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/ 5 December 2001
Accra | Wednesday GHANAIAN mining giant Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd (AGC) on Tuesday said profits after tax for the third quarter of the current year zoomed 93% to $14,5-million. A statement from AGC said profits after tax in the third quarter a year ago stood at 7.5 million dollars. Sam Jonah, AGC chief executive, meanwhile, […]
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/ 4 December 2001
Cologne-based Andreas Klein chose the Cape as a location for his film when the catastrophic events of September 11 brought on an understandable bout of doubt about his first choice of location, writes Tony Jackman.
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/ 4 December 2001
Gaborone | Monday A PACT to curb the trade in “blood diamonds” has been reached with agreement on international certification for rough diamond exports and imports, officials said as talks wound up in Botswana. “Blood diamonds” or “conflict diamonds” are defined as rough diamonds which are used by rebel movements to finance their activities, or […]
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/ 4 December 2001
Harare | Tuesday ZIMBABWE’S state-owned press rounded on Monday on neighbouring South Africa, accusing President Thabo Mbeki of “betrayal” for reported criticism of President Robert Mugabe’s government and policies. In a strongly worded editorial, the government daily the Herald said that the country felt betrayed that Mbeki had joined “the fight against Zimbabwe” alongside “architects […]
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/ 4 December 2001
Cape Town | Tuesday FORMER South African president Nelson Mandela warned here on Monday that it would be “a disaster” for the United States and Britain to extend the war on terrorism to bombing Iraq. “I think that would be a disaster,” Mandela told reporters when asked if he would support such a step. The […]
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/ 4 December 2001
Johannesburg | Tuesday THE Treatment Action Campaign has reacted angrily to Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s claim that the debate on anti-retroviral Aids drugs is misplaced. ”A discussion of anti-retrovirals in a country with 200 000 people dying a year is hardly misplaced unless you attach no worth to those lives,” TAC national secretary Mark Heywood […]
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/ 4 December 2001
Johannesburg | Tuesday SCORES of people including Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang gathered outside the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday to protest against the rape and abuse of children. Two men will appear in the court later in the day in connection with the rape of a five-month-old baby girl in Joubert Park in the city’s […]
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/ 3 December 2001
Durban | Friday A DEAL between Russian diamond monopoly Alrosa and South African diamond giant De Beers is likely to be delayed until next year, sources in Moscow told the Johannesburg daily newspaper Business Day. The current contract between Alrosa, which is the second-biggest diamond producer in the world, and De Beers for the sale […]
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/ 3 December 2001
Nairobi | Monday LAWYERS representing some 220 members of the Maasai and Samburu in compensation claims against the British army have said they believe the UK government could now be willing to settle the claims. A London-based lawyer, Martyn Day, described a meeting with UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) officials on Thursday as “fruitful”, adding […]