Million Rand used to get you a decent house, a car and you still had enough left over to furnish the house. Now it doesn't even get you a decent house.
Pretty sure the retailers haven't got the memo yet to be honest, and while we are being honest, you have to be careful where you buy your meat nowadays as well.
Don't think increasing executive renumeration can be classified as chipping away at debt. But that's corporate culture in a nutshell. As for Microsoft, I am sure they are sorry, just not enough to stop releasing dodgy untested updates.