Word: benny
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Tuesday night, and millions of South Africans are tuning in to find out if the white social worker, Karen, will be able to adopt AIDS orphan Benni - "People who love me always end up dying," the child says. No, it's not Melrose Place or E.R. or any of the other imported dramatic series that fill the country's airwaves. It's a show about South Africans themselves. 'Soul City', the local soap opera that began as a good deed, is now an award-winning, multi-media business internationally recognized for its role in Third World development. It is also...
...there is evidence that the program has played "a major role" in increasing public knowledge of HIV-AIDS and safer sexual behavior. Researchers say, for instance, that there is a "significant" association of the use of condoms with people who watch 'Soul City'. The survey did not say whether Benni would find a happy new home. For more about that, tune in to next week's episode...