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The legacy of South Africa's 'Dr Beetroot'
By Karen Allen |
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang promoted healthy eating to fight HIV |
The death of former Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang marks the end of an era - a period which many South Africans feel deeply embarrassed about.
Without doubt, Dr Tshabalala-Msimang was a brave liberation fighter, a deeply loyal comrade in the ruling ANC, and a woman with a formidable intellect.
But sadly the world is likely to remember her for her for just one thing - her Aids policy.
It was June 2000 when she gained international prominence.
I was then the BBC's health correspondent and was sent to Durban to cover Africa's first ever international Aids conference.
It was a hugely significant affair, coming hard on the heels of the particularly gruesome murder of a 36-year-old woman Gugu Dlamini, set upon by her neighbours after she declared she had the Aids virus.
Durban was bristling