..and then well i almost choked on my bread then, when upon actually taking further time to read this advert/article, they were saying how this move was prompted by the fact that a huge segment of their market has been quite hard hit by the financial crisis - the black diamonds. im just like can we just forget about the diamonds for a second, i mean really. but i suppose i am idealist and i know this, doing something coz you genuinely care will probably earn you a laff. there is something fundamentally wrong with the situation as it is on a large scale, the black diamonds join everybody else. this wasnt about fancy goods, we are talking the basics. right down to the kideos having to go to primary school on empty stomachs. this like all the other crap thats going on, it stands right up there with its attempts at crippling the nation. this is the kind of stuff that cripples the nation. kids not going to school, people disgruntled in addition to all their problems, getting agitated, and then theyll south africa is going down. well youre trying to starve its people. youre also not helping.
what id quite like, as someone who isnt in the know, is a panel discussion involving retailers and suppliers. so that they can explain how this process works. say for example what happens at that very moment when a retailer is being put in the position where they see that there has to be something going on when now all their suppliers of a particular product hike their prices significantly. what happens in that moment. are the suppliers in a more powerful position then the big retailers. when we know the inflation rates and then theres just this sitting there not adding up. dont THEY themselves have recourse suppliers, as the first point of call. thats scary too then.
and now what off the small middle man. the mom and pops stores. what about those guys. coz now maybe these big guns can say well we'll do you the favour of...but the guy who isnt so and so, its game over for that guy. where there arent any big stores, in the outlying areas of the country. i mean imagine. where now theres nothing going on there, no employment, limited development and then you wake up one day and then now you cant even afford bread. how sour would you be.
i think its crazy that they cant force them to take down the price. i think its crazy. coz maybe then ill also try pull a fast one, be a stuntman and then you can fine me, but ill be done. have you eating dust bra. communication is so much more important than people realise sometimes. its a tool. there are all these communication entities and departments but nobody ever knows anything. they should have found ways to get out to people to explain this. failing the ability to put any pressure on these okes, and knowing how incestuous the system is and how things work, media being horrendously selective, the onus should have been on government to use whatever, community channels, community organisations, these flippin district representatives who never do their jobs, gather people and let them know look this is whats going on. this is what has happened here. i think moving on, im just more vexed at the idea that then people generally didnt know about this. there are other ways and other channels, whats missing is the responsibility and urgency required to realise that these type of things have to happen. more so in those spaces where they are most tunlikely. this is the kind of schlep work that has to be done. that isnt being done. communication left to and dependent on systems we know are not always impartial. its important for people to be a**isted in understanding that there are various dynamics at play. but you have to make that effort if you know. this stuff is the kind of small stuff that chips away, repeatedly and unnoticed. and then things fall apart. there are these kind of things ahppening out there aswell.
and then i think about the trade unions affiliated with these companies, in terms of being industry specific, how bout putting your tools down bout that. the bread theyre making, that they now wont afford to eat. let them eat cake.
unfortunately this can be quite tricky terrain for me, even as though you never wanna be that guy who just puts up a red flag. you want to say well try this and this or look at it this way. i dont know what the solutions would be here practically. i dont know enough about how these things work. i just think it sucks.
and it has made me sad.
