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...than 600 of them die of the virus every day. But the government of Mandela's successor, Thabo Mbeki, has hampered efforts to fight the disease by questioning the link between HIV and AIDS and the efficacy of AIDS drugs. Mandela's public acknowledgment last week that his son Makgatho, 54, an apprentice lawyer, had succumbed to the disease was "a political statement designed to . . . force the President out of his denial," says Debbie Mathew, executive director of the aids Foundation of South Africa. Said Mandela: I have been saying. . . . that we should speak openly about HIV/AIDS...
...DIED. MAKGATHO MANDELA, 54, eldest son of former South African President Nelson Mandela; of AIDS-related complications; in Johannesburg. Mandela announced the cause of death at a news conference, saying AIDS, which kills 600 South Africans daily, requires public discussion--an African taboo, yet "the only way of making it appear to be a normal illness...
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