Manto Tshabala-Msimang

Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is Health Minister of South Africa under the government of Thabo Mbeki from 1994 to 1999. She was Foreign minister for a short time, and returned as Health Minister from 2000 to (Aug 2004).

She graduated from Fort Hare University.

Her second term in office has been controversial regarding AIDS and anti-retroviral treatments, her prioritisation of these issues, and her dissident outlook around AIDS in Africa.

A frequent opponent of hers has been the Treatment Action Campaign, and leader Zackie Achmat, who accuse the government of inaction in the face of an AIDS epidemic.

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