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Posted on 10/02/2002 11:18:44 AM PDT by dead
FORMER President Nelson Mandela, speaking alongside former US President Bill Clinton at Orange Farm south of Johannesburg yesterday, said it was "only a matter of time" before Aids drugs would be available to the public.
He praised corporations that have contributed to the loveLife campaign, which aims to make youth aware of how to avoid contracting Aids.
loveLife's corporate sponsors include the Sunday Times, which prints our S'camto young lifestyle insert. Corporate sponsorship of services to loveLife so far was worth at least R50-million.
Clinton said Aids was "100% preventable . . . there's medicine that turns the disease from a death sentence to a chronic illness for people who get it [HIV/Aids]".
"It's because we have not done enough to mobilise people like you to stop people from getting it in the first place.
"We have not done enough to demand that leaders, like me, give people the medicine, the care and the treatment they need once they do get it."
Mandela's daughter, Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane, of loveLife, gave Clinton the nickname Siphiwe - meaning "gift"- and called him a "true African-American" because of what she said was his concern for the African continent. He has just signed deals on HIV/Aids prevention in Mozambique and Rwanda.
Asked by Clinton what the older generation needed to do to help the youth defeat HIV/Aids, John Ntsele, 19, of Orange Farm, said it was important to include the youth in the fight "because we are going to be the next presidents".
Meanwhile, Edwin Lombard reports that diners at a trendy Cape Town restaurant caught a glimpse of Clinton, who was accompanied by Hollywood actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker, on Friday night.
Clinton told diners: "I just love Cape Town. You've got a great city."
Renée de Wet, the waitress who served Clinton, said he chose a calamari starter, followed by Norwegian salmon, garlic mash and mayonnaise. He had no dessert and no wine.
Clinton was "very down-to-earth and friendly", De Wet said. "As he left he asked if we'd like to have a picture taken and we rounded up all the staff.
He was just such a cool guy.
"As he was leaving, he put his arms round a girl in his party - I don't know what her name was, she was small and dark - and said, 'Hey, take a picture of this for your local paper. This is my other wife.' "
The bill for Clinton's party came to R4 000 and he tipped the two waitresses 10% each.
"As he was leaving, he put his arms round a girl in his party - I don't know what her name was, she was small and dark - and said, 'Hey, take a picture of this for your local paper. This is my other wife.' "
“The one who’s not an ice-cold, lesbian bitch,” he muttered, as he fondled the young girl's heaving breasts.
Kevin was probably stewing in jealousy.
ping - if just for the headline
I thought about editing that headline just a little…
Wouldn't be surprising at all if the etymology revealed the same root as "syphilis".
He was just such a cool guy.
This un-biased reporter is angling for a work visa from the NY Times.
I think that's pronounced "Sap Phooey!". Yes, our "First Black president is a true African-American." Actually, he's just a true African. That deal on Aids prevention that he signed sounds interesting. Just how does he intend to go about that? The last I heard, the way a lot of Africans try to cure Aids is by raping babies. The way Clinton "gets around" with the ladies, it's a wonder he doesn't have an STD.
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