AUDITOR-GENERAL Henri Kluever has appointed three top auditing firms to investigate the books of six cash-strapped universities. Business Day reports that Kluever appointed the auditors, KPMG, Deloitte & Touche and PriceWaterCoopers, at the request of Education Minister Sibisiso Bengu. Kluever said that KPMG will audit Fort Hare and Medunsa, Deloitte & Touche will audit the […]

NIGERIA has yet to respond to an offer made by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to co-host the 2000 African Nations Cup with Ghana, an official of the Nigerian football Association (NFA) said Friday. The official, who asked not to be named, said the NFA would consult with the government before making its decision. […]

THE Health Department and cellular telephone network operators are to meet soon to discuss whether health warning are necessary on cellphones, following a European Union ruling that cellphones must carry health warnings. The Sunday Times reports that Health Director General Dr Ayanda Ntsaluba said the cellphone operators have requested a meeting with the minister on […]

MEDIA and communications group Primedia announced on Thursday that it has launched its international direct marketing brand — Primecom — at a marketing trade fair in London. Currently contributing in the region of 45-million to Primedia’s total turnover, Primecom is the UK holding company for Primedia’s off-shore direct marketing activities and represents a total direct […]

ZIMBABWE, England, South Africa and Scotland topped the logs after the first two rounds of the SPAR Atlantic Rim games bowls championships at the Goodwood Bowls Club on Sunday. These leads, however, are tenuous as only the pipe opener games have been played and none of the big guns have come up against one another. […]

FOUR people died, several were injured and property was wrecked in a explosion at a gas site near Port Harcourt in eastern Nigeria, the contractor at the site said on Monday. The blast occurred at the Obite plant construction site on Saturday when a welding gas cylinder exploded. The gas site is a major facility […]

TELECOMS parastatal Telkom and Internet service provider Intelsat will take part in a three-day conference in Pretoria from Tuesday, focusing on new technologies in the provision of Internet services. Intelsat spokesperson Diana Jacobs said the conference, to be held at Telkom’s headquarters in Pretoria, will examine current and future market trends in Africa, as well […]

ERITREA urged the Organisation of African Unity on Monday to ensure that its border conflict with Ethiopia was “discussed at a neutral venue” acceptable to both countries. The 69th session of the OAU’s council of foreign ministers was to start in Addis Ababa on Monday to discuss administrative and budgetary issues but the war is […]

ZIMBABWE defeated Bangladesh by 126 runs in the third day-night match of the tri-nation one-day series here Sunday. The Bangladesh team, chasing Zimbabwe’s 310 for six wickets from 50 overs, were bundled out for 184 with eight overs to spare. 21

ISRAEL’S ambassador to South Africa was caught having an affair with a female officer in Pretoria’s army intelligence service but was not recalled home, the Haaretz newspaper reported on Monday. The affair between Ambassador Uri Oren and the officer — believed to head a foreign relations unit in the service — was discovered two weeks […]