Stories written by Sybrandus Adema

SOUTH AFRICA: Price Fixing Can Land Company Directors in Jail

By Sybrandus Adema
A series of high-profile cases in which big South African companies have been found guilty of fixing the prices of even basic foodstuffs have led to the adoption of a new law that will allow directors and managers to be sent to jail for 10 years or receive a fine of 45,000 euros.
Boudewijn Goossens: Fair trade should not just be a European concept. Credit: Sybrandus Adema/IPS

Q&A: The South Can Also Be Consumers of Fair Trade Products

By Sybrandus Adema
Fair trade is moving into a different era as developing countries become consumers and not just producers of fair trade products. South Africa is the first country from the South to initiate this shift.
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