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Should We Pay Our Bergies With Booze To Keep The Streets Clean?
13 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
How do you prevent a bergie from getting violent, as well as keep the streets clean? Easy – pay them in booze.
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Where Did We Go Wrong?
28 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
“The wines of Constantia became famous in Europe at the same time (mid 1700 s) as the red wines of Chateau Lafite. Makes you think.” Su Birch, the head of Wines of South Africa, tweeted this week. Lafite is a famous French first growth – the 2009’s are selling for around 14 000 bucks a bottle. Yes Su, it does make me think. It makes me think, “Where the fuck did we go wrong?”
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At Least Two Wine Farms Still Use The Illegal Dop Payment System
23 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A Human Rights Watch report has discovered that at least two wine farms in South Africa are still using the illegal ‘dop system’ as part-payment for farm workers. The practice was prohibited in 1928, and its poisonous legacy is rooted deep in the social fabric of farm-worker communities in the Cape.
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