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/ 25 September 2001

Gold Fields eyes Australian mines

DARREN SCHUETTLER, Johannesburg | Tuesday SOUTH Africa’s Gold Fields Ltd said on Monday it was eyeing more acquisitions in Australia and would spend up to $15-million a year searching for more gold on its two new mines in the western outback. Gold Fields announced on Friday that it had reached an agreement with Australia’s WMC […]

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/ 25 September 2001

JSE EDGES HIGHER, ANGLO RECOVERS

THE South African bourse edged higher at Wednesday’s open with mining giant Anglo American recovering from Tuesday’s drubbing. Market heavyweight Anglo hopped up 1,89% or 180 cents to R96,80, boosting the benchmark all-share index 0,23% to 7,899.1. Financial stocks also crept back on optimism that the central bank will cut interest rates this week after […]

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/ 25 September 2001

SA shares play catch up, for now

Johannesburg | Tuesday SOUTH African shares bounced 2,5% higher in mid-morning trade on Tuesday, inspired by Wall Street’s overnight rebound, but traders said weaker US futures could cap further advances. The benchmark all-share index gained 187 points to 7,568 at 0900 GMT, led by mining house Anglo American Plc. Anglo, the bourse’s biggest share, hurdled […]

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/ 25 September 2001

SASOL REBRANDS

PETROCHEMICALS company Sasol on Wednesday announced it would be rebranding. The new corporate image features two elements; an animated logo which uses a molecular structure to represent the chemical character at the core of the Sasol business and demonstrates the way in which Sasol interacts across businesses and markets. The second element is a positioning […]

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/ 25 September 2001

Snot en trane at NNP congress

ANGELA QUINTAL, Cape Town | Tuesday NEW National Party (NNP) rank-and-file in the Western Cape on Monday rallied around their embattled unicity mayor Peter Marais, using a provincial congress platform to vent their frustrations about their alliance partner, the Democratic Party (DP). The NNP, DP and Federal Alliance merged to form the Democratic Alliance (DA) […]

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/ 25 September 2001

South Africa, Kenya handed suspects list

PRETORIA | Monday SOUTH AFRICAN authorities said yesterday the US had forwarded a list of names of people with possible links to suspects in the attacks on New York and Washington. A senior police official said the names and number of people would not be made public. South Africa’s government last week reaffirmed its non-military […]

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/ 21 September 2001

Slam dunk

Sarah Jones is on a mission to influence the depiction of black people in the media. She’s visiting South Africa along with fellow poet Steve Colman, writes Thebe Mabanga.

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/ 21 September 2001

Art goes digital

The organisers of South Africa’s first significant all-digital, non-commercial exhibition are calling for entries. Hoping to create a new awareness of the digital medium as an art form, the exhibition will open on October 31 at the Vega School of Brand Communication in Benmore, Sandton.