His defenders, meanwhile, point to two benefits that he has already delivered: an end to Mbeki’s ambivalent approach to fighting HIV/AIDS, the country’s major public health threat, and a refreshing willingness to move against Zimbabwe’s aged dictator, Robert Mugabe, whom Mbeki coddled out of a misguided sense of loyalty for his support during the struggle against apartheid.
Entretanto, sus defensores señalan dos beneficios que ya ha aportado: el fin de la postura ambivalente de Mbeki en la lucha contra el VIH/SIDA, la mayor amenaza a la salud pública del país, y una alentadora disposición a oponerse al anciano dictador de Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, al que Mbeki mimó con un desacertado sentido de la lealtad por su apoyo durante la lucha contra el apartheid .