We've had a long wrangle with the pharmaceutical industry about parallel imports, and what we were saying is we want to make medicines and drugs as affordable as a possible to what is largely a poor population.

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That surely must be a concern to anyone who decides this drug must be given...

That surely must be a concern to anyone who decides this drug must be given...

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I say that why don't we bring all points of view. Sit around a table...

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The concern around probable questions, which in a sense have been hidden, will grow around...

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It wouldn't sit easily on one's conscience that you had been warned and there could...

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Together we have travelled a long road to be where we are today. This has...

It's very worrying at this time in the world that any point of view should...

It's very worrying at this time in the world that any point of view should...

Well, because lots of questions had been raised about the toxicity of the drug, which...

Well, because lots of questions had been raised about the toxicity of the drug, which...

I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an...

I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an...

The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the...

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I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm...

We will continue to count on your unwavering support and commitment to working with leaders...

We will continue to count on your unwavering support and commitment to working with leaders...

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A matter that seems to be very clear in terms of the alternative view, is...

South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white.

South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white.

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Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones...

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One of the things that became clear, and which was actually rather disturbing, was the...

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When will the day come that our dignity will be fully restored, when the purpose...

If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious...

If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious...

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South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of...

If we only said safe sex, use a condom, we won't stop the spread of...

If we only said safe sex, use a condom, we won't stop the spread of...