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South African Press Association (Johannesburg) - April 22, 2002
"These are responsible people who could not allow babies to continue to die," Mandela said in Soweto where he was receiving a R150-million donation from an international pharmaceutical company, Aventis Pharma.
He was referring to an announcement by government last week that it would extend the provision of nevirapine to victims of rape.
Mandela dismissed media reports that government changed its police on Aids because he entered the fray.
He reminded the public that he had said before the opening of Parliament this year that there would be progressive efforts in the fight against HIV/Aids. Mandela received the money on behalf of his organisation, the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
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