The South African Communist Party Youth League has praised President Jacob Zuma’s constructive approach to HIV, while slamming his predecessor Thabo Mbeki and former health minister, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang for their failures.

Young Communists League leader Buti Manamela even wants Mbeki and Tshabalala-Msimang – not named but referred to as the “people” who presided over government as president and minister of health and refused to provide antiretrovirals – charged with genocide.

“Those who have denied the existence of HIV/Aids must be brought before the commission and tried for genocide,” he said.

Many of us would like to see justice done for their catastrophic denialism while in power.

A Harvard study showed some 330 000 deaths could have been avoided between 2000 and 2005 if Mbeki and Tshabalala-Msimang had rolled out the lifesaving medicines sooner.

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