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| Row over SA minister's transplant | Row over SA minister's transplant |
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| South Africa's controversial Health Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is facing new calls for her resignation. | |
| They follow newspaper allegations that she underwent a liver transplant while suffering from alcoholism. | They follow newspaper allegations that she underwent a liver transplant while suffering from alcoholism. |
| The government says the reports are "false and speculative", and President Mbeki's office says he still has confidence in his health minister. | The government says the reports are "false and speculative", and President Mbeki's office says he still has confidence in his health minister. |
| Dr Tshabalala-Msimang has - in the past - come under fire over her unorthodox approach to the HIV-Aids crisis. | Dr Tshabalala-Msimang has - in the past - come under fire over her unorthodox approach to the HIV-Aids crisis. |
| Her emphasis on the use of garlic and beetroot for HIV sufferers brought her many critics. | Her emphasis on the use of garlic and beetroot for HIV sufferers brought her many critics. |
| But over the past fortnight, South Africa's Sunday Times newspaper has made startling allegations that the health minister was an alcoholic who jumped the queue to obtain a liver transplant earlier this year. | But over the past fortnight, South Africa's Sunday Times newspaper has made startling allegations that the health minister was an alcoholic who jumped the queue to obtain a liver transplant earlier this year. |
| The paper has also said that as part of a five-month investigation, it discovered that Dr Tshabalala-Msimang was convicted of stealing from a patient when she worked as a medical superintendent at a hospital in Botswana 30 years ago. | The paper has also said that as part of a five-month investigation, it discovered that Dr Tshabalala-Msimang was convicted of stealing from a patient when she worked as a medical superintendent at a hospital in Botswana 30 years ago. |
| The health ministry has dismissed the newspaper allegations as "false, speculative and bizarre". | The health ministry has dismissed the newspaper allegations as "false, speculative and bizarre". |
| It is now in the process of preparing a more detailed response. | It is now in the process of preparing a more detailed response. |
| President Thabo Mbeki's official spokesman, Mukoni Ratshitanga, has called on anyone with firm evidence, to produce it. | President Thabo Mbeki's official spokesman, Mukoni Ratshitanga, has called on anyone with firm evidence, to produce it. |
| President Mbeki and Dr Tshabalala-Msimang have an association that stretches back more than four decades. | President Mbeki and Dr Tshabalala-Msimang have an association that stretches back more than four decades. |
| They were part of the same group of students which fled South Africa to go into exile in 1962. | They were part of the same group of students which fled South Africa to go into exile in 1962. |
| Ten days ago, Mr Mbeki fired his deputy health minister, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, saying she'd not been a team player and had made an unauthorised trip to an Aids conference in Spain. | Ten days ago, Mr Mbeki fired his deputy health minister, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, saying she'd not been a team player and had made an unauthorised trip to an Aids conference in Spain. |