This research is part of the
project, ‘Pastoral Care and
Trauma Counselling’, directed
by Prof. Dr Maake Masango,
Department of Practical
Theology, Faculty of
Theology, University of
Pretoria.
This article represents a reworked version of aspects from the PhD dissertation of Vincent Frank Ncube, ‘HIV and AIDS in rural
Tonga culture’, prepared under the supervision of Prof. Dr Maake Masango, Department of Practical Theology, University of Pretoria,
South Africa. (http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53068)