Consumer deception: Greedy and selfish business

THESE are hard times. Everything goes up. Even death is expensive. But Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana couldn't care less when he wanted to push up Vat by 1 % to fund a bloated cabinet and a wasteful and corrupt public service.

- T MARKANDAN

And look how deceptive, cunning and greedy business has become! In many cases manufacturers and retailers have stealthily reduced the size and quantity of their products but not the price. In nearly everything the price has gone up.

You cannot buy a 10 kg bag of 1kg potatoes or onions anymore. Now they are sold in 7 or 8 kg pockets. No more 10 kg rice but 8, 7 and even 5 kg. But the price has not dropped.