The National Union of Mineworkers on Wednesday confirmed that both gold producers Harmony Gold and Gold Fields have made individual offers to the unions. Meanwhile, a Solidarity spokesperson said the Chamber of Mines ”has disintegrated with the strike. Every individual company is making its own informal offer.”
Momentum plans to entrench its position as a significant player in the health industry with the proposed acquisition of African Life Health, the group said on Wednesday. Momentum announced earlier on Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its 34% shareholding in African Life to Sanlam at a price of R882-million.
Kenya’s justice minister has admitted his government is losing the fight against corruption and vowed a ”ruthless” anti-graft war in a stark admission of long-standing donor complaints, in remarks published on Wednesday that were a rare acknowledgement of rampant official malfeasance and failing efforts to curb such abuses.
Milan Lukic, one of the most wanted war criminals from the carnage in Bosnia, was due to appear before a judge in Buenos Aires on Tuesday after being captured on Monday. After seven years on the run from war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Lukic was seized outside his apartment in Argentina.
The rain was everybody’s enemy but Justin Gatlin’s. A torrential storm delayed the 200m quarterfinals until Wednesday and gave the 100m champion some much-needed extra rest for his pursuit of three gold medals at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki. For the Finns, however, the javelin is the main attraction.
A hacker has broken into computers at Sonoma State University in California and stolen personal information on about 61Â 000 students, according to the college. The unidentified hacker invaded seven staff computers at the college in July by exploiting ”a previously unknown weakness” in an operating system.
African Union envoys who met Mauritania’s new military strongman said on Wednesday they were reassured by the country’s junta leaders, and urged them to follow a plan to hold democratic elections in less than two years. Pointedly, they said nothing about restoring to power the country’s exiled president.
More than 600 children were raped in two years by previously convicted rapists, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday. ”In 2002, 277 children were raped by persons previously convicted of rape, while in 2003 this figure has increased by 15% to 320, said DA Member of Parliament Mike Waters.
Rafael Nadal didn’t let a jammed finger deter him from an opening-round hard-court victory, overcoming long-time mentor Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-7 (0-7) 6-3 on Tuesday at the ,2-million Montreal Masters. The 19-year-old from the Spanish island of Mallorca needed treatment on a finger on his left hitting hand.
New Zealand coach Graham Henry is bracing for a Wallaby backlash when his All Blacks take them on in Saturday’s Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup rugby Test match at Sydney’s Olympic Stadium. The Wallabies are smarting after last month’s disastrous tour of South Africa.