[FILES] Edwin Cameron, 66, who hung up his gown after 25 years of serving as a judge, won widespread praise for spearheading the fight for people with HIV two decades ago.Photo: PIXABAY
Edwin Cameron, 66, who hung up his gown after 25 years of serving as a judge, won widespread praise for spearheading the fight for people with HIV two decades ago when the infection rapidly spread under what he called the “AIDS denialism” of the then South African president Thabo Mbeki.
South Africa has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world — 19 percent according to the UN AIDS agency — with more than seven million people living with the virus. Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng paid tribute to Cameron as “a brave and bold man” and for his catalytic role in mobilising authorities to roll out a mass ARV programme.“He could have chosen to mind his own business and care less about for the sake of the suffering masses, he not only spoke, but he acted.”
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