Dr Frene Ginwala

South African journalist and politician, the first speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. She was a key figure in the writing of the Constitution of South Africa and establishing democracy in South Africa.

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Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

As South Africa’s Minister of Health from 1999 to 2008, her refusal to support the use of antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV led to the deaths of over 300,000 infected South Africans.

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