The SARS-CoV-19 virus has changed the world. Millions are unemployed, a global recession is fast approaching, and our parks and playgrounds once teeming with life and laughter have been abandoned and forgotten. One wonders whether the world can return to … Read the rest
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Thousands of Spaniards march against immigration
Thousands of far-right protesters marched through Madrid on Saturday, demanding “social aid” for Spaniards and holding banners and placards reading “Spaniards Welcome,” a play on the “Refugees Welcome” movement currently organising across Europe.
About 10% of Spain’s 46 million people … Read the rest
Gun-toting black kids hold up Swedish tourists
Four gun-toting black children held up 17 Swedish tourists in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
The robbery occurred on Monday when the tourists were visiting the Iliso Care Society, which runs programmes including a project to address unemployment, a day-care centre and … Read the rest
End the lure of employment
As many as 8 million undocumented immigrants hold jobs in the U.S. In fact, they account for more than 5 percent of the U.S. labor force. Their unemployment rate might even be lower than that of the nation’s black citizens.… Read the rest
SAIRR: Rising expectations lead to more violent uprisings
Rising expectations and youth unemployment have been identified as some of the sources of violent protests which have increased dramatically in the country in recent months.
The South African Institute of Race Relations, SAIRR’s programme manager and researcher, Georgina Alexander, … Read the rest
Five factors that will shape SA’s future: FW de Klerk
Former President says country continues to present an anomalous picture to the world
SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT FW DE KLERK FOXHILLS RESORT, ENGLAND, September 13 2013
SOUTH AFRICA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
I should like to talk about South Africa: … Read the rest
Do South African whites really ‘have it so good’?
by Dan Roodt
In today’s City Press newspaper, Frans Cronjé of the South African Institute of Race Relations claim that whites live in some kind of paradise.
He cites statistics claiming the following:
“Between 1994 and 2012, the rate
‘Capitalism is the enemy’
Problems such as xenophobia, corruption, gender-based violence, and substance abuse were rooted in economic misery, he said … Read the rest
Eurozone unemployment hits all-time high: 19 million out of work
Eurozone unemployment levels have hit 12 percent – the highest in the history of eurozone record-keeping, since the currency was launched in 1999.
The average unemployment rate across the eurozone’s 17 constituent European Union countries rose from January’s initial 11.9 … Read the rest
Quadrupled recycled platinum supply driving mining price down
A significant increase in the supply of platinum from recycling, a strong fall in demand for autocatalysts and price-elastic Chinese jewellery demand are combining to hobble the platinum mining industry.
(Amplats) CEO Chris Griffith tells Mining Weekly Online in the … Read the rest
Why Canada is richer than the US
On July 1, Canada Day, this year, Canadians awoke to a startling, if pleasant, piece of news: For the first time in recent history, the average Canadian is richer than the average American.
According to data from Environics Analytics WealthScapes … Read the rest
Chaos and violence on the rise in UK
Chaos and violence are on the rise in the UK a year after the PM declared a war on gang culture, a study revealed. Police aggression and a refusal to tackle the root causes of delinquency are reportedly the main … Read the rest