South Africa: Govt Wants Black Anglo Chairman

Johannesburg — SA HAS put together a list of black candidates for a new chairman of Anglo American, including business magnate and former union leader Cyril Ramaphosa, a government source said yesterday.

The country wants to have a stronger influence in Anglo, the biggest mining player, especially now that it is a target of a "merger of equals" proposal from rival Xstrata, said the high-level source .

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