http://www.politics.za.net/articles/2006/08/29/health-minister-breaks-the-law en-us 40 Third world country. First world politics. <p>Oh this is rich. Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang&#8217;s proclamations on the benefits of beetroot, lemon and olive oil as an effective treatment for <span class="caps">AIDS</span> is possibly <a href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&#38;click_id=13&#38;art_id=qw115686126162B232">a crime</a>.</p> <p>The South African Medical Association has asked the minister to stop making claims that have not been tested by the Medicines Control Council and that &#8221;...until that is done, you cannot go onto public fora and claim that it is therapeutic&#8221;. So who&#8217;s going to take a bet on what happens first? Manto&#8217;s censure (or possible arrest) or the &#8220;reorganisation&#8221; of the <span class="caps">MCC</span> and the further ignoring of <span class="caps">SAMA</span> by the health deparment?</p> Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:39:00 -0500 urn:uuid:fbcd9b540190810b3b7db432311badfd Farrel http://www.politics.za.net/articles/2006/08/29/health-minister-breaks-the-law Health