Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the former South African health minister whose AIDS denial and failure to provide treatment is blamed for more than 300,000 unnecessary deaths in the country that has ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, 69, who gained notoriety for her dogged promotion of lemons, garlic and olive oil to treat AIDS, has died. The ruling ...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 16 -- South African President Thabo Mbeki's firing of a top health official with strong ties to AIDS activists has undermined a fragile, year-old truce over how to combat the ...

South African President Thabo Mbeki on Monday named an interim health minister to replace the ailing but controversial Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, whose reluctance to embrace lifesaving AIDS drugs ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The United Nations special envoy for AIDS has likened her to the “lunatic fringe,” while a well-known comedian derides her as the “angel of death.” She is South Africa’s ...

FOR OVER A DECADE, the African National Congress-run government of South Africa has endured criticism both domestically and abroad for what can best be described as its lackadaisical approach to ...