Support floods in for Tasneem Motara after threats to expose her HIV status

ANC MP Tasneem Motara has been inundated with messages of support after she was forced into publically disclosing her HIV status.

In a Facebook post, Motara explained she was sharing her status after a former partner threatened to make it public.

https://www.facebook.com/tasneem.motara/posts/10215840794907736

Thus far, her Facebook post has garnered over 600 comments and has been shared close to 300 times.

Although she did not share the post on Twitter, she has also received messages of support on that platform.

https://twitter.com/Taps_D/status/1089792676290068481

Threatening to reveal someone’s status or personal health info is absolutely disgusting. Power to @TasneemMotara for handling this with dignity. https://t.co/CpXd05qr8m

— Nicole Graham (@NicoleGraham031) January 28, 2019

https://twitter.com/TsikiMabala/status/1089784568801099776

(Compiled by Kaunda Selisho) 

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