko arrives at the 'white only' Johannesburg Hospital
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Accompanied by Dr Frame and two ambulance men, Hilda Maseko is transferred from Alexandra Health Centre to the Johannesburg Hospital