Johannesburg - An Austrian company is supplying Zimbabwe's central bank with materials used in the design and printing of the country's virtually worthless money, a South African newspaper reported Thursday.

Despite pressure on European companies to halt dealing with the government of controversial President Robert Mugabe, Vienna-based Jura JSP is supplying the Reserve Bank with licenses and software used in printing banknotes, The Star newspaper reported.

Company officials confirmed Jura's dealings with the Reserve Bank to The Star and said they would consider revising the relationship if required to do so by the European Union.

Johannesburg - Talks between Zimbabwe's political parties on the formation of a powersharing government were due to get underway Tuesday in South Africa, a day after President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai inked an agreement to negotiate.

South African diplomatic sources confirmed to Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that the talks would begin Tuesday, but refused to divulge the venue or give other details.

On Monday, Mugabe, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, leader of a breakaway MDC faction, signed a memorandum of understanding setting out the agenda and the ground rules for the two weeks of talks on the formation of an "inclusive" government.

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