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Chrometco Floats in Jo'burg

South Africa's Chrometco has been listed on the Johannesburg Stock [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2005

Nolitha Fakude

The oil company Sasol has just appointed a black woman, Nolitha Fakude, as its number two. It hence gives the [...]

Subscribers only 29.07.2005

Nasima Haider

The authorities in Bangladesh have just appointed a woman as High Commissioner in South Africa, Nasima Haider. She replaces Amir [...]

Subscribers only 29.07.2005

Reducing emissions of greenhouse gas in South Africa

The World Bank is planning to award a loan of [...]

Subscribers only 29.07.2005

A new Africa director

The automobile company Porsche has a new director for the [...]

Subscribers only 29.07.2005

Global Resources Files Suit

The U.S. firm Global Resources has filed suit against South Africa's Petroleum Agency to oblige it to honor a technical cooperation pact in the Durban basin.

Subscribers only Energy 26.07.2005

Siemens Gets Nod from Eskom

Germany's Siemens has been contracted to equip two power stations that Eskom intends to build in the next two years.

Subscribers only Energy 26.07.2005

The provinces in question

A speech by a minister on the need of a more centralised government has rekindled the debate on the ineffectiveness of the provincial administrations.

Subscribers only Politics 22.07.2005

air transport
Freight route from Southern Africa to Belgium

The Belgian company Société de l'aéroport de Bierset (SAB), based near Liège (Belgium), hopes to start operating a direct air [...]

Subscribers only 22.07.2005

Ali Abood

A former financial comptroller at Qatar's embassy in London, Ali Abood, has been named to the supervisory board of Mayfair [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.07.2005

Itumeleng Kgaboesele

Sphere Holdings, a South African group headed by Itumeleng Kgaboesele, is the new black empowerment partner of Rosy Blue Manufacturing [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.07.2005

Paris Mashile

President Thabo Mbeki has just designated Paris Mashile, one of the councillors of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa [...]

Subscribers only 15.07.2005

Tito Mboweni disapproved by Comesa

The governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), Tito Mboweni thinks the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.07.2005

Ramaphosa Moves on NetGroup

A group owned by former South African union leader Cyril Ramaphosa has taken a position in the NetGroup consultancy that's highly active in Africa.