PHILIP NDOU is the new South African Featherweight champion after Jackie Gunguluza in one minute and nineteen seconds into the third round on Sunday for the latter’s national title. The East London crowd was behind their champion as he entered the ring, but from the start it was clear that it wasn’t going to be […]

UNITED States construction firm firm John Deere Construction and Engineering Company said on Thursday it plans to take a stake in Bell Equipment and get exclusive rights to distribute the South African engineering company’s articulated dump trucks in the Americas. The deal will see Deere inject about R180-million in equity into Bell in exchange for […]

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 […]

A MAN was shot dead when his faith in a bullet-proof charm proved unfounded in the east Nigeria town of Ohafia, a Nigerian paper reported on Monday. The unindentified man boasted to his neighbours that he would not be harmed if fired at after wearing the charm. The man asked a relative to shoot him […]

THE Heath Special Investigations Unit is widening its probe of the Reserve Bank’s 1990 R1,4-billion rescue package for the now-defunct Bankorp group to include tobacco giant Rembrandt and insurance conglomerate Sanlam — both major shareholders in Basa banking group, which is already under scrutiny over the lifeboat deal. The Sunday Independent reports that the lifeboat […]

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 […]