Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
Minister in the Presidency
In office 25 September 2008 – 10 May 2009
President	Kgalema Motlanthe
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Trevor Manuel and Collins Chabane
22nd Minister of Health
In office 17 June 1999 – 25 September 2008
President	Thabo Mbeki Kgalema Motlanthe
Preceded by	Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Succeeded by	Barbara Hogan
Acting Minister of Communications
In office 6 April 2009 – 10 May 2009
President	Kgalema Motlanthe
Preceded by	Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
Succeeded by	Siphiwe Nyanda
Deputy Minister of Justice
In office 1 July 1996 – 17 June 1999
President	Nelson Mandela
Minister	Dullah Omar
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office 29 April 1994 – 16 December 2009
Constituency	Durban
Personal details
Born	Mantombazana Edmie Mali 9 October 1940 Durban, South Africa
Died	16 December 2009(2009-12-16) (aged 69) Johannesburg, South Africa
Political party	African National Congress
Spouses	Mandla Tshabalala (before 2009; div.) Mendi Msimang (until 2009; her death)
Children	2
Occupation	Politician doctor legislator anti-apartheid activist

Mantombazana "Manto" Edmie Tshabalala-Msimang OMSS (née Mali; 9 October 1940 – 16 December 2009)^[1] was a South African politician. She was Deputy Minister of Justice from 1996 to 1999 and served as Minister of Health from 1999 to 2008 under President Thabo Mbeki. She also served as Minister in the Presidency under President Kgalema Motlanthe from September 2008 to May 2009.

Her emphasis on treating South Africa's AIDS epidemic with easily accessible vegetables such as African potato, garlic and beetroot, rather than with antiretroviral medicines, was the subject of local and international criticism. These policies led to the deaths of over 300,000 infected South Africans.^[2]