Chair of the Africa Progress Panel Kofi Annan says that Africa is not getting a fair deal, ahead of the World Economic Forum in Cape Town.
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Anglo American Platinum plans to cut 6,000 jobs in South Africa after its profits were affected by violent labour strikes last year.
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GlaxoSmithKline launches a new partnership with Save the Children to develop medicines to tackle child mortality in Africa.
Link: Drug firm joins forces with charity
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Deadly blast hits government convoy in Mogadishu
BBC News A car bomb has exploded near a government convoy in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least eight people, officials say. A police spokesman told AFP news agency a suicide attacker had driven a car laden with explosives at an armoured government … At least 10 killed in Mogadishu suicide bomb blast Car bomber kills 5 after ramming into military convey in Somalia Somali Car Bombing Kills Several People – VOA Category : World News Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth is set to outpace the global average over the next three years, according to the World Bank. See more here: African growth ‘to outpace world’ Category : Stocks, World News Technip has filed a Home Country News Release – Technip awarded the major Moho Nord Subsea project in Congo, West Africa To view the full release click here (link to PDF). Category : Business South Africa’s government are warned by world governing body Fifa over possible interference in their FA’s fight against match-fixing. Read more: SA government warned by Fifa Category : World News Leaders of the Brics nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – meeting in Durban discuss the formation of a new development bank. Read more from the original source: Brics nations mull development bank South Africa hosts the latest Brics summit at a time when growth rate in the member nations has been slowing. Go here to see the original: VIDEO: Can Brics nations maintain their power? Category : Stocks JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA–(Marketwire – March 22, 2013) - Ivanplats (TSX:IVP) today announced the completion and filing of a National Instrument 43-101 independent Technical Report that updates the independent resource estimate on its Platreef Project, a major PGE-nickel-copper discovery on the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa. The Technical Report supports the company’s February 6, 2013, news release that outlined a major expansion and upgrade of the project’s previously declared underground mineral resources. |