Gold Fields, the world’s fourth-largest gold producer, on Friday confirmed that the illegal strike at its Beatrix mine near Welkom in the Free State had been called off.
South African stocks remained firm at noon on Friday on miners, amid a recovery in commodity prices, but banks and financials capped gains on profit-taking following recent strong runs, traders said.
South African miner Gold Fields said on Friday workers at its Beatrix gold mine had stopped an illegal strike, but production had been affected.
Trade union Solidarity on Friday said 100 of its members were trapped 900m underground at Gold Fields’ Beatrix mine outside of Welkom in the Free State
A suspected thief caused a commotion when he took off all his clothes — after being caught by security guards — in a Bloemfontein state building.
Thousands of child refugees from Darfur, some as young as nine, are being abducted and sold to warring militias as child soldiers, a British human rights group reports.
Tony Blair has ruled out talks with Hamas until it recognises Israel and stops firing rockets.
Following the recent trend for lavish documentaries on the lives of sporting legends, the next to get the treatment will be one of the biggest names of all: Edson Arantes Do Nascimento.
With the launch of e.tv’s 24-hour news channel, <i>M&G</i> writers decided to switch on their TV sets and sit out the long news night.
<b>ON CIRCUIT:</b> <i>Deception</i>, starring Ewan McGregor, and <i>Definitely, Maybe</i>