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A failure to understand the importance of food prices

February 24, 2012

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A recent report linking food price rises to social unrest underlines the validity of the comment that the world is only three square meals away from revolution or anarchy. The latest South African Budget takes no cognisance of this fact.

The real face of Wal-Mart

November 20, 2010

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According to the labour movement, Wal-mart, the world's biggest private sector employer and retailer, is a parasitic entity contributing the the 'race to the bottom' in terms of wages and conditions while adding to the global army of the jobless.

SASOL rakes in profits while SA feels the pinch

October 2, 2010

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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 […]