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/ 21 July 2006

‘Wage gaps fuel strikes’

Workers’ growing awareness of massive executive salaries may make future negotiations much more interesting, labour analysts warned after trade union Solidarity released its report on wage discrepancies between bosses and workers recently. The report found the average CEO earned between 35 and 53 times more than the average worker.

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/ 21 July 2006

Keep cars roadworthy to claim from insurance

Many drivers don’t realise that should their car be involved in an accident due to lack of maintenance, their insurer is unlikely to pay out. "The insured must take all reasonable steps to safeguard the vehicle from loss and damage and maintain it in an efficient condition at all times to remain covered," says the head of Santam’s claims administrative services.

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/ 21 July 2006

A modem tragicomedy

Never mind Cujo the dog or Christine the car. Imagine the horror of finding a slip from the post office saying this month’s Telkom bill is too big for street delivery. At the post office waits 412 pages, double-sided, listing calls every six seconds to the number your modem uses to get online at Telkom’s minimum charge of 59c each.