SABMiller - Proposed Black Economic Empowerment Transaction in South Africa

September 22nd, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Commenting on the successful conclusion to the plea bargain agreement between the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), S.A. Botswana Hauliers (Pty) Limited and its company representative and director, Billy Rautenbach, who said that he is overjoyed to be able to enter South Africa once again.

August 25th, 2009 TOKYO - NTT Electronics Corporation, headquartered in Yokohama City in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture (hereafter, NTT Electronics) is pleased to announce that its "HV9100 Series" AVC/H.264 HDTV/SDTV encoder/decoder have been selected by Sentech, a state-owned communication service company in the Republic of South Africa, as the codec equipment to be used for HD coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa(TM). The operation of a broadcast transmission system using the HV9100 Series was started in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009, which opened on June 14, 2009, as a precursor to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa(TM).

August 11th, 2009 GENEVA - Vitol E and P Limited (VEP), part of the Vitol Group, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a farm-in agreement with Bowleven, the African focused oil and gas company, in respect of the Etinde Permit (Etinde, Cameroon). The transaction has two parts.

July 6th, 2009 GREENSBORO, North Carolina - Global Safety Textiles LLC ("GST") today announced that it had received a proposal from funds managed by WL Ross & Co. LLC ("WLR") to invest US$55 million in a newly formed entity that would acquire the assets of GST and its subsidiaries.

June 21st, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - SYSTIME, the largest Oracle JD Edwards practice globally, announced yesterday, the expansion of its international presence by opening offices in Johannesburg (Gauteng) and Cape Town, South Africa. SYSTIME's presence in South Africa reaffirms the company's commitment to provide a local presence globally to all clients.

June 11th, 2009 AMERSFOORT, The Netherlands - Oikocredit has Unveiled the Initial Results of an International Women Empowerment Study At Oikocredit, it's essential to know exactly how fair finance affects the lives of those it serves. In the first phase of an international study covering four countries (Bulgaria, Kenya, Peru and the Philippines) Oikocredit has examined the notion of fair financing and women empowerment.

June 9th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Hennie Van Wyk, the former owner and operator of the majority of the assets of Rockwell Diamonds Inc. ("Rockwell", TSX: RDI, JSE: RDI, OTCBB: RDIAF), and a holder of approximately 4.3% of Rockwell, today commented on Pala Investments Holdings' proposed slate of directors for Rockwell.

May 13th, 2009 LONDON - SABMiller, one of the world's largest brewers, today reported strong full year results for F09 despite a challenging backdrop. In an online video interview with business broadcaster Cantos.com, Chief Executive Graham Mackay said: "I think what we are seeing here is just how resilient our business model is, and in fact this is in some sense a vindication of our strategy and our business model." Chief Financial Officer Malcolm Wyman, whilst urging caution, said they had every confidence for the year ahead.

May 7th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Las Vegas singer Brian Evans, who opens for the likes of Jay Leno, Joan Rivers, Social Distortion among others, has signed for public relations in South Africa with South Africa based PR firm Platinum PR (platinumpr.co.za). (Photo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090507/LA13571) Evans, who was named by Grammy Magazine among Norah Jones as one of the most relevant new crooners of this generation, is heard on such shows as "So You Think You Can Dance", "Big Shots", and the new movie "The Wedding Weekend".

March 15th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Major Step for Sino-African Cooperation The China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund) opened the first representative office in Johannesburg, South Africa today. The Fund will boost economic development in Africa by encouraging investment by Chinese enterprises.

July 10th, 2009 SABMiller to open new brewery in AngolaJOHANNESBURG — SABMiller PLC will open a new $125m brewery and soft drinks plant in the oil- and diamond-rich country of Angola, the company said Friday. The new plant will be opened in the Angolan capital Luanda in October 2009, bringing to five the number of facilities the company has in the southern African country with a joint venture partner.

May 27th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Analysts here, who were initially enthusiastic over the transaction between mobile phone giants Bharti Airtel of India and South Africa's MTN, have turned cautious after share prices of both companies dropped Wednesday. MTN fell 4.46 percent and Bharti went down for the second consecutive day May 26, following an announcement Monday by the two that they were in discussions for a cross-ownership deal that could see the biggest mobile giant straddling Africa, India and the Middle East.

May 26th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - South African telecom giant MTN believes a potential transaction with its New Delhi-based counterpart Bharti Airtel would create a giant that would straddle India, the Gulf and Africa. In a statement to shareholders here, MTN said the potential transaction would create a leading telecom service provider aligning Bharti's Indian business with MTN's African and Middle Eastern operations.

May 26th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - South African telecom giant MTN believes a potential deal with New Delhi-based Bharti Airtel has the makings of a telecom giant that would straddle India, the Gulf and Africa. In a statement to shareholders here, MTN said the potential transaction would create a leading telecom service provider aligning Bharti's Indian business with MTN's African and Middle Eastern operations.

January 15th, 2009 LONDON - Consumers from Latin America to eastern Europe have apparently resisted drowning their economic sorrows in a glass of beer, trading figures from SABMiller, the world's second-largest brewer, showed Thursday. The group's trading update for its third quarter up to the end of December showed that lager shipments in Europe dropped by one per cent as a result of the 'impacts of the global financial crisis on consumer disposable income.' The decline was led by Russia, where volumes were 22 percent down, while supplies to Romania and the Czech Republic also slowed.

May 27th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - After the initial enthusiasm over the $23-billion telecom deal proposed by India's Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN, analysts have turned cautious, even fearing if the transaction presented a fair value for shareholders. Their fears were further fuelled after MTN shares fell 4.46 percent and those of Bharti closed lower for two consecutive days after the initial interest shown by the announcement Monday.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN Monday said they were extending their talks for a proposed $23-billion financial alliance till Aug 31, having failed to reach a pact within the earlier deadline that had expired Friday. "No decision or agreement to acquire any shares or implement the potential transaction outlined above has yet been made by the boards of either MTN or Bharti," the South African telecom company said in a statement.

June 24th, 2009 BRUSSELS - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade Wednesday criticised European Union (EU) policies towards Africa and said the continent was looking towards India and China for its economic needs, EuAsiaNews reported. Addressing a press conference in Brussels Wednesday, the Senegalese president accused the EU of isolating Africa and raising barriers against "black Africa".

June 6th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The attempt by South African pharmaceutical manufacturer Adcock Ingram to place the blame for the failure of the proposed buyout of Cipla Medpro South Africa (CMSA) on Cipla India's lack of support was "disingenuous and misleading", CMSA said here Friday. In a hard-hitting statement released via the Johannesburg Securities Exchange, following Adcock's decision to call off the bid, CMSA said Cipla India's views on Adcock's undesirability as a potential business partner have been consistent throughout and were clearly communicated to Adcock on numerous occasions, since December 2008.

July 31st, 2009 Africa helps SABMiller weather European beer dropLONDON — SABMiller PLC, the world's second-largest brewer, said Friday that it managed to withstand a sharp fall of 7 percent in second-quarter beer sales in Europe thanks to a strong performance in Africa and Asia. U.S. sales to retailers eased 0.8 percent but were boosted by better sales of craft and import brews.