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Mar 26, 2017 Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks
The confusion over foreign currency is going to get out of hand. Despite the best efforts by the government there is a move to siphon of any additional finance because there is a big market. Some of the people with foreign accounts are capitalizing on the higher rates because of the free money that it offers, but the bottom is about to fall out.
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The disappearance of the parking meters will see a return to the days of people being robbed as soon as they leave the commercial banks. The parking meters prevented the bandits’ car from parking in the vicinity of the banks. Not so anymore.
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The fires seem to have halted, but there are now the electricity problems. There will be a casualty from an electric connection that was illegally set up.
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