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Trouble with the servants

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Relations between black domestic workers and their white employers in South Africa have begun to change in the new democracy. Domestics now have government contracts that assure them certain rights and benefits. The live-in maid is beginning to become less common.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997

South Africa, Race relations, Employee rights, Domestics

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Trouble in the pipeline

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Unocal and Total are pushing the construction of their $1 billion pipeline in spite of political obstacles. The project has been criticized for possible environmental dangers, and the US has enacted a ban on US investments in Myanmar.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997

Crude petroleum pipelines, Crude Oil Pipelines, Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil, Pipelines, Joint ventures, Petroleum industry, Myanmar, TOTAL S.A., Unocal Corp., UCL, Petroleum pipelines

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