“I'm quite willing to share the story of my "baby" brother Martin. Baby because he was the last born in our family of seven children with me being the only girl. Martin was more my child than my brother. I was responsible for him during his years at the Malawi Polytechnic. I had just graduated myself and had started teaching at a high school." Dr Loveness Kaunda, Dean of Students at the University of Cape Town, is one of a handful of South African leaders prepared to talk openly about HIV/AIDS. Here she shares the story of her younger brother and how his death affected her family.