Dr. Beetroot jumps the queue for liver transplant in South Africa scandal

Times:

Thabo Mbeki’s presidency faced a crisis yesterday after sensational claims that his controversial Health Minister was an alcoholic who jumped the queue to receive a new liver.

The allegations about Manto Tshabalala-Msimang came as Mr Mbeki was already facing growing criticism for standing by the minister, who believes that a diet of olive oil, beetroot and garlic is the best way to combat South Africa’s Aids pandemic.

The claims were made across three pages of the Sunday Times, the country’s biggest-selling weekend newspaper. They included allegations that the minister, while in exile in neighbouring Botswana in the 1970s, was convicted of stealing jewellery, hats and handbags from hospital patients.

Under the front-page headline “Manto: A Drunk and A Thief”, the paper said that the minister was unsuitable for office. The issue of Dr Tshabalala-Msimang’s future, and Mr Mbeki’s loyalty to her, is raising questions about his judgment and is certain to play a key part in the current struggle to elect a new ANC leader.

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On top of being a queue jumper for livers the Doctor sounds like a quack when it comes to the treatment of aids. It is not surprising the epidemic has not abated if that is the treatment. This appears to be a small part of a large problem with rationed health care in South Africa.

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