LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) – South Africa-focused miner Aquarius Platinum, the world’s fourth largest platinum producer, said it planned to limit mining activities to concentrate on conserving cash and guarding its reserves until economic circumstances changed. The platinum sector in South Africa, home to around 80 percent of known platinum reserves, is battling the impact [...]

JOHANNESBURG, July 4 (Reuters) – South Africa’s rand eased slightly from a 7-week high against the dollar on Wednesday but looked set to hold its ground due to strong appetite for domestic debt from investors becoming less concerned about the euro zone debt crisis. The rand was 0.17 percent weaker at 8.0793 against the dollar [...]

July 4 (Reuters) – All Blacks Dan Carter, Kieran Reed and Israel Dagg have all been recalled to the Canterbury Crusaders team for this week’s Super Rugby showdown with the Waikato Chiefs in Hamilton. The seven-times champions lost to the Wellington Hurricanes last week and defeat to the championship-leading Chiefs in their penultimate match on [...]

* Dominant NUM challenged by aggressive labour upstarts * Mine union turf wars tap into wider services discontent * African liberation movements have faced union threats By Ed Stoddard and Sherilee Lakmidas MODDER EAST/JOHANNESBURG July 4 (Reuters) – Shaking his fist and surrounded by angry colleagues, South African gold miner Chres Manyaka raged against ‘fat [...]

July 4 (Reuters) – South Africa’s dominant National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is losing members to rival labour groups tapping into a swelling vein of discontent with the key African National Congress ally that was forged in the struggle against apartheid. NUM counts roughly 300,000 members but in recent months it has lost around 5 [...]

FRANKFURT, July 4 (Reuters) – A ban on night flights at Frankfurt has caused Lufthansa to withdraw its service to Cape Town this winter, the German national airline said on Wednesday. Imposed eight months ago, a strict ban on flights after 11 pm leaves no leeway when it comes to weather or medical delays and [...]

PRETORIA, July 4 (Reuters) – South African inflation is expected to remain within its 3-6 percent target range on a sustained basis to the end of 2014, with the main upside risk coming from falls in the rand due to investor risk aversion, the Reserve Bank said on Wednesday. In its 2011/12 annual report, the [...]

(Adds details, background) * Inflation seen in target to end-2014 * Falls in rand pose main upside risk to inflation * Bank continues to build reserves to aid FX stability PRETORIA, July 4 (Reuters) – South African inflation is expected to remain within its 3-6 percent target range on a sustained basis to the end [...]

JOHANNESBURG, July 4 (Reuters) – South Africa will auction 2.1 billion rand ($259.56 million)in total of its 2018 , 2031 and 2023 government bonds next Tuesday. Details of the invitation are on page ($1 = 8.0905 South African rand) (Reporting by Tosin Sulaiman) © Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved Article source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaSouthAfricaNews/~3/4s7XotUxNTY/idAFJ8E7IF02A20120704