Staying Alive

Job Mohalalelwa stands in his small shack in Munsieville west of Johannesburg. He says he was “resurrected from the dead.” (Photo by Darren Taylor)

Mohalalelwa stands with his wife, Joyce (left) and Snowy Nkoana (right), a nurse he says saved his life. (Photo by Darren Taylor)

Mohalalelwa is happy to be alive but regrets he hasn't rescued some of his HIV-infected neighbors. (Photo by Darren Taylor)

Maureen Mabuza experienced a "mirculous recovery" with anti-retroviral treatment. She sits in front of her one-room shack. (Photo by Darren Taylor)

Mabuza with Kefiloe Railo, one of the palliative care specialists she says saved her from death (Photo by Darren Taylor)

There’s hardly enough space for a bed inside Mabuza’s tiny dwelling (Photo by Darren Taylor)

Mabuza says she can’t make handwork anymore, because she shakes too much as an after-effect of intense illness … But at least she’s still alive, she emphasizes (Photo by Darren Taylor)