MANTO TSNABALALA-MSIMANG

See {57636} for one of her more absurd statements.

The Health Minister also warned South Africans against the proven anti-retroviral drugs which had saved millions of lives. This was after the President, Thabo Mbeki, told the public that AIDS was not caused by a virus that could be transmitted by sexual contact. South Africa ended up with the highest percentage of AIDS victims of any country in the world having made no serious effort at prevention. Millions of lives were lost as the result. South Africa, which is in most respects, a very modern nation, with far more competence in government and administration that most nations of Afric. However, in the protest against apartheid a generation of young people did not attend the schools, which although segregated were quite good. The result has been that some of today’s South African leaders, although more idealistic and less corrupt than in many other African nations, there is also great areas of ignorance. In the case of a health minister who does not understand the science and knowledge of the most serious communicable disease of the era, it is rank incompetence. When the President, was also ignorant in the health arena, that sealed the fate of millions of South Africa at a time when the government generally was extremely competent.

The Health Minister also warned South Africans against the proven anti-retroviral drugs which had saved millions of lives. This was after the President, Thabo Mbeki, told the public that AIDS was not caused by a virus that could be transmitted by sexual contact. South Africa ended up with the highest percentage of AIDS victims of any country in the world having made no serious effort at prevention. Millions of lives were lost as the result. South Africa, which is in most respects, a very modern nation, with far more competence in government and administration that most nations of Afric. However, in the protest against apartheid a generation of young people did not attend the schools, which although segregated were quite good. The result has been that some of today’s South African leaders, although more idealistic and less corrupt than in many other African nations, there is also great areas of ignorance. In the case of a health minister who does not understand the science and knowledge of the most serious communicable disease of the era, it is rank incompetence. When the President, was also ignorant in the health arena, that sealed the fate of millions of South Africa at a time when the government generally was extremely competent.