Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
Minister in the Presidency
In office
25 September 2008 – 10 May 2009
PresidentKgalema Motlanthe
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTrevor Manuel and Collins Chabane
22nd Minister of Health
In office
17 June 1999 – 25 September 2008
PresidentThabo Mbeki
Kgalema Motlanthe
Preceded byNkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Succeeded byBarbara Hogan
Acting Minister of Communications
In office
6 April 2009 – 10 May 2009
PresidentKgalema Motlanthe
Preceded byIvy Matsepe-Casaburri
Succeeded bySiphiwe Nyanda
Deputy Minister of Justice
In office
1 July 1996 – 17 June 1999
PresidentNelson Mandela
MinisterDullah Omar
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
29 April 1994 – 16 December 2009
ConstituencyDurban
Personal details
Born
Mantombazana Edmie Mali

9 October 1940
Durban, South Africa
Died16 December 2009(2009-12-16) (aged 69)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Spouses
  • Mandla Tshabalala
    (before 2009; div.)
  • Mendi Msimang
    (until 2009; her death)
Children2
Occupation

Mantombazana "Manto" Edmie Tshabalala-Msimang OMSS (née Mali; 9 October 1940 – 16 December 2009)[1] was a South African politician. She was Deputy Minister of Justice from 1996 to 1999 and served as Minister of Health from 1999 to 2008 under President Thabo Mbeki. She also served as Minister in the Presidency under President Kgalema Motlanthe from September 2008 to May 2009.

Her emphasis on treating South Africa's AIDS epidemic with easily accessible vegetables such as African potato, garlic and beetroot, rather than with antiretroviral medicines, was the subject of local and international criticism. These policies led to the deaths of over 300,000 infected South Africans.[2]

  1. ^ SAPA (16 December 2009). "Manto Tshabalala-Msimang dies". news24. Johannesburg. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  2. ^ Lewandowsky, Mann, Bauld, Hastings, Loftus. "The Subterranean War on Science". Observer. Association for psychological science. Retrieved 4 November 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)