Fixing the fixers

By Murali Krishnan

NEW DELHI, India, November 13, 2000 — This article was originally published in the Nov. 13, 2000 edition of Outlook India. It is reproduced

Excerpts from this story referencing "Johannesburg":

"… our correspondents chased the story across the world, from the mansions of Johannesburg to dingy Mumbai police stations. Then, literally two days before the July …"

The world's asbestos behemoth

By Roman Shleynov

Vast amounts shipped overseas, used at home

Excerpts from this story referencing "Johannesburg":

"… ich banned asbestos in 2008. The C. J. Petrow Group, headquartered in Johannesburg, owned about 14 percent of Uralasbest until 2003 and supplied chrysotile t …"

Marketing the new 'Dogs of War'

By Duncan Campbell

Sri Lankans hire Tim Spicer, a man already involved in global mercenary activities

Excerpts from this story referencing "Johannesburg":

"… xecutive Outcomes. Troops were ferried to Angola from a small airport near Johannesburg."It appears that the company and its associates are able to barter their s …"

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Conflict diamonds are forever

By Mungo Soggot

De Beers Mines strike major diamond find in area previously believed to be worthless

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"… prices. De Beers, now a privately held company with offices in Kimberley, Johannesburg and London, today controls about 60 percent of the world's diamonds.De Bee …"

"… ign dealers, packed into small prop planes, make the 70-minute flight from Johannesburg International Airport to Kimberley's own small airport. From there, they d …"

"… o Europe?" Bruwer asked in an interview with ICIJ.But back in Pretoria and Johannesburg, senior South African authorities are convinced that Kimberley has become …"

"… southern Africa, which are examined by the government diamond valuator.In Johannesburg, the situation is not much better. The diamond bourse, on the fifth floor …"

The adventure capitalist

By Mungo Soggot and Phillip van Niekerk

Niko Shefer's takeover of Africa

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"… business deals in the Congo, and had dined with Dame Margaret herself, at Johannesburg's plush Westcliff Hotel. Thatcher could not be reached for comment.Shefer …"

"… lltop complex of mansions and elegant gardens in the wealthiest section of Johannesburg's northern suburbs, Shefer runs an array of companies, including several d …"

"… lia to respond to." Taylor did appoint Shefer Liberia's honorary consul in Johannesburg.Liberia was a country ripe for the picking. Shefer says he became inv …"

"… not last long. After raising millions of dollars from shareholders on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, revelations that the company had done nothing with its Lib …"

The merchant of death

By André Verlöy

With 300 employees and a large fleet of cargo planes, Victor Bout's actions were near impossible to track

Excerpts from this story referencing "Volga Air":

"… the pioneers in the cargo industry" in South Africa and "is involved with Volga Air," a company that operated 10 Antonov aircraft. The intelligence document a …"

"… that operated 10 Antonov aircraft. The intelligence document alleged that Volga Air supplied the Rwandan-backed rebel army Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) …"

"… upplying UNITA on almost a daily basis. Sidorov is one of the directors of Volga Air, according to South African incorporation records. He worked for a South A …"

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Cholera and the age of the water barons

By Bill Marsden

Cholera turned out to be a chronicle of death foretold by blind ideology

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"… fected more than 250,000 people and killed almost 300, spreading as far as Johannesburg, 300 miles away.Making people pay the full cost of their water "was the di …"

Metered to death

By Jacques Pauw

How a water experiment in South Africa caused riots and a cholera epidemic

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"… The disease ultimately spread to the Eastern Cape and then to the capital, Johannesburg, becoming the largest cholera outbreak in South African history before it …"

"… lities.Patrick Bond, a professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg who has written extensively on water privatization and the World Bank, tol …"

"… re occupying.War by water pressureIn Nelspruit, a three-hour drive east of Johannesburg, the water providers and the water drinkers have had quite enough of each …"

"… et violence with violence."The water miracle?Sitting in his office outside Johannesburg Development Bank building, James Leigland – the man who brokered the pri …"

Uganda

By Victoria Kreha

Uganda had the first STD/AIDS program in sub-Saharan Africa, but its infection rate remains at 10.7 percent

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"… the spread of HIV.A Ugandan HIV activist, Beatrice Were, who works for the Johannesburg-based ActionAid International, told ICIJ, "One of our newspapers said that …"