Shock and outrage has erupted across South Africa in response to President Thabo Mbeki's denial that he knew anyone with Aids. "Personally, I don't know anybody who has died of Aids," Mbeki told the New York Times while at the United Nations General Assembly last week. Asked if he knew anyone who was HIV-positive, he responded, "I really, honestly, don't know."
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