Nozipho Bhengu.(Nozipho Bhengu, victim of AIDS and quackery)
Economist (US), The, June, 2006
Nozipho Bhengu, victim of AIDS and quackery, died on May 19th, aged 32
AT THE dinner held last June to celebrate the budget speech of the health minister of KwaZulu-Natal, one guest stood out. Among the politicians crammed into the premier's house in Parkside, Pietermaritzburg, celebrating the first increase in health funding for seven years, was a young woman in a stunning red dress and two rows of black and white beads. Her straightened hair had been streaked with blonde highlights, and her skin glowed.
This picture of health was Nozipho Bhengu, and she had full-blown AIDS. For the past two years she had been campaigning round the townships and clinics of the region, hoping to remove the stigma from the disease and to assure victims they could get...
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