Quotes from Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

We (the ANC government) have no plans to introduce the wholesale administration of these drugs in the public sector. ARVs are not a cure for Aids.

I can't stop working. The health of the nation depends on it.

I don't know how many [South Africans] with HIV would want to take anti-retrovirals.

Today I want to dispel this myth, because it is absolutely not true .[ that ARV's work ] The pharmaceutical industry and those who have a vested interest in the drug industry fuels this propaganda.