The reality as fourie suggests in the title of his book was that aids was simply one burden too many fourie 2006 for the new government as it chose to focus its attention on the task of . This book analyzes successive governments management of the aids epidemic in south africa the book covers the years 1982 2005 using expert thinking regarding public policy making to identify gaps in the public sectors handling of the epidemic it highlights critical lessons for policy makers. Aids is killing south africans at a rate equivalent to one september 11th attack every three days yet the government seems intent on proffering quixotic solutions to a problem that it downplays this book is an enquiry into the public policy response to the south african aids epidemic. Aids related deaths will peak 1 f2 the political management of hiv and aids in south africa about five years later at 256 aids deaths per 100 deaths from other causes the economically active population will be the worst affected with infection rates forecast to reach 26 per cent. This book analyzes successive governments management of the aids epidemic in south africa the book covers the years 1982 2005 using expert thinking regarding public policy making to identify gaps in the public sectors handling of the epidemic it highlights critical lessons for policy makers and other public health managers