Former South African president Thabo Mbeki looks on during the first Global Anti Apartheid Conference in Sandton last year. (Emmanuel Crosete/AFP/Getty Images) By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Donald G. McNeil ...

In the past has publicly questioned the connection between HIV and AIDS, minimized the seriousness of the AIDS epidemic and did not support widespread treatment or testing for AIDS. Mbeki’s father was ...

There is historical precedent for how Robert F. Kennedy Jr is handling his ascension to high office. It’s an episode that did not end well. Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela as President of ...

In his statement he said that what he meant was that the HIV virus cannot cause a syndrome. "What I said is that 'a virus cannot cause a syndrome'," Mbeki said. He added that AIDs is a syndrome caused ...