$1 = R10

Thanks for nothing Zuma.

www.iol.co.za/business/markets/currencie...1524665#.UadnY5XTSX0

That is fckn insane......

Yup its hurting many of us...

Tell me about it! I'm planning an overseas holiday in Dec and was getting quotes for flights last month. Was finally ready to buy the tickets this week and then this crap started..now tickets are R3k more expensive!

I'm a Jeweller and all diamonds are priced in USD, this is a major f up for me.

Ian79 wrote: I'm a Jeweller and all diamonds are priced in USD, this is a major f up for me.

Yep, same with the gold and other metals I guess...

Ian79 wrote: I'm a Jeweller and all diamonds are priced in USD, this is a major f up for me.

of all the professions on this forum... didnt see this one comming... dont know why...

At least the Rand is still better than the R13,84 per dollar it briefly sank to in 2001. Hopefully it will recover, but unless the government concentrate more on the economy and less on job creation we are heading for seriously hard times.

All this job creation talk is the biggest crap I've ever heard, job creation is the easiest thing in the world to accomplish, for example you can hire a thousand people to each dig a hole and then another thousand to close it again and then you created 2000 jobs. But unless you have industries to feed the economy all the jobs in the world mean shit.

I see it all the time, everyone strikes for a job and salary increase but how the industry manages to keep up is their problem. Like Robert Mugabe once said; Money is not a problem, we'll just print more..."

admin wrote: At least the Rand is still better than the R13,84 per dollar it briefly sank to in 2001. Hopefully it will recover, but unless the government concentrate more on the economy and less on job creation we are heading for seriously hard times.

All this job creation talk is the biggest crap I've ever heard, job creation is the easiest thing in the world to accomplish, for example you can hire a thousand people to each dig a hole and then another thousand to close it again and then you created 2000 jobs. But unless you have industries to feed the economy all the jobs in the world mean shit.

I see it all the time, everyone strikes for a job and salary increase but how the industry manages to keep up is their problem. Like Robert Mugabe once said; Money is not a problem, we'll just print more..."

over the last 6 months I have really been thinking about all of this over and over again...
In my mind most of the socio-economic issues comes down to the fact that people are allowed to breed at free will... you can be dirt poor and earn zilch in a year... but have 3 to 5 children... its a crime....

Unions keep striking with demands that mines and industry just can afford, you'd have to be a fool if you were an investor to invest in this country.
Soon the platinum mines will close and Debeers are already choosing Bots over us as the work force is reliable government actually Helps them... and diamonds are far more easily mind there.
And now I hear that e tolls is going national to pay for the last 20years of neglect(we have to pull more money out of our arses because the gravy train is running dry) and never mind Eskom.

It looks bleak

To sweeten things up a bit our transport minister has announced that the future for this country is going to be nationwide tolling. SA is seriously starting to look like France just before the revolution started. People were taxed and tolled to death and the economy collapsed.

As we (being Zimbabwean) have always said... South Africa your going down the same road we did. The signs are there and we having been visiting south Africa since before 1988 and my folks say slowly but surely every year more and more signs are showing.. It's Africa gents there is literally nothing you can do about it

Zimbulk88 wrote: As we (being Zimbabwean) have always said... South Africa your going down the same road we did. The signs are there and we having been visiting south Africa since before 1988 and my folks say slowly but surely every year more and more signs are showing.. It's Africa gents there is literally nothing you can do about it

You are right and we know very well that SA will be the next Zimbabwe, but all you can do about it is vote correctly and hope that enough people do the same, but that will never happen because the majority are still blindly following the ANC and they will continue to do so, because the youth and lower class citizens are too easily manipulated.

I highly doubt that the ANC will win another 2 elections. Yes Zuma must win the next one because to much was invested in him. They will follow a *soft* process of elimination to get rid of him eventually.

Admin for President !

Oupa wrote: I highly doubt that the ANC will win another 2 elections. Yes Zuma must win the next one because to much was invested in him. They will follow a *soft* process of elimination to get rid of him eventually.

Admin for President !

What makes you think the ANC is on their way out? They did loose ground at the last election, but that was because of Cope I believe.

No thanks, I really do not want to become president...

THey will win one more election, then its done. +- 6 more years of kak & drama. I cannot discuss this on open forum bud.

Only thing is, another 6 years or so of kak and drama will bring this country to its knees!! This place will be so F#@D! Will take many many years to recover and to build up the economy again!! That's just the way all African countries are going, so sad!!

Oupa wrote: THey will win one more election, then its done. +- 6 more years of kak & drama. I cannot discuss this on open forum bud.

seems like some secret sociaty is now gatvol of anc

gab wrote:

Oupa wrote: THey will win one more election, then its done. +- 6 more years of kak & drama. I cannot discuss this on open forum bud.

seems like some secret sociaty is now gatvol of anc

Can't be... nobody invited me yet... :lol:

admin wrote:

gab wrote:

Oupa wrote: THey will win one more election, then its done. +- 6 more years of kak & drama. I cannot discuss this on open forum bud.

seems like some secret sociaty is now gatvol of anc

Can't be... nobody invited me yet... :lol:

he he he he.

FACT: Zuma is 'n dom d**s !

Interesting to see in Germany is that every mayor/politician/president have the credentials Prof. Dr. as opposed to Malema who has achieved grade 9 and couldn´t manage woodwork class.

South Africa is a 3rd world country. You are currently in a 1st world country. 1/100 ratio difference in quality of life.

Stem saam Oupa just something from my side I found an interesting difference, especially because we have these people in SA too we just choose not to use them.

Eish Oupa!