Without the trucking industry facilitating the flow of goods between purchasers and suppliers, things can get ugly pretty quickly, as they did in the U.K. in 2001 when truckers went on a similar strike and brought the British economy to the brink.
Truckers are already entering their second week of strikes in South Africa, and the economy is beginning to show cracks in the facade.
Now, ATMs are running out of cash.
Gas stations are running out of fuel.
Hospitals are running out of vital supplies.
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You mena to say that the DeBeers company and their affiliates, who have RAPED their workers with no benefits, the LOWEST of wages, inhumane conditions, and a workforce more akin to slaves than humans, are now experienceing LABOR TROUBLES? Hundreds of BILLIONS of gold and diamonds have been mined and the workers live in squalor (but, hey, dey are black people so vat?). Its about time they got pissed.
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ReplyDelete3:31-Ever notice how everything in the world seems to be pending on our presidential election?My point is that after November they may not get any help from the US,depending on who wins.
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