STAYING AHEAD
Friday, August 03, 2007
I do not however think that the organisers will execute me if I let you know about the HIV/AIDS issue. If what the learned men predict - and they are well learned -e turns out to be true - we will have to dig deep into our national coffers to help our fellow compatriots stay alive.
The figures bandied by experts involve real money.
These large sums of money - tuning into millions - got me thinking not only about the obvious damage that HIV/Aids does to the economy. I started to think about the way the fight against AIDS is being waged.
With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...