In this photo supplied courtesy of the Mini family the late South African doctor and activist Dr. Clarence Mini attends a conference in Canada in 1996. Clarence Mini, a South African activist and doctor who died of COVID-19 spent his life fighting apartheid, the government's denial of HIV/AIDS and rampant corruption. Loved ones say Mini knew the odds were against him but he was committed to what he believed was right. He died in May at age 69. (Photo courtesy of the Mini family via AP)

In this photo supplied courtesy of the Mini family, the late South African doctor and activist Dr. Clarence Mini is photographed while in exile in Bulgaria with fellow activists. Clarence Mini, a South African activist and doctor who died of COVID-19 spent his life fighting apartheid, the government's denial of HIV/AIDS and rampant corruption. Loved ones say Mini knew the odds were against him but he was committed to what he believed was right. He died in May, 2020, at age 69. (Photo supplied by the Mini family via AP)

In this undated photo supplied courtesy of the Mini family, the late South African doctor and activist Dr. Clarence Mini is photographed in his doctors' uniform. Clarence Mini, a South African activist and doctor who died of COVID-19 spent his life fighting apartheid, the government's denial of HIV/AIDS and rampant corruption. Loved ones say Mini knew the odds were against him but he was committed to what he believed was right. He died in May, 2020 at age 69. (Photo courtesy of the Mini family via AP)

In this photo supplied courtesy of the Mini family, the late South African doctor and activist Dr. Clarence Mini, washes his car with his children in the early 1990's. Clarence Mini, a South African activist and doctor who died of COVID-19 spent his life fighting apartheid, the government's denial of HIV/AIDS and rampant corruption. Loved ones say Mini knew the odds were against him but he was committed to what he believed was right. He died in May at age 69. (Photo courtesy of the Mini family via AP)

FILE - In In this photo supplied courtesy of the Mini family the late South African doctor and activist Dr. Clarence Mini is photographed in this 1979 photo in Bulgaria. Clarence Mini, a South African activist and doctor who died of COVID-19 spent his life fighting apartheid, the government's denial of HIV/AIDS and rampant corruption. Loved ones say Mini knew the odds were against him but he was committed to what he believed was right. He died in May at age 69. (Photo courtesy of the Mini family via AP)

This Wednesday, June 10, 2020 photo provided by Yandi Mini shows him holding the funeral programme of his father, Dr. Clarence Mini at his Johannesburg home. Clarence Mini, a South African activist and doctor who died of COVID-19 spent his life fighting apartheid, the government's denial of HIV/AIDS and rampant corruption. Loved ones say Mini knew the odds were against him but he was committed to what he believed was right. He died in May at age 69. (Yandi Mini via AP)