Land claims, whether legitimate, fraudulent or opportunistic, can cripple farms, businesses and the families that depend on them. Thousands of land transactions, financing applications and plans to develop or expand have been scuttled by land claims, and this has cost South Africa incalculably in terms of jobs and rural development. That is why the family farmer network, the Southern African Agri Initiative (SAAI), decided to publish the largest digital land claims database online. Until now the ANC and Department of Agriculture have done everything possible to keep this information secret, but now the SAAI web page enables users to determine their land claim status in about 20 seconds!
SAAI Discloses Land Claims Database Online! Charges Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza with Contempt of Court
Businesses go bankrupt in SA – Not only Edcon is struggling to keep head above water, many companies are closing their doors and causing unemployment
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It is not only the Edcon clothing industry that is struggling, as many businesses have had to close their doors in recent months.
This is a far darker picture than Edgars had managed to get a loan to relieve his debt burden and retain his staff.
Edcon would not have been able to smoke the pipe if it had not received a lifeline of R2.7 billion, but that benefit did not befall the smaller businesses and more companies were forced to close the doors.
Edcon had another advantage – no one wanted to see its 140,000 workers lose their jobs, but small businesses couldn’t keep their staff, and retrenchment was pretty “unobtrusive”.
Construction company is suffering from poor economic conditions, and Group Five is struggling to keep its 3,500 workers in service.
However, this is just the tip of the iceberg, and if the scale does not swing positively, economists provide a greater dark time for workers in the country.</
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