In idle moments I have often wondered whether – despite the obvious ideological differences – there are not perhaps remarkable similarities between President’s George W. Bush and Thabo Mbeki. Both have a messianic streak and both seem to have a tendency to ignore difficulties that do not fit into their ideologically tinted world view. Both [...]
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Aids denialism (II)
A reader points out that my post two days ago suggests that Mbeki did not deny that HIV causes AIDS, but only that there are other issues that affect immune deficiency. I would contend that this is mere semantics.
Most South Africans would not make this distinction and would believe Mbeki to have denied the link [...]
Thabo Mbeki did flirt with Aids denialism
In the rewriting of history those who want to defend President Thabo Mbeki says that he never flirted with Aids denialism. However, in an interview with Tim Sebastian on the BBC HARDtalk on 6 August 2001 President Mbeki responded as follows to questioning about the 7 million people living wth HIV in South Africa:
TM: From [...]
