War For Ashanti: Anglogold "Bribe" Journalists ?

As the scramble for Ashanti Goldfields heats up between Anglogold and Randgold, Anglogold is treating a host of top journalists from Ghana to a week-long working tour of South Africa.

The team that left on Monday included the Editor of the Daily Graphic, Yaw Boadu Ayeboafoh; the Managing Editor of the Independent, Egbert Faibille Jnr; the Managing Director of the Accra Mail, Haruna Atta; Dr Alabi of Choice FM; Kwame Sefa Kayi of Peace FM and William Adjadogo of Ghanaian Times.


Whilst in Johannesburg, the Ghanaian journalists are lodging at the luxurious Protea Wanderers Hotel in Sandton, with all expenses generously catered for by Anglogold. They are expected back home on Friday.

David Ampofo of Channel Two, who organized Monday’s trip for Anglogold earlier told the “Statesman” that the trip was organized to expose local journalists to the operations of the South African gold giant, which has tabled an offer for a 26: 100-share merger with Ashanti, a deal now valued a little over $1.3 billion.