Abstract
Using an autoethnographic methodology, and guided by my publications from 2009 to 2023, I reflect on the paradoxes of selected cultural interventions in the fight against HIV. I established that culture aided the fight against HIV through inculcating desirable behaviours, the work of traditional healers, and embracing the principles of ubuntu. Yet, culture was also a liability through advancing cultural stereotypes that promoted male promiscuity, GBV, ulwaluko becoming a vessel of HIV infections, patriarchy, and the rite of ulwaluko condoning excessive alcohol consumption. I have implored South African authorities to accept circumcision as an avenue for reducing HIV/AIDS, with social workers leading the advocacy campaigns. Keywords: alcoholism, circumcision, cultural paradoxes, sexual behaviours, traditional healers, ubuntu, ulwaluko
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