Amandla (A!): Is platinum the new gold for the South African economy and how has the global crisis impacted on the industry? GC: Platinum has historically been a relatively marginal metal in the world economy. South Africa has 88 percent of the world's known reserves...
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U.S. Jobs, GDP, and the Eurozone | by Jack Rasmus
Friday, June 1, is a date that marks a shift in the public consciousness of the state of the US and global economy. What was touted for months over the past winter as a rebound taking hold in the US economy and that the US economy was ‘exceptional’ and would not...
Vavi meets Sarkozy 2 November 2011 | by Zwelinzima Vavi
COSATU General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi’s, input to a meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, Cannes, France, I am a trade unionist from South Africa a country with the highest rate of unemployment when compared to other middle-income countries. South Africa...
Vavi meets Sarkozy 2 November 2011 | by Zwelinzima Vavi
COSATU General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi’s, input to a meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, Cannes, France, I am a trade unionist from South Africa a country with the highest rate of unemployment when compared to other middle-income countries. South Africa...
Wal-Mart in Mexico: a blueprint for South Africa? | by Etienne Vlok and Simon Eppel
In 2004, the Mexican Federal Competition Commission took the peculiar step of allowing collusion in the Mexican retail market. It did so when it approved the establishment of Sinergia, a buying cooperative comprised of Mexico’s second, third and fourth largest...


