With no disrepect meant to our lady of the fried liver , drinking buddy of Thabo , denier of quality healthcare to the underpriveleged including a swathe of unnecessary deaths due to her denialist attitude and the advocacy of garlic beetroot etc as answers to HIV .. yet herself getting quality healthcare and a fasttracked liver which she promptly proceeded to wreck soon after getting well ... I labelled her in the press many times during the height of her infamy in 2007 as an evil woman ... so how does one show disrespect to someone who showed no respect to her fellow countrmen and women ??? The dismissal of Ms Routlege for defying her uncaring mandate during her time out for new liver was also well publicised... it was durng this time that I composed this letter using Thabo's expression of " she would not submit to the will of the collective ( that being ANC HQ ) the expression reminding me of Star trek ( any Trekkies out there ?? ) sent this letter in .. it was never published ( dont know why ?? )
I post it here as my tribute to her .. if you followed events at the time you will see names and expressions relating to people involved ... have fun reading ...
must say I had fun composing it then ...
Sorry Sandy!! don't know much about this individual only whats in Wikipedia but like most of the African leaders there are not too many that can hold their heads up high.......................Frank
Mbeki has received worldwide criticism for his HIV/AIDS stance. His questioning of the link between HIV/AIDS and poverty and the AIDS rate in Africa was a challenge to the viral theory of AIDS. His fate was not helped by Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang and the overhaul of the pharmaceutical industry in South Africa. The delay in distributing Anti-Retro Virals (ARVs) is attributed to the ban he placed on their use in public state hospitals.
Well my SMS message got into the Argus ... as below a bit edited tidied up by them.. but here it reads ..
WHY ALL THE FUSS OVER THE COMMENTS ABOUT DR MANTO'S PASSING ? NOT WANTING TO SOUND CALLOUS , AND WITH NO DISRESPECT TO HER OR HER FAMILY , BUT HOW CAN ONE SHOW DISRESPECT TO SOMEONE WHO BY HER POLICIES AND BELIEFS SHOWED NO RESPECT TO HER FELLOW BEINGS AND DEPRIVED THEM OF THE DIGNITY OF QUALITY HEALTHCARE ? MAY HER SOUL FIND PEACE AFTER ATONEMENT .