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Here's why Mandela came late to the AIDS crisis in his country

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While AIDS was running rampant in South Africa, President Nelson Mandela did little about it. Then his son died of it. Mandela took up the cause, but not his successor.

Here's why Mandela came late to the AIDS crisis in his country

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