Dr Thembisile Xulu, the newly appointed CEO of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC), describes herself as an empath and very ambitious.
She stems from a line of formidable women. When Xulu was seven years old, her mother, Sisana who was a single parent, joined the armed struggle in Swaziland. The young Xulu was raised by her great grandmothers Gogo Victoria, a nurse, and Gogo Ruby, a seamstress. Her two great grandmothers also managed a trading store in the Durban township of Inanda, where Xulu says she learned to count change and to treat people with respect - skills that may come in handy in her new position.
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