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25 May 2013
                       
 
 
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20 Mar 2013
 
 
Sibanye Gold turns killer gas into low-price electricity at Beatrix mine
GOLD
JSE- and NYSE-listed gold newcomer Sibanye Gold is turning Beatrix gold mine’s lethal methane gas into a power generation blessing at a third of the Eskom tariff. The highly explosive gas, which...
 
 
22 Feb 2013
 
IFP: Statement by Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Inkatha Freedom Party President, online letter (22/02/2013)
STATEMENT
In her book, "People's War", Dr Anthea Jeffery describes how, in the seventies, the ANC found itself with two serious rivals; the Black Consciousness Movement and Inkatha. By 1979, she writes,...
 
 
19 Feb 2013
 
Ramphele's platform is grievance driven – ANC
POLITICS
Mamphela Ramphele's party political platform is grievance driven, the ANC said on Monday. "The initiative by Dr Ramphele is goading South Africans to participate at the periphery of our political...
 
 
15 Feb 2013
 
We could work with Ramphele – opposition
POLITICSA
It could be possible to work with businessperson Mamphela Ramphele should she enter politics, Congress of the People leader Mosiuoa Lekota said on Friday. "Somehow we believe that it is possible...
 
 
Power(ful) Tales
REAL ECONOMY: POWER PRICES
Over the past few weeks, leading South African companies have gone to great lengths to offer practical case studies into just how damaging South Africa’s recent power price rises have already...
 
 
13 Feb 2013
 
Ramphele leaves Gold Fields for politics
GOLD
Dr Mamphela Ramphele on Wednesday stepped down as Gold Fields chairperson to “further her socioeconomic and political work”. Ramphele, who would be succeeded by Gold Fields nonexecutive...
 
 
06 Feb 2013
 
South African mining needs new clustering model – Ramphele
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
The South African mining industry needed a fresh, new model that simultaneously boosted agriculture and industry and put an end to the currency-strengthening Dutch Disease that inhibited exports...
 
 
05 Feb 2013
 
ENS: Statement by Otsile Matlou, Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs director and head of mining, avers that the MPRD Amendment Bill will have devastating consequences for South Africa’s mining industry (05/02/2013)
STATEMENT
In the mining industry, where huge capital is required to develop projects and construct mines, the ability of the listed company to raise funds on the stock exchange is crucial. However the...
 
 
31 Jan 2013
 
Business outlines economic, jobs risks of further power price shocks
ELECTRICITY PRICES
The electricity price increases being sought by Eskom would cause serious economic damage at a time when South Africa’s immediate growth outlook was already weak and could bring a number of key...
 
 
10 Dec 2012
 
Business seeks policy certainty and predictability from Mangaung
ECONOMY
Business Unity South Africa (Busa) echoed the sentiments of many individual businesspeople on Monday when it formally appealed for the emergence of policy certainty and predictability at the Africa...
 
 
22 Nov 2012
 
Exxaro tops carbon-disclosure log, while SA shows Brics leadership
CARBON DISCLOSURE
Black-empowered resources group Exxaro climbed to the top of the JSE Top 100 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) in 2012, closely followed by fellow miners Gold Fields and Harmony – in...
 
 
02 Nov 2012
 
Warnings of more job losses in strike-hit SA mining industry
LABOUR ROUNDUP
South Africa’s largest platinum mining companies this week warned of potential job losses, while 400 workers were sacked at a chrome mine and at least one mining contractor confirmed that it...
 
 
31 Oct 2012
 
SA: Statement by the Presidency, President Jacob Zuma has appointed new members of the Brand SA Board of Trustees (31/10/2012)
STATEMENT
Brand SA was established in 2002 as the International Marketing Council to promote the South African brand. The primary objective of Brand SA is to develop and implement a proactive and coordinated...
 
 
25 Oct 2012
 
SA: Statement by the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, on gold industry unions signing wage agreement (25/10/2012)
STATEMENT
The Chamber of Mines, representing AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields and Harmony, together with the NUM, Solidarity and UASA, today signed an agreement to give effect to clause 11 of the 2011 – 2013...
 
 
SA: Statement by UASA, trade union, negotiates higher minimum wages for mine workers (25/10/2012)
STATEMENT
After continued negotiations for the 2011 – 2013 Chamber Gold Wage Agreement, UASA, together with NUM and Solidarity, entered into an agreement with the Chamber of Mines of South Africa,...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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