(July 9, 2002) Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who led South Africa’s search for post-apartheid reconciliation,on Tuesday gave cautious support to U.S. lawyer Ed Fagan’s bid for massive corporate compensation to the victims of white rule.

(July 7, 2002) Maverick US attorney Ed Fagan and a team of South African lawyers have lodged a new class action that categorises women and children as specific complainants in a multibillion-rand lawsuit.

(July 7, 2002) The class action lawsuit against various banks and corporations that “profiteered” from apartheid will start in New York on August 9, the leader of the legal team leader, US attorney Ed Fagan, announced on Saturday.

(July 6, 2002) The controversial U.S. lawyer campaigning for massive international compensation for victims of South African apartheid, promised Saturday to target scores more companies in his claim.

(July 2, 2002) Lawyers have filed a class action for reparations against US computer conglomerate IBM and three big German banks Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank and Commerz Bank.

(July 1, 2002) Three German banks and U.S. computer giant IBM were to be added on Monday to a class action suit seeking huge sums in reparations for victims of South Africa’s apartheid regime, a lawyer for the case said.

(July 1, 2002) Apartheid victims will launch lawsuits demanding billions of dollars of compensation from US computer giant IBM and three German banks accused of profiteering in white-ruled South Africa, their lawyers said on Monday.

(June 26, 2002) The Swiss government, in its first official comments, shrugged off Wednesday a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against two Swiss banks accused of propping up South Africa’s apartheid regime.

(June 23, 2002) German banks Dresdner and Deutsche are next in line to be sued for billions of dollars for allegedly supporting an apartheid regime, lawyers have said.

(June 23, 2002) South Africa’s ambassador to Switzerland on Sunday distanced her government from a class action lawsuit seeking to win compensation from Swiss banks for those who suffered during apartheid.

(June 22, 2002) "I think the banks will learn from the case, whether it is successful or not, that they must take responsibility for the way their money is used," said Probe International’s Patricia Adams.

(June 20, 2002) Four South Africans are seeking US $50 billion in reparations from United States and Swiss banks and companies who they allege profited from doing business with the apartheid government.

(June 19, 2002) Four apartheid victims filed suit on Wednesday against Citigroup Inc., UBS AG and Credit Suisse, alleging the banking companies helped finance the violent South African apartheid regime and made billions in loans to further its crimes against humanity.

(June 18, 2002) A U.S. lawyer who helped force Swiss banks into a $1.25-billion (U.S.) settlement for Nazi victims said yesterday he would file suit against top Swiss and U.S. banks for propping up South Africa’s former apartheid regime.

(June 18, 2002) A group of apartheid’s victims are suing three banks which breached the international sanctions against white South Africa for $50bn damages.