Tshabalala also said that it was necessary to acknowledge the role of whistle-blowers like Babita Deokaran, who paid the ultimate price “for trying to stop the disgusting theft of money meant for a hospital where patients were dying lonely and hungry.
“Just 20 years ago our healthcare system had an all-time low life expectancy rate of just 55 years and maternal mortality was quite high. Without the leadership shown by TAC on early response to HIV, we wouldn’t be in the place where we are today, where life expectancy has now increased to over 60 years. The insistence and power of activists in getting access to lifesaving HIV treatment is what makes us stand firm with TAC in realising the right to health for all.
TAC board chairperson Dr Fareed Abdullah commended the TAC on their work thus far and emphasised that they needed to maintain their credibility and good governance in order to continue to hold government accountable. Also present at the opening of the congress was SAFTU president Ruth Ntlokotse, who told the TAC that she salutes the organisation’s “long and illustrious history of struggle”.
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