Sacked in 2012
/ 9 November 2012

Sacked in 2012

The past year has seen the axe fall on a number of controversial characters. The Mail & Guardian looks at 2012’s high-profile job losses.

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/ 5 February 2008

Energy minister has made her bed

Minerals and Energy Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica on Tuesday denied advising South Africans to go to bed early as a means of conserving electricity. ”That speech didn’t say ‘Go to bed, go to bed, go to bed’,” she said at a media briefing at the launch of the department’s national energy efficiency campaign.

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/ 17 January 2008

R37,9bn deal firms Anglo’s iron-ore position

Anglo American, the world’s second-largest resources group, on Thursday strengthened its iron-ore portfolio by announcing a $5,5-billion (R37,9-billion) deal that will see it take control of key projects in Brazil. The group is holding exclusive negotiations with Mineração e Metálicos’s controlling shareholder, Eike Batista.

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/ 4 September 2007

Angloplat in multibillion-rand BEE deal

The world’s top platinum producer, Angloplat, launched a R35-billion black economic empowerment (BEE) deal on Tuesday to sell mines to two black-led firms and hand out shares to its mostly black workers. The deals will forge two new major players in South Africa’s platinum sector, the world’s largest, and burnish credentials of Angloplat.