Choice II

Choice is a series aimed at youth and a joint initiative of the South African government’s HIV/AIDS communication campaign and the SABC. Choice gives thought and attention to the huge dilemmas South African youth are facing, and provides some expertise from people with the necessary training and/or experience.The talk show features real people confronting a dilemma.We first see them at their homes, where they tell us their stories, and again when they meet with an audience of contemporaries and advisors to discuss their choices. After weighing all the advice, the person makes a choice. In the following episode,we find out the results of that choice. Choice is characterized by honest and open discussion of sex, faithfulness, love, peer pressure and money – which are usually private issues. By filming in a public venue we’re saying that as long as these issues contribute to the spread of HIV and AIDS and other youthrelated issues they need to be spoken about in public.