Company Announcement: Rio Tinto employees participate in the 2012 Tutu Leadership programme

The Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellowship programme, flagship of the Africa Leadership Institute’s initiatives, took place recently at the historic Mont Fleur Conference venue in Cape Town.

Brian Wilmot - Aveng Moolmans

Mining, other sectors far from being good corporate citizens – Bench Marks Foundation

The mining sectors and other industries in the South African market have a long way to go before they can be considered good corporate citizens.

Company Announcement: COSATU finds Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s tirade against Jacob Zuma despicable

Attached please find a press release on: The Congress of South African Trade Unions considers itself a great ally of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. We have admired his heroic stand against the brutality of the apartheid regime. We hailed his stance when...

Daily podcast – June 19, 2008

In today's podcast: Nersa grants Eskom an average tariff increase of 27,5%, South Africa's Treasury wants to ensure Eskom is restored to financial health in the shortest time to prevent electricity shortages, and, Anglo American has...

Daily podcast – May 19, 2008

In today's podcast: The IMF expects a GDP growth rate of 6,5% for sub Saharan Africa for 2008, Sasol votes through its R26-billion BEE deal, and the ANC suggests that Eskom should pay for its coal on a cost-plus basis.

Daily Podcast - March 28, 2008

In today's podcast: Broadband Infraco secures private sector participation for its submarine cable project, BHP Billiton to take R2,4-billion worth of yearly business away from Standard Bank, Royal Philips Electronics enters into JV with...

Lonmin, IFC provide $150m in push to realise big 'San Francisco' ambition

Canadian Chris Thompson's stint as Gold Fields CEO left South Africa a legacy of "golden" roses - long-stemmed, big-headed export-quality flowers, grown with the help of water from the mines he once managed, and aimed at sustaining the local...

Lonmin, IFC provide $100m for platinum BEEs in big ‘San Francisco' ambition

The world's third-largest platinum miner Lonmin and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Tuesday made $100-million immediately available to a potential 20 South African black-economic-empowerment (BEE) platinum partners in a...

R30bn capital spend failing to shield AngloPlat from govt attack

Governments the world over would be rolling out red carpets for a company spending R30-billion worth of capital in three years. But that is far from the reception that Anglo Platinum gets for the massive growth role that it plays in the South...

R30bn capital spend failing to shield world's largest platinum company from government attack

Governments the world over would be rolling out red carpets for a company spending R30-billion worth of capital in three years. But that is far from the reception that Anglo Platinum gets for the massive growth role that it plays in the South...

R700m programme to end hostels at Lonmin

The world's third-largest platinum-miner Lonmin has initiated a R700-million programme to eliminate hostel accommodation at its South African mines and replace it with 6 000 employee-owned homes over the next five years. Lonmin CEO Brad Mills, who...