Mbeki defends health minister against critics
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South African President Thabo Mbeki hailed his embattled health minister as a heroine and likened critics to "wild animals" after she came under attack for her policy on Aids.
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JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 6 -- More than 80 international scientists and academics condemned South Africa's AIDS policies as ineffective and immoral and called for the firing of the health minister in a letter to President Thabo Mbeki released Wednesday.
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Health Minister George Smitherman dismissed ``ridiculous&quot; opposition claims today that he has been intimidating hospital administrators across Ontario to remain silent about potential service cuts.
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Rejecting the national pharmacare plan favoured by the provinces, federal health minister Ujjal Dosanjh says he&#39;s confident a strategy is still in the works.
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The ANC has defended Smuts Ngonyama, the party&#39;s spokesperson, and says its slinging match with Cosatu does not warrant urgent talks.
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The rural affairs minister defends his decision to drop out of a right to roam march amid the threat of protests.
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South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu refused to back down Monday in a spat with President Thabo Mbeki, who has locked horns with the anti-apartheid hero for criticizing the ruling ANC party.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki vowed Friday to step up the battle against HIV/AIDS, saying his government's program was among the world's best.
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Ministers will unveil plans to give health workers are to be given more protection against attacks in communities.
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South Africa on Friday defended its  warming of relations with Israel, criticized by pro-Palestinian  groups, and said it would play an even hand in its attempt to  help find a solution to the Middle East conflict.
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Hasty naming of ministers infuriates opposition, and observers accuse Kibaki of acting in bad faith
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OPPOSITION parties have called for the continued use of nevirapine to help prevent the motherto-child transmission of HIV despite the African National Congress&#39;s (ANC&#39;s) concerns about the safety of the drug.
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South Africa's government said on Tuesday it remained firmly under the control of President Thabo Mbeki, dismissing concerns that his humiliating defeat in the battle to lead the ruling party had made him a lame duck.
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A South African anti-rape campaigner hits back after President Mbeki accuses white writers of racism.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Just because he's federal health minister, doesn't mean he's healthy.
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The health minister pledges to investigate claims of waiting list manipulation.
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The former deputy to South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said the minister deliberately undercut her efforts to tackle chronic illness in the AIDS-ravaged country.