Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Makhafola on the registering of cell phones: Rica

"Whilst the act does place some burden on the organisation and on customers, we believe this is a positive initiative from government that seeks to ensure the well-being of citizens, and I believe that this understanding will be embraced by consumers,” Makhafola said.

Poepol - In the Soviet Union all photocopiers has to be recorded and registered..." to prevent criminal activity? - yeah activity against an opressive state. Give me liberty.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Carmen Altenkirch

Both Carmen Altenkirch, Nedbank Economist and Mike Shussler said "government spending should not be reigned back until the recession ended" and "the government needed 'to pick up some of the slack in the economy'(Star - Business Report: Thursday July 2, 2009". Poepolle - do they not know that, similar to an invidual household - when things get tough you do not spend yourself out of debt - one becomes more prudent. The same with a business. The same with a local and world economy. It was people with this kind of economic thinking that caused the ecomnomic meltdown in the first place.