The world’s largest platinum miner Anglo Platinum and Anglo American Corporation Zimbabwe on Friday announced that they would proceed with the Unki platinum project situated near Gweru on Zimbabwe’s Great Dyke region.
The South African rand remained firm against major currencies on Friday after rallying to its best level against the dollar in two years on Thursday morning.
South African’s third largest gold miner Harmony Gold on Friday launched a new range of gold investment bars, in addition to its popular ten-tola bar, introduced to the investment community in 1999.
Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang this week launched an extraordinary racial attack against the Treatment Action Campaign at a formal gala event. Guests at the event, who heard the attack, included United Nations emissaries, diplomats, leading academics and corporate captains.
Multinational corporations facing multibillion-dollar apartheid reparations claims in US courts have had enough and have begun a behind-the-scenes campaign to fight the legal basis of the claims.
Visibly traumatised, Antonio Manuel (10) goes to Mahele primary school, a remote part of Maputo province, where the Mozambican capital, Maputo, is situated. Manuel, a shy boy, uses both his hands to hold a pencil as he writes in the exercise book.
State arms manufacturer Denel faces losing a multi-million rand contract to clear mines in northern Iraq, should the United States take over functions currently under the auspices of the United Nations.
South Africa’s privatisation programme has been a disaster that has led to billions of rands in lost revenue, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday.
Mozambique’s economy grew by eight percent in 2002, despite a severe drought that ravaged southern and central districts of the country, President Joaquim Chissano said on Thursday.
The food security situation in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland South province is ”critical”, the latest report by the UN Relief and Recovery Unit has warned.