The former South African minister of health Dr. Manto Tshabalala Msimang (1940-2009) died today at the Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre. In 2007 she underwent a liver transplant and she died as a result of complications from that liver transplant.
Tshabala-Msimang's statements that beetroot, lemon and garlic were good for HIV/AIDS caused widespread condemnation from AIDS activists. She was also reported to have smuggled wine into her ward while at hospital for a shoulder operation.
I think some will remember her as a struggle stalwart who served her people; while others will see her as the health minister who failed the nation.
Her work is done and only God can judge her. May her soul rest in peace.
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