Ms. Jo-Anne Collinge

Jo-Anne Collinge, spokesperson for South Africa's Health Department, told the New York Times that the ruling infringes on the government's right to establish policy."I think the greatest concern has been the jurisdictional question and the constitutionality of this," Ms. Collinge told the Times ("South Africa to Appeal Ruling Ordering Access to AIDS Drug," by Henri E. Cauvin, December 20, 2001).

Jo-Anne Collinge, the spokesperson for the department of Health, acknowledged that the Minister had visited the clinic "out of interest", but that the department was not connected to the trials in Tanzania. (June 23, 2002).