The Virodene affair

This excellent series of articles by James Myburgh documents Thabo Mbeki's involvement with the developers of discredited AIDS treatment Virodene. It was published on politicsweb.co.za [1] in September 2007.

• The Virodene affair (I) [2]: The secret history of the ANC’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
• The Virodene affair (II) [3]: How Mbeki and Nkosazana Zuma allied with the Vissers against the MCC
• The Virodene affair (III) [4]: How the MCC was eventually taken out; and why Virodene was nonetheless still banned in SA
• The Virodene affair (IV) [5]: How the involvement in Virodene led to Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS ‘denialism’
• The Virodene affair (V) [6]: How the efficacy of Virodene was finally put to the test, and why the war on anti-retrovirals ended

Return to Denialism and politics [7]