Ashton Courtney
HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2007 Dec;12(2-3):33-5.
On 8 August 2007, South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki dismissed the Deputy Health Minister, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge. The President's office stated that the dismissal was because Madlala-Routledge had traveled without permission to Madrid to attend the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Conference. HIV/AIDS activists and other supporters of Madlala-Routledge believe that the Madrid incident merely provided Mbeki with a long sought-after excuse to remove his Deputy Health Minister.
2007年8月8日，南非总统塔博·姆贝基解雇了卫生部副部长诺齐兹韦·马德拉拉-劳特利奇。总统办公室表示，解雇原因是马德拉拉-劳特利奇未经许可前往马德里参加国际艾滋病疫苗倡议会议。艾滋病毒/艾滋病活动人士以及马德拉拉-劳特利奇的其他支持者认为，马德里事件只是为姆贝基提供了一个长期以来一直寻求的借口，以便将他的卫生部副部长撤职。
