There is great shock value in surveys of HIV and sexual behaviour among teenagers. Half of all young people claim to have had sex by age 17, and one in 12 is HIV positive before her 20th birthday.

There is great shock value in surveys of HIV and sexual behaviour among teenagers. Half of all young people claim to have had sex by age 17, and one in 12 is HIV positive before her 20th birthday. I say “her” because most HIV infection among 15- to 24-year-olds (77%) occurs in women, writes David Harrison, CEO of loveLife.

For the past nine months photographer David Harrison has been documenting sanitation issues in the informal settlements around Khayelitsha.

Police and angry farmworkers have been fighting running battles in the wineland areas of De Doorns. But the battles were not only against the police.

For the past nine months photographer David Harrison has been documenting sanitation issues in the informal settlements around Khayelitsha.

There is great shock value in surveys of HIV and sexual behaviour among teenagers. Half of all young people claim to have had sex by age 17, and one in 12 is HIV positive before her 20th birthday.

There is great shock value in surveys of HIV and sexual behaviour among teenagers. Half of all young people claim to have had sex by age 17, and one in 12 is HIV positive before her 20th birthday. I say “her” because most HIV infection among 15- to 24-year-olds (77%) occurs in women, writes David Harrison, CEO of loveLife.