| Sunday: 20 July, 1997
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Punch-drunk KWV could be forced to
settle with Hanekom
THABO KOBOKOANE
Until recently, KWV chairman Lourens Jonker was in a defiant
mood, snubbing attempts by Agriculture Minister Derek Hanekom to
intervene in the conversion of the wine co-operative into a private
company.
Since then, however, the co-operative, and
the wine industry in the Western
Cape, have been stung by a number of blows.
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Estate agents in cahoots with banks on
bonds
LUCIENNE FILD
SO YOU thought your estate agent was doing you a favour by
referring you to a bank and organising a "quick" home loan?
Think again. Agents have a motive - they get a commission or other
favours (such as overseas trips) from banks in return for referring
home buyers who want mortgage bonds. Commission and incentive schemes are the reason you're
steered to a particular bank for your home loan.
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