South Africa: Letter to the Editor - Pieter-Dirk Uys

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Where were these voices of dissent against the ANC when they were really needed, when they could still make a big difference a few years ago? A letter to the editor from PIETER-DIRK UYS.

What a pity senior members of the ANC only seem to discover their alternative voices when they have left the Olympus of Power. Manuel, Motlanthe, Jordan, Naidoo, Madlala-Routledge, Asmal and Kasrils: where were their voices when Thabo Mbeki unleashed his denialist tsunami against the proven fact that HIV led to Aids that cost at least 380,000 people their lives? Where were their recent voices of protest from within when their opinions mattered and could have made a difference?

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