Success for AIDS orphan

Xoliswa Sithole, a South African director, won the prize for best documentary at the recent British Academy's Television Awards (Baftas). The documentary, Orphans of Nkandla, was broadcast by the BBC and Discovery Channel last year. It deals with AIDS orphans. Xoliswa's first documentary, Shouting Silence, also won awards. It was based on her life after her mother died of AIDS and she had to raise her brothers and sisters. In 1987 she played the role of a nurse in Cry Freedom.