Africa

August 23, 2012

Randgold welcomes political progress in Mali

Chief executive Mark Bristow said it was pleasing to see that continued progress was being made in restoring full political stability in a country which had long been an exemplary…

August 22, 2012

South Africa’s massacre: peeling the onion

The shooting dead of striking miners by armed police at Marikana exposes hard truths about post-apartheid South Africa that the country's new elites have preferred to ignore, says Roger Southall.

August 20, 2012

Lonmin strikers given 24 hour reprieve

Only about a third of a 28,000-strong workforce reported for their shifts at Lonmin's Marikana platinum operations in South Africa. The London-based miner said workers who did not show up…

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