Khabzela the Life and Times of a SA

Khabzela Concerns the Brief Life and Perplexing Death of Fana Khaba, Aka Khabzela, a Youth Icon Whose Brief Life Mirrors That of the First Generation to Reach Adulthood After Liberation. Born and Brought Up in Dire Poverty in Soweto, He Managed Against All the Odds to Fulfil a Lifelong Dream of Becoming a Dj. No Sooner Had He Achieved His Dream - the Most Popular Dj on the Most Popular Youth Radio Station, Yfm, With Money Flowing in and Girls Throwing Themselves at Him - Than He Fell Ill With Aids. the Central Question of This Timely and Compellingly Readable Title is Why Didn't He Take Anti-Retrovirals and Save His Own Life? the Answer Reveals a Lot About Many South Africans' Understanding of Aids As Well As the Mendacity of the Government's Approach to It. Mcgregor's Story Introduces the Reader to All Sorts and Conditions of South Africans As They Connected With Fana and His Life; Taxi Drivers, Sangomas, a Couple of Argentinian-Born Elderly Dutch Ladies Who Have Concocted a Cure Fro