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South African Press Association - May 13, 2005
However, proceedings were adjourned minutes after they started because the noise of demonstrators outside the building was interfering with the court's sound-recording equipment.
The TAC is asking the court to stop Rath from claiming it is a front for the pharmaceutical industry and that it is forcing the government to spend millions of rands on toxic drugs.
It says it intends to bring a full-scale defamation action against him at a later date.
Rath has been criticised by a number of organisations for his opposition to anti-retroviral drugs, which he claims are ineffective treatment for HIV/Aids.
The TAC claims Rath is undermining the TAC in order to promote his multivitamins as alternative HIV/Aids treatment. The Medicines Control Council and the Department of Health are investigating Rath for allegedly running unregistered medical practices in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
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