Shares and options in South African platinum miner Kroondal fell as investors took profits after a friendly bid by Australia’s Aquarius Platinum earlier in the week. Kroondal shares were trading 6.15 percent lower at R15.25 rand, adrift of a year-high of R21 reached at the beginning of the week shortly before the two firms said […]
ZIMBABWE opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said it would contest results in up to 40 of the 62 seats won by President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party in last month’s election. ”We had filed papers contesting the results in 37 constituencies and our lawyers are looking at a couple of more cases. We could end […]
Personal details Full names: Nicholas Coppola Birth date: January 7, 1964 Place of birth: Long Beach, California, USA First name: Nicolas Present surname: Cage Family: Francis Ford Coppola (director, uncle); Talia Shire (actor, aunt). Marriage: Patricia Arquette Children: Weston (by ex-girlfriend Kristina Fulton). Career: Training: Passed the G.E.D. and left Beverly Hills High School a […]
Personal details Full names: Angelina Jolie Voight Birth date: June 04, 1975 Place of birth: Los Angeles, California First name: Angelina Family: Father: Jon Voight, actor; separated from Jolie’s mother 1976 Mother: Marcheline Bertrand, former actress; born 1950; part Iroquois Indian Brother: James Haven Voight, director; born 1973; studied filmmaking at University of Southern California; […]
INVESTIGATORS are focusing their attention on the port engine of the doomed French Concorde, after it was revealed that the pilot reported engine failure shortly before the crash. French deputy public prosecutor, Elisabeth Senot, who is leading a judicial investigation into the crash, said that experts had made a transcript from the cockpit voice recorder […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT and REUTERS, Johannesburg | Wednesday 09.30am. IRON and steel giant, Iscor, denied that it was fighting off a hostile takeover of all or any of its assets, despite media speculation to the contrary. The company has not been approached by a predator seeking to take over the metals and minerals producer or any […]
THE Justice Department is investigating claims that the police “untouchable” unit, the Scorpions spent hundreds of thousands of rands on luxury homes and office space without authorization. A local newspaper reported that Scorpions chief Frank Dutton and the deputy prosecutions head Percy Sonn, were being investigated for buying luxury homes and furnishing them with public […]
SHARES in South African oil firm Energy Africa rose after it announced promising reservoir results from an investment in offshore Equatorial Guinea. Energy Africa shares were trading 4.9 percent higher at R15 after it announced the Ceiba-5 offshore well confirmed the primary reservoir under four other Ceiba wells. Energy Africa has a 15 percent stake […]
AUSTRALIAN miner Aquarius Platinum and South Africa’s Kroondal Platinum indicated they intended to merge their firms to create a company worth $304m. A joint statement said the two firms had reached a merger deal which would be financed by Aquarius offering 100 of its shares from a newly-listed subsidiary on the Johannesburg bourse for every […]
SOUTH African mining company Kroondal Platinum and Australia’s Aquarius Platinum have merged to create a precious metals giant worth 200m pounds. Aquarius and Kroondal announced plans to merge through a paper swap where 100 Aquarius shares would be offered for every 100 Kroondal shares through the Australian firm making a secondary listing on the Johannesburg […]