Ag shame. There was a time, not so long ago, when being in business was the thing. Parties, expenses, first-class travel, big bonuses and long holidays — it was all par for the course. Now all these perks are reserved for government officials and politicians.No, seriously; ask the president of the republic: a R246m house plus several cars for each wife. As the young people say: Lol. That’s “laugh out loud” for readers who are my age or older.And the business people? Poor bastards, they are miserable. Last week the SA Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s business confidence index showed that business confidence had sunk to a new record low in May. It fell to 79.3 from 82.5 the previous month. It had slipped to 79.6 in December after the president leapt into the record books by changing finance ministers twice within a week. This is the worst index level since June 1993.It is even more depressing if you consider what 1993 was like: Chris Hani was murdered and 400 people were dying in poli...
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