Thebe Mabanga
Thebe Mabanga is a former journalist.
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/ 23 May 2006

Big fish, small pond

Vusi Khanyile is one of the most unflappable defenders of an unorthodox empowerment strategy you are likely to encounter. The 55-year-old founding MD, now chairperson and CEO of Thebe Investments displays single-mindedness about the course his company has pursued, not just over the past five years, but over the course of about 14 years.

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/ 5 May 2006

A drop in the sea of gold

Over the past decade, Gold Fields and AngloGold have entered Ghana respectively through the purchase of mines in Tarkwa, a town about 45 minutes by plane north-west of the capital Accra, and the merger with Ashanti Gold Fields. The ventures present more than geological and mining challenges; there are social challenges that at times seem insurmountable.

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/ 13 April 2006

Bully with a bloody nose

The first round in the month-long battle between Harmony and Mittal at the Competition Tribunal came to an end this week, with Harmony probably feeling it had made a moral and economic case, while Mittal may have been left feeling bruised, but standing firm.