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Big Question| Does Thabo Mbeki still believe beetroot can HIV/AIDS
As much as Thabo Mbeki was cruising successfully in his tenures as President, with a perfect GDP, low unemployment, reduced crime rates and so many other marvelous achievements for an African President, his Presidency will always be shadowed by the opinion he held regarding HIV/AIDS.
Without no doubt, Mbeki denied the existence of HIV/AIDS, he was so convinced in his stance that he hired Manto Tshabalala-Msimang as health minister of the country, together they promoted the idea that HIV could be cured by herbal remedies and living a healthy lifestyle that includes eating veggies like beetroot.
It was so bad and funny at the same time during Mbeki’s tenure that the public even gave Manto Tshabalala-Msimang the nickname, “Dr Beetroot” as it was her go-to veggie when it came to remedies that could possibly help with HIV.
Unfortunately, thousands of people passed away due to Mbeki and Msimang stance on the chronic disease but it important to remember that during that time, HIV was still a new thing and doctors couldn’t come with conclusive results when presenting their research to Mbeki.
Sometimes as a President, you can’t make decisions based on what someone else says, you gotta stick with your guns, irrespective of the consequences and that’s what Mbeki did unfortunately.
Now that his tenure has long passed, we can’t help but wonder whether Mbeki still believes that HIV/AIDS can be cured by merely eating beetroot.