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| | Media & Society | Head of South Africa's Independent Democrats Party Receives HIV/AIDS Activist Award From Canadian ... |
 | | The Toronto-based not-for-profit volunteer group South African Women for Women on Sunday awarded Patricia de Lille, head of South Africa's Independent Democrats party, its HIV/AIDS Activist Award for her work to combat the disease in South Africa, the |
 | | De Lille, who was once voted the "second-most popular" politician in South Africa behind former President Nelson Mandela, has been an "outspoken" opponent of the ruling African National Congress party for its "unwillingness to recognize" the seriousness of the AIDS epidemic in the country, the |
 | | De Lille said upon receiving her award, "When you face the cold face of HIV/AIDS, when you see how many people are dying, when there's complete denial of the problem by the people who wear cufflinks, it's not been easy" to fight the disease ( |
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