Tributes pour in for Tshabalala-Msimang

By Nomava Nobumba
17 December 2009

Tributes are pouring in for former health minister Manto Tshbalala-Msimang.

She died yesterday afternoon in a Johannesburg clinic at the age of 69 after complications set in following her liver transplant in 2007.

The African National Congress described Tshabalala-Msimang as someone who had dedicated her life to the struggle for justice and democracy.

Cosatu said her death was a great loss and added that she should be forgiven her mistakes.

Opposition parties sent their condolences to her family, with Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille describing Tshabalala-Msimang’s death as sad and quite shocking.

The Treatment Action Campaign also expressed its sadness, despite clashing with Tshabalala-Msimang often due to her opposition to anti-retroviral Aids drugs.

The former heath minister’s family has appealed for privacy as they mourn her death.

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