2001-06-27 04:00:00 PDT Johannesburg-- Thabo Mbeki admits he is no Nelson Mandela. He joked shortly before coming to power two years ago that Mandela's shoes were "too ugly" for him to want to fill ...

In the past has publicly questioned the connection between HIV and AIDS, minimized the seriousness of the AIDS epidemic and did not support widespread treatment or testing for AIDS. Was expelled from ...

Zackie Achmat, once at the center of South Africa’s push for lifesaving H.I.V. treatment, has come out of retirement as U.S. funding cuts and his own government’s inertia revive old fears. By ...