Forced labour blights Thailand's fishing industry: HRW Rights abuses still rampant in profitable sector despite government pledge to implement reforms, Human Rights Watch says. Forced labour is among several abuses still taking place in the fishing industry in Thailand despite government promises for reform, according to a new report by a rights group. Human Rights Watch says the Thai government has been slow to implement its pledge to address human trafficking and forced labour in the profitable industry, which supplies fish markets around the world. Violence and intimidation The workers say they have been forced to work through violence or intimidation, and many say they have trouble getting paid. "The bottom line is many fishermen still work long hours with little pay, face abuses from [the] captain and see no path to escape from the dilemma," Sunai Phasuk, a HRW researcher, told Al Jazeera. ...
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KPMG’s Gupta Auditors Could Be Stripped Of Licences Soon KPMG has drafted in leading advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi to lead its legal team in the first of three inquiries it is likely to face for its work for the Gupta family. Getty Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi (L). KPMG has hired legal firepower by drafting advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi onto its team as it began fighting the first of a likely three inquiries into...
Bank error makes customer an instant multi-millionaire PHOTO: CATERS/WWW.MAGAZINEFEATURES.CO.ZA An honest bank customer owned up to staff when a computer error made him a multi-millionaire in a matter of seconds. Wuttichai Meemak, from Phetchaburi in Thailand, opened an account at Krungthai Bank and deposited a modest R3 400 into his new account. But when he checked his balance at a cash point outside, he got the shock of his life. His balance was listed as R370 million. Thinking there must have been a screen fault with the ATM, Wuttichai tried his card in a different one nearby but got the same balance once again. He then tested whether the money was really available by withdrawing more than he deposited, and confessed to local media that he’d at first thought of going on a wild spending spree. "I tried to check whether it was an error,” says Wuttichai. “I did withdraw...
Escaped Albino in KZN The police officers are still investigating a case of kidnap of an albino. Unknown crew in KZN kidnapped an albino so that they would kill him and use him to make medicine. It is alleged that the man managed to escape. (from SABC news. www.sabcnews.co.za ) I never thought that discrimination against colour of skin still exists. Albinism is not a choice. Albinos have the same minds and feelings like us. How can people choose to use them as their experiments. How are they supposed to live knowing that their lives are in danger. This is not the first incidence (probably not the last) on Albinos, people make albinos laughing stock although they know that they did not chose to be like that. It seems like apartheid still exists indirectly. Just because people are born with different characteristics that does not mean we have to laugh at them or treat them bad. The community and government need to work together and raise awareness. I also think that also in parlia...
63% of small businesses fail I-Net Bridge Johannesburg - Small business failure rates are as high as 63% in the first two years of trading, Absa said on Thursday at its Small Business Roundtable in Johannesburg. "The biggest challenge that the country faces is creating employment through building a culture of entrepreneurship, but this has been difficult. "Entrepreneurs have a certain set of skills and don't have the funds to employ the other sets to run a successful business," Nico Jacobs, head of Absa Small Business said. Jacobs highlighted the importance of small business to the economy. "Small businesses have moved from employing 18% of the South African employable population in 1998 to more than 60% today." Reasons why businesses fail included poor management as well as lack of struct...
