Dr Vuyiseka Dubula is one of the foremost black African women advocates for the rights of people living with HIV in South Africa and is based at the Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal where she holds a post-doctoral fellowship. Her leadership can be traced to the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) where she served as General Secretary for eight years. She is openly living with HIV for 19 years, and has served on various AIDS councils namely the Western Cape Provincial AIDS Council; and later the South African National AIDS Council where she also served on the South African National AIDS Council Trust, Country Coordinating Mechanism and Programme Review Committee. She then joined Sonke Gender Justice where she served as board member, and Director of Policy and Research Development and as the Director of Programmes: Community Mobilisation and Accountability. She founded an NPO: Activist Centre for Education & Development (AEDC) to facilitate skills and economic development of women living with HIV in Cape Town. She serves in various boards in South Africa, Canada and the US. She is a recognised South African and global leader and scholar-activist with experience in academic teaching and research. She holds a PhD from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and completed her graduate studies (Postgraduate Diploma (HIV/AIDS Management and MPhil (HIV/AIDS Management) at Stellenbosch University as well as undergraduate studies in health and social sciences (applied psychology). She is affiliated with Stellenbosch University (Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management) where she teaches and supervises postgraduate students.