THE Medical University of Southern Africa re-opened on Wednesday, two weeks after closing its doors because students owed over R56,1-million in fees. Medunsa vice chancellor and principal, Professor Thibdi Mokgokong, said on Wednesday that some students have not paid fees for last year, while others fraudulently claim they cannot afford the fees. “These students are […]

ZIMBABWE’S bankers are reacting negatively to new regulations on currency trading. On Wednesday, Zimbabwe Reserve Bank Governor Leonard Tsumba announced that any bank exceeding its foreign exchange limit of US$2-million during the course of trading will have its licence revoked. Bankers say this is a another move to tighten control over foreign currency trading. By […]

BRITAIN will help the Southern African Development Community assess the feasability of a free trade agreement with the European Union, the British High Commission said on Tuesday. “The aim is to provide SADC with clear advice and recommendations for a consistent and coherent trade policy for the year 2000 and beyond,” the High Commission said […]

STELLENBOSCH University’s satellite, South Africa’s first to be fully locally developed, is still earth bound after the seventh postponement in the launch of the United States rocket carrying Sunsat. University spokesperson Douglas Davis said on Wednesday that the launch of the Delta II rocket by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration from Vandenburg air […]

THE real value of building plans passed has continued to show a declining trend since the second half of 1996, falling by 11,6% in the first eleven months of 1998, the latest release from Statistics South Africa on Wednesday indicates. The real value of plans fell by R1,8-billion to R13,7-billion compared with the same period […]

FORMER Dusi champion John Edmonds took an early, slim lead in the Powerade Dusi Canoe Marathon after an exciting first stage on Thursday. Edmonds gained the lead with five minutes to the finish to clock 3:18:32. For most of the morning favourite Wayne Volek, Kelby Murray and Cape paddler Martin Dreyer vied for the lead. […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 3.30pm. ORLANDO Pirates has fined midfield star John Moeti R500 or he must sit out the rest of the premiership season without salary. Moeti failed to play in a league match two weeks ago. Pirates’s disciplinary committee chief Cyril Kobus said Moeti was fined R20000, but R15000 of the penalty […]

THE Ivorian government on Thursday announced a reduction of nearly 90-billion CFA francs in its 1999 annual expenditure budget, citing the shortfall in prices of the country’s export earners. Nearly 75% of Cote d’Ivoire’s annual revenue comes from the exports of cocoa, coffee, pineapples, rubber and banana, which are all experiencing price slumps on the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Thursday 10.00am. THE Tuesday night arrest of fugitive and heist artist Collin Chauke has captured the public imagination and dominated the Thursday morning press. Chauke’s lawyer alleged that his client was assaulted and has head wounds but Nelspruit police have denied this. They say that he may have hurt himself while […]

BILL CLINTON’S long-awaited Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, involving a free-trade package for Africa, was resurrected in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. The Bill was killed in the Senate last year and was due to be reintroduced in the House of Representatives with revisions this year. Concerns about textile imports threatening certain […]