/ 8 February 1999

BAFOKENG-IMPLATS DISPUTE SETTLED

THE 10-year-old land dispute between the Bafokeng people of North-West Province and Impala Platinum Limited has been resolved, SABC television news reports. The report said the Bafokeng supreme council accepted an offer by Implats which gives the tribe one million shares in the mining company and 22% of its taxable income. The Bafokeng will also appoint a member to Implats’s board