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...government during that period. “Everyone knew that tens of thousands were dying unnecessarily and there was not a word publicly from the secretary general of the U.N. or the executive director of UNICEF,” Lewis said, adding that he hopes former South African president Thabo Mbeki and his health minister are indicted by the International Court of Justice. “There are too many graveyards to allow them to live with impunity,” he said. Although Lewis addressed many aspects of the struggle against AIDS, he said, “The single...
...HIV/AIDS in the global scientific community. “When antiretroviral drugs are given in combination, HIV replication and immune deterioration can be delayed, and survival and quality of life improved,” according to the World Health Organization. But the government of former South African president Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela in 1999, argued that ARV drugs were dangerous and ineffective. Mbeki’s organization restricted foreign donations to ARV efforts and instead emphasized folk remedies such as lemon juice and garlic. The Harvard study called the government a “major obstacle?...
...South Africa’s leaders have offered little prospect of hope for Tsvangirai and a fair power-sharing agreement. President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa was never an impartial mediator. Mbeki and Mugabe have been called close allies, and a source at the recent South African Development Community (SADC) summit negotiations said Mbeki will not stand up to Mugabe. Mbeki has supported Mugabe’s control over ministry appointments. According to the Zimbabwe Independent, Tsvangirai listed to the SADC examples showing that Mbeki could not act “fairly and impartially...
...immediate hope of a resolution to Zimbabwe's political crisis ended late Friday, as opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced that power-sharing negotiations with President Robert Mugabe's regime had failed. This week's crisis talks had been mediated by former South African President Thabo Mbeki on behalf of Zimbabwe's African neighbors, and Tsvangirai appealed to those neighbors to revive the search for a political compromise. "Regretably, after four days of intense negotiations, we have failed to agree ... [and] therefore a deadlock has been declared," said the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) outside the talks venue...
...Spoke out against former president Thabo Mbeki's denial of AIDS/HIV