Madness, mayhem and great fun. That's life in Zimbabwe according to this woman who laughs off daily challenges like hyperinflation, corruption, a ruthless dictator and shortages of cash, electricity, fuel, water, accurate news and worst of all - for her - cheese. Hats off to the AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) who have launched a campaign to highlight the inadequate funding of HIV and AIDS treatment in the region. They have printed a range of tantalising bank notes. Here’s one of the Old Man himself. The sad part is, due to the nation’s utter bankruptcy thanks to his cunning policies, poor old Bob’s bank note is the lowest denomination in the print run.
Well, he can hardly be expected to compete with George Dubya Bush and his sidekick, Dick Cheney, who ‘wasted’ a 12 figure sum on the war in Iraq.
But surely he could be in the running with other top flight African leaders who are applauded for their fiscal prudence. Yoweri Museveni, for instance, who bought a private jet for a mere US$48 million. That’s how much it would cost to provide HIV treatment for almost 230,000 years. But surely a president deserves to travel in style, and besides, the jet he already had was looking a little lonely. www.zimupdate.blogspot.com
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