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South African Reserve Bank Leaves Benchmark Rate Unchanged

May 12th, 2011 Comments off

South Africa’s central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a third meeting to help spur the economy’s recovery while warding off price pressures from rising food and oil costs.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

South African Inflation May Reach Upper End of Target

February 6th, 2011 Comments off

South African inflation may reach the upper end of the central bank’s 3 percent to 6 percent target range “sooner than expected” as oil and food prices increase, Governor Gill Marcus said.
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CFA Institute Says African Level 1 Exam Papers Lost

January 20th, 2011 Comments off

CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals which awards the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, said the answer sheets of candidates who sat exams in Ghana last month were lost.
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A Banker’s African Adventure

January 13th, 2011 Comments off

Former Hong Kong banker Jose Cortes turned a passion for Africa’s wildlife into a business organizing African safaris for Asian clients
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S. African Bonds Top Stocks; 1st Time Since Apartheid

January 2nd, 2011 Comments off

South African bonds lured more foreign inflows in 2010 than shares for the first time after the fall of apartheid in 1994 as yields more than double those of 10-year U.S. Treasuries boosted the appeal of the debt.
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S. African Bonds Top Stocks; 1st Time Since Apartheid

December 31st, 2010 Comments off

South African bonds lured more foreign inflows in 2010 than shares for the first time after the fall of apartheid in 1994 as yields more than double those of 10-year U.S. Treasuries boosted the appeal of the debt.
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Shooting Gold Diggers at African Mine Seen Amid Record Prices

December 24th, 2010 Comments off

Security guards and federal police have allegedly shot and killed people scavenging the waste rock at Barrick Gold’s North Mara mine in Tanzania
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African Gold Rush Kills Children as Miners Discover Lead Dust

December 21st, 2010 Comments off

Villagers in Nigeria raced to pulverize gold-bearing rocks with grain grinders, then washed the dust at communal wells, setting off the world’s worst modern lead-poisoning crisis
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