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BRUCE WHITFIELD: Looking for calm, Absa appoints an insider as boss
Arrie Rautenbach. File photo: SUPPLIED Absa has appointed an insider as full-time CEO for the first time since 2006. Banking sector and Absa veteran Arrie Rautenbach will take over from interim CEO Jason Quinn. Quinn returns to the finance director role he held until the departure of former Reserve Bank deputy governor Daniel Mminele, who […]
MIIF’s small scale mining incubation to include Community Mining project
Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng – CEO of MIIF The decision of Goldfields Ghana Limited and Anglogold Ashanti to support the Community Mining Project (CMP) initiated by the government has been commended. The Community Mining Project was initiated by the government to help create opportunities in mining for indigenes in mining communities and to curb the […]
NGO offers financial support to small businesses, artisans in need at Obuasi
MEMBERS OF THE FIFTY 50 CLUB Twenty artisans at Obuasi in the Ashanti region have been supported with equipment to set up their businesses. The move by Fifty 50 Club, an NGO, is aimed at contributing to reducing the rate of unemployment in the Obuasi Municipality. The Fifty 50 Club presented 15 dryers and washing […]
IWD: Anglogold Ashanti’s “Gender Agenda” Witnesses surge in female representation
The Senior Manager Sustainability, Anglogold Ashanti Emmanuel Baidoo has revealed that the company has seen its "Gender Agenda" policy bore fruit after recording an increase in women representation in the Mine. Speaking at an event organized by Anglogold Ashanti Ghana to mark this year’s International Women’s Day, Mr. Baidoo said when the Mine initially re-started […]
R500m West Rand Covid hospital faces uncertainty as 20 staff members set to leave
It is not yet clear what will happen to the multimillion-rand AngloGold Ashanti Hospital in Carletonville on the West Rand as about 20 staff members are set to leave at the end of this month. This was revealed by Gauteng Health MEC Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi in a written reply to questions tabled by DA in […]
Gender advocate calls for increased female representation in politics
In 2021, Ghana obtained an overall score of 0.14 in political empowerment under the gender gap index. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5.5 advocates for a gender balance in politics by championing the full participation of women in leadership and decision-making roles. Broadcaster and gender advocate Gifty Anti is, therefore, calling on government to combat […]
AGA, Breast Care International mark Int. Women’s Day
Mining giants, AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), Obuasi mine and Breast Care International joined the world to mark this year’s International Women’s Day at Obuasi and Bompata respectively with a call on women to venture into male-dominated areas to ‘break the bias’. The global theme was "break the bias" but at AGA, the programme was operated under […]
Theft of copper pipes and electrical cables thwart reopening of Charlotte Maxeke hospital
Protesters outside Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital on Sunday, 20 February 2022. (Photo: Masego Mafata) Two weeks after the Gauteng government held a media conference to announce its plans for the repair of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, medical staff report little evidence of progress and patients continue to bear the brunt of mismanagement. Prof […]
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine should return water supply to Wawasi and Creek Area
I may be forced to file an official report to all the international associations AngloGold Ashanti is a member of and a signatory to if they decide to continue with their decision to illegally per their standards take off the water supply from the Wawasi and Creek communities. These said communities had their own source […]