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THE RETAIL FINANCIAL SERVICES RIP-OFF (07.02.2008)
Retailers, especially in the furniture and electronics goods sectors are continuing to exploit the lack of financial literacy among many consumers. Cases of maintenance contracts being sold along with lounge suites, policies against retrenchment being sold to retirees and a plethora of other charges are now legion. Lower and middle income earners, who form the […]
JACOB ZUMA AND THE REALITY OF DAVOS (31.01.2008)
October 2, 2010
That Jacob Zuma used the opportunity of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) — described by Zuma as “fabulous” — to underline yet again that there would be no change in the government’s economic policy orientation, has caused considerable consternation in the ranks of his supporters in Cosatu. For the WEF was the forum at […]
CAMPAIGNING FOR BREAD IN THE BROADEST SENSE (25.01.08)
October 2, 2010
The Bread Coalition was launched in Cape Town last Sunday on the pavement outside parliament. But although the price of bread was the issue that brought out representatives from community groups and trade unions, it soon became obvious that the complaints were about “bread” in the broadest sense. However, the millers and bakers — often […]
A NEW YEAR OF ACTION (17.01.2008)
October 2, 2010
A new year of action seems to be dawning, especially for Cosatu, the South African Communist Party and the new leadership of the ANC, all of which overlap. They are gearing themselves up for mass mobilisation to demand the implementation of “pro-poor” policies, with the immediate focus being on the price of bread. Ironically, perhaps […]
SASOL rakes in profits while SA feels the pinch
October 2, 2010
It would be quite laughable were it not so serious, that government ministers such as the department of energy’s Buyelwa Sonjica say that they and the administration have their “hands tied” regarding fuel price fluctuations and increases. The same argument is put forward by Eskom, backed by the government, regarding the need to make consumers […]
The survival of a ‘dirty tricks’ chief
October 2, 2010
Name: Horace William Doncaster, Major-General, Military Intelligence (rtd) Date of birth: 09.02.1950; military number: 66339243E Career soldier, 33 years service; promoted brigadier, 1993; major-general, 2000; given ‘employer-induced retrenchment package’ after publication of this investigation, November, 2001; retired, April, 2002. Senior positions in and eventual director of MI ‘dirty tricks’ unit, Directorate of Covert Collection (DCC); […]
Mister 200 per cent — the story of a killer spy
October 2, 2010
In the world of espionage where deceit and deception is a way of life, Nigel Barnett is an acknowledged master among that small band of human flotsam that constitute his peers. Among the tiny group aware of his existence and capabilities, he was known as ‘Mr 200 per cent’, one of that rare group who […]
South Africa in Africa: The post-apartheid era
October 2, 2010
edited by Adekeye Adebajo, Adebayo Adedeji and Chris Landsberg (University of KZN Press) Review: Terry Bell This excellent volume does not deal with the prospects of a post-Mbeki presidency or with any of the possible fallout from the internecine feuding within the ANC. And this should not matter, for no matter the outcome now or […]
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October 2, 2010
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