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Amplats passing the buck after pocketing the rand

TO Molefe by TO Molefe 17 January 201322 January 2013

No wonder Anglo American Platinum, the world’s largest platinum producer, is fixing to lay off at least 14 000 workers. According to the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, the remuneration of a mineworker increased by an average of 30% each year between 1999 and 2011. I highly doubt the average mineworker increased his or […]

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Five things I’ve learned about time since quitting my job

Sarah Britten by Sarah Britten 24 August 2012

At the beginning of this year, I quit my job to go out on my own. I wanted to kick off an art career, write my novels, and do the kind of work I really wanted to. People say I was brave, but I wasn’t really. I’d set things up so my overheads were minimal, […]

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