A few weeks ago, Swaziland was reaching the point of collapse. The country has been firmly heading for collapse for a while, with pensions cancelled, HIV/AIDS medication running out and schools closing due to lack of funds. But a few weeks ago it seemed they were hovering over the edge after the state announced that it could not pay...
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When last were you, when addressing a problem with your printer or shiny new Apple junk-Mac, patched through to a call-centre in Alexandra? Numerous of those dreaded service-related calls have resulted in me being patched through to scripted Indians, incomprehensible Filipinos, and angry Glaswegians, but never to a cheerful...
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When considering the previous post on South Africa’s problem with poverty, it is important to bear in mind that this war not only manifests in the form of police brutality, but in other, more ‘passive aggressive’ ways as well. It seems that in South Africa a poor person, by virtue of being poor- gives up many rights that...
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The first of April 2011 sees the South African consumer Protection Act finally being rolled out. The Act now means South African consumers are in the fortunate position of being the most protected consumers in the world. Under the new Act the interests of the average South African consumer now enjoy greater protection than those of...
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Julius Malema and his posse are right: the unemployment situation in South Africa, the inequality, the lack of economic freedom, is a ticking time-bomb that cannot be ignored. The poor will eventually stop being okay with rich people riding around in fancy German cars, wearing expensive, imported watches and drinking x-year old...
read moreNew York’s attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, has filed a lawsuit against Ernst & Young (one of the Big Four auditing firms) over the collapse of Lehman Brothers. The civil case is built on claims of professional negligence and it seeks damages equalling all the audit fees E&Y has earned from Lehman ($150m) plus an...
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