The village assemblies exist among various african tribes including : the ashanti of ghana , the igbo of nigeria , the somali , the tswana of botswana , the shona of zimbabwe , the xhosa and the zulu of south africa .
Mark cutifani , the head of anglogold ashanti , a big gold miner , expressed relief that the issue of nationalisation had at last been " kicked into touch " .
Bobby godsell , a former chairman of anglogold ashanti , the world 's third-biggest gold-mining company , who is a member of mr manuel 's commission , says the odds of south africa 's mines being nationalised are as remote as america 's federal reserve bank being abolished by the republican tea party .
Paulson & co. , for example , held more than 41 million american depositary receipts of anglogold ashanti ( au , ang . Jo ) , a south african gold mining company , based on his most recent public disclosures as of march 31 .
If correct , it would mean an increase of nearly 11 per cent on tuesday 's record price of $ 1310.10 an ounce , triggering big profits for the world 's largest gold miners , such as barrick gold , newmont mining and anglogold ashanti .
