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Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge Quotes

born 1952

Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge (born 29 June 1952) is a South African politician who was South Africa's Deputy Minister of Defence from 1999 to April 2004 and Deputy Minister of Health from April 2004 to August 2007. President Thabo Mbeki dismissed her from the Cabinet on 8 August 2007, after which she maintained her role as a member of parliament representing the African National Congress.

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We have come to a critical stage in the national response to the HIV and AIDS epidemic.

The value most needed in our time is empathy. It is the first step towards human solidarity.

Governments that invest in health will derive benefits in development and equality. Put another way, ensuring that people can live in dignity, free from disease, is good for government.

What makes us a community is shared humanity, realizing that we are interconnected and interdependent. This calls for action to reach out to those in need.

At one time in the life of the icon whose name this Foundation proudly carries, Nelson Mandela said, "A time comes in the life of every nation when there are only two choices: submit or fight." It is that time in the nation's fight against a deadly disease that has engulfed us.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.