Weaker Rand? COSATU call R10/$

[#1]

Skala that is such an unpleasant post

[SKALA]

Sorry, but sometimes the truth hurts. However, I am convinced of the fact that southern africa (not only RSA) should focus on food production.

[#3]

Then say that only then.

[topgun]

Daar was 'n baie interessante en insiggewende onderhoud met Theo de Jager, vise-voorsitter van Agri-SA in Saterdag se Beeld. Hy is o.a. gemoeid met grondhervorming. SA na my mening is relatief droog en word toenemend droeer agv. aardverwarming met geen ooglopende kompeterende voordele in voedselverbouing nie, relatief tot bv. Zim waar die grond ook baie meer vrugbaar is en water meer volop. Gegewe die omstandighede op SA plase en politieke onsekerhede is die land se volume voedselproduksie op 'n netto basis ook besig om gelydelik af te neem, terwyl die totale bevolking tans drasties styg (+25% sedert 1994). Op 'n netto basis, het SA onlangs 'n voedsel invoerder geword vir die eerste keer in sy moderne geskiedenis!

[jack12]

Africa should concentrate on being more productive, PERIOD.

[SKALA]

Hoesit topgun; nie die berig gelees nie, maar klink korrek. Probleem is, ek dink te min van die algemene publiek is bewus van die situasie en die swart ploitici wil dit nie hoor nie. Ja, ons land is droog, maar daar is moontlikhede en geweldig baie "tribal land" van goeie potensiaal maar daar is nie die wil of kundigheid om dit te benut nie. Dieselfde en selfs groter tragedie is Zimbabwe en Zambie, asook Angola en Mosambique. Jammer om te sê, maar die blanke boere en bestuurders is die oplossing. Weereens wil die publiek dit nie hoor nie.

[DEP]

Striker is spot on. A lower R/$ will benefit the mining and manufacturing sector, and this will outstrip any benefit a strong Rand is bringing. One of the reason why our GDP is lagging the world recovery is because of a strong R/$.

[SimonPB]

One of the reason why our GDP is lagging the world recovery is because of a strong R/$. hmmm not sure if that is even slightly right .. most emergign markets are seeign strong currencies these days, yet we lag them ??

[topgun]

Die onderhoud handel juis oor SA boere wat die moontlikhede ondersoek om in ander Afrika-lande te gaan boer, Nigerie, Libie, DRK ens. Gaan kyk bv. watter reuse impak Zim boere op Zambie se voedselproduksie gehad het...as ek reg gelees het, is hul reeds selfversorgend in graanbehoeftes terwyl tabak 'n nuwe uitvoerproduk geword het. SA is egter 'n ander saak.

[#10]

Ja SKALA, jy is maar dom

[fusion12321]

simon , i once heard one of your 'lectutres of ost in cape. the best , your one of very few people talking sense about market. i just started trading futures on another platform. they have a crazy platform. any people complaining about ost must wake up. here u have a guru talking sense , yes he works for stb , but he talks as a independant man. thanks mrs , keep up the good work.

[#12]

Simon. Surely racist comments should invoke net nanny? Chartists gets banned and people who make racist comments are tolerated?

[topgun]

Er, the phenomenal turnaround in Zambian agriculture brought about by the white ex-Zim farmers over the past 5 years actually underscores his point?

[Fredsed]

It puzzles why inflation in SA is so resistant - why only in SA?

[AJT]

A quote from Ross Perot:, "A weak currency is a sign of a weak economy and a weak economy leads to a weak nation"...

[scandal]

net nanny is English based ... no Afrikaans/Zulu/Xhosa dictionary... beat the system...

[DEP]

TIA

[Bangbielie]

Skala, if you remember those days, you must be a toppie!

[SimonPB]

so the rand goes to 10 .. we get inflation .. we get interest rate increases .. the poor continue to suffer, mines are still crippled by inflation, wage demands, eskom etc .. and we trap the poor in a life of being poor with no hope for ht efuture .. very juicy prospects ?? what surprises me is that nobody mentions manufactoring ?? this is what I mean by bias and not really thinking .. an a last Q, how do we weaken/peg the rand ??

[DEP]

Manufacturing surely will benefit the most (exporters). Well, pegging the Rand is not a good idea... Hmmm, we have to think of another way to do it. Malema and Vavi should be able to drive the Rand to R10/$ if they work together!