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Roselyne Sachiti Deputy Features EditorAN HIV test is something that most sexually active people, especially men, are not very keen on voluntarily going for. Depending on their knowledge of the disease and pre-test counselling some
Giving hope to the hopeless
Rutendorwashe Mapfumo Hwange BureauTHREE-year-old Tapi and Tate walk around barefoot in Hwange Town from Number One Village to the nearest shopping centre, unperturbed by the smell of wafting coal dust. Daily, they play and at the
Daughters are humans, too!
Leo WamwandukaMy daughter turned six years on June 15 and I am over the moon. As I celebrate this landmark event in every proud dad’s life, I shudder as I reflect on the society that my lovely daughter and
We’re being squeezed out!
Tichaona Zindoga Features WriterIN the past few years, the face of Harare has changed drastically as new structures have cropped up to feed and accommodate a wave of consumerism that came with the multicurrency system. Everywhere one looks, they are met with either some clothing boutiques or some eatery of sorts,
Questions about bonded warehouses
What is a bonded warehouse?A bonded warehouse is a building, an installation or an area licensed in terms of section 68 of the Customs and Excise Act in which goods may be stored without payment of duty. The Commissioner-
China ups IMF contribution
BEIJING. — China’s announcement on Monday that it will contribute US$43 billion to the recapitalisation of the International Monetary Fund cemented China’s image as a responsible country and conformed to national interests, experts said.Japan trade deficit jumps
TOKYO. — Japan logged a bigger-than-expected trade deficit of about US$11,5 billion in May as the nation’s energy costs soared, official data showed yesterday. The 907,3-billion-yen shortfall marked a record deficit for the month of May and was 5,4 percent higher than the 860,7-billion-yen deficit in MaySA’s IMF investment ‘positive’
JOHANNESBURG. — South African business leaders said on Tuesday that Pretoria’s decision to invest US$2 billion towards the International Monetary Fund’s firewall fund is “positive and necessary.”Pretoria made the announcement as the G20 leaders met in Mexico concurred to increase the resources
G20 success depends on Europe
LOS CABOS (Mexico). — The leaders of the G20 powers left their annual summit on Tuesday desperately hoping that Europe is ready to take the measures it needs to head off a catastrophic economic collapse.Observers who came to Mexico for the get-together of the world’s most powerful leaders were
When democracy becomes defiance
IN December 2005, CITGO, the Houston-based subsidiary of PDVSA, Venezuela’s state-owned national oil company, flighted a full-page advert in major US newspapers with a screaming header “How Venezuela Is Keeping the Home Fires Burning in Massachusetts.”
The advert was about a programme initiated by Hugo Chavez’s government to sell heating oil at discounted prices to low-income communities in Boston, the South Bronx and other parts of the