Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang (born October 9, 1940 in Durban , † December 16, 2009 in Johannesburg ) was a South African politician.
She studied medicine at Fort Hare University , where she received a BA in 1961. After the ban by the African National Congress (ANC) in 1962, she went into exile on the recommendation of the ANC leadership. She continued her studies in Leningrad ( Soviet Union ) and at the University of Dar es Salaam ( Tanzania ), and worked as a doctor in Tanzania and Botswana . In 1990 she returned to South Africa. She was elected to the South African Parliament as a member of the ANC in 1994 and chaired its health committee.
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was South Africa's Deputy Minister of Justice from 1996 to 1999, and from 1999 she was Minister of Health in the government of Thabo Mbeki . In this function, she came under fire because she denied the connection between HIV and AIDS and recommended eating fruit and vegetables instead of treatment with antiretroviral therapy (see also AIDS denial ). According to a study conducted at Harvard University , its policies are believed to be responsible for the premature death of 365,000 people.
In September 2008 she was dismissed from office by Mbeki's successor Kgalema Motlanthe and replaced by Barbara Hogan . She held the office of Minister in the Presidency until May 2009 , after the death of the previous incumbent Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri , she also temporarily took over the office of Minister for Communication in April and May 2009.
She died at the age of 69, apparently of alcohol-related complications after a 2007 liver transplant. She was married to Mendi Msimang, who had been treasurer of the ANC since 1997, and had two daughters.
Web links
- Obituary article on the homepage of the Standard
- Obituary article on the homepage of the Daily Telegraph (in English)
- Obituary article on the New York Times home page
- Short biography on news24.com
- Article about Manto Tshabalala-Msimang in Spiegel 35/2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/world/africa/26aids.html?_r=1
- ↑ http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/communications-minister-matsepe-casaburri-dies-2009-04-07
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tshabalala-Msimang, Manto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Durban |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 2009 |
| Place of death | Johannesburg |