131 special remission prisoners re-arrested and other brief reports

* Transnet had agreed to reinstate its housing and personal loan scheme for staff with effect from next week. The decision by the state-owned transport group helped avert a strike, a trade union spokesperson said yesterday. – Business Report * A 23-year-old man, Ismael Abdurahman, arrested in connection with the failed suicide bomb attacks in London has been charged under the Terrorism Act with withholding information. – The Scotsman * The Pretoria District Court has postponed to August 19 the case of two police dog trainers accused of beating a dog to death. Captain Deon Linde and Inspector Warren Carl Kannemeyer have pleaded not guilty to charges of animal cruelty and damage to property. – Pretoria News * An Australian court has jailed SA flight attendant Leyakoa Mohlasedi (33) for 18 years for trying to smuggle heroin with a street value of $3m into Australia. – IoL * US media company Time Warner has reached a $3bn settlement with shareholders who had sued following the company’s disastrous merger with AOL. – The New York Times