Comments on: Extra, extra! Screwing Indians wholesale

By: gus poonan

gus poonan — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:41:35 +0000

Well ,well, finally our own Kuli Roberts that we can be proud of.Man as a”laatie” you can certainly stir, with your limited life experience.Why don’t you go all the way and mention that 90%of your stereotype will be Muslim “passenger Indians” business owners and not insult the poor sugar cane descendants.And yes we do speak Afrikaans rather well, if you manage to move in “other”Indian circles you will pick that up, there are households that just speak Afrikaans.The obsession with race at your age is mind boggling??
I was born In Lenz 53 years ago , of Hindu descent, a professional business owner in the engineering field and a professional musician as well , yes I will have to spell it out for you that it is not Indian music but contemporary jazz, since you would have assumed it would be Indian and exploitative.It is offensive that you have the typical Lenz view that all Indian business owners are driven by insatiable greed when globally there are two tribes who are and guess what they are not Indian!!!I am offended by your article ,no mention of the successfull professional business people, that are not racists,treat their employees with respect and pay them more than what the market calls for, need an introduction and a tour of such?In fact why don’t I just go the whole hog and educate you properly I will keep Wednesdays open for you,contact details supplied!

By: Grumpy Old Man

Grumpy Old Man — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:49:55 +0000

I amazes me that 15 years after the end of apartheid we are still rehashing it and it’s effects.

It’s like the entire nation is looking in the rear view mirror instead of forwards out the windscreen. If I didn’t know better, I might think that we feel more comfortable with schoolboy-like arguments about who was the more disadvantaged.

For goodness sake, it’s over, it’s gone and it ain’t coming back. Get over it. Move on.

By: Mandrake

Mandrake — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:08:01 +0000

Love the way you right, and must admin…you got Balls.

I’ve made similar observation about my fellow black people and received PC criticism from people.

But what we lack in this country is objective self-analysis. we want keep everything PC if while we swimming in a lake of BS.

Good going

By: Abdullah

Abdullah — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:05:27 +0000

Good Article Azad.
Although we cannot generalise I agree totally with you that there are a good number of Indian businessmen who exploit employees giving the rest a bad name.
I have however seen a turn slowly but surely over the last few years. This is either due to employers realising there exploitive ways and wanting to voluntarily improve it or due to the aggressive implementation of labour laws and more importantly the education of employees with regards to their rights.
The latest weapon in the arsenal of employees, the threat of “I’ll take you to the CCMA” has seen many a businessmen quake in his boots, and to avoid the lengthy and quite costly procedures of the judicial system, employers realise they might as well give in to their employees basic rights.

By: vashna

vashna — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:21:40 +0000

I am glad someone is finally begining to speak about the racism and exploitations of the South African Indian community and that too in a very entertaining manner. I think South African Indians need to face up to the many unsavoury aspects of many South African Indians!
Well Done Azad!

By: Rays of Light

Rays of Light — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:35:57 +0000

I keep puking (even as an Indian) when juveniles keep saying “NOT ALL indian businesses are like this”
Accept the satire.

Peace to all

By: Ben Oshry

Ben Oshry — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:57:07 +0000

Oh shacks! This is hilarious beyond words! ANd I have to say that my wife is Indian. I just want to foward this to her and watch her get pissed off. Azzad, you are the MAN!

By: Y - Master

Y - Master — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:13:17 +0000

Such a brilliant article, I find it very amusing and very true. Well firstly you do generalise a lot. I won’t say all businesses but about 90% of them. I am an auditor/accountant who has spent most of his time in Dbn working for a small accounting firm and a large accounting firm in Dbn. I would like to add that it is the INDIAN businessmen who come up to you and ask you to “crook their books” so they don’t have to pay much tax. It is the INDIAN businesses that heavily under-pay their workers and over-work them. They are always looking to cut corners with their businesses.
With regards to the treatment of workers; I have seen this on many occasions within the same business, an Indian manager will call his staff into his office and SCREAM at the employee so that the entire floor can hear this. Then the white manager, on the same floor in the same business, will call an employee in, have the door closed and explain what is wrong and how this needs to be fixed in a constructive manner without embarrassing the employee in front of all the other employees. Don’t get me wrong, if the employee did something that was extremely bad, the white guy would scream at him, but on extreme cases only and not ALL the time. Btw, I am Indian as well, so people keep your harsh comments to yourselves. Enjoy

By: Saberah

Saberah — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:50:12 +0000

Yes Azad, I DO get followed – but not at ALL shops … mostly in Durban though … Ladies, Gents and commentators, I’d like you to read my blog to get a first-hand feel of the experience of a black Muslim lassie: http://accordingtosabz.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/inspired-by-islamic-boycotts/
Ta!

By: Azad Essa

Azad Essa — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:23:47 +0000

5. About the the sentence about banging the domestic. Yes, I insulted ‘all’ Indians who have; I certainly haven’t banged any domestic worker…and so I am not offended….again, we all know the standard treatment of domestics, so ‘many’, ‘most’, ‘all’, ‘some’. ‘twenty-one percent’ is not important.’

6. A more intelligent approach? Noted

7. I do hope you shall continue reading, commenting and blasting me when you think I deserve it…