Coup 62 appeal outcome due in days and other brief reports
* Sixty-two alleged mercenaries from SA hope for a decision this week on the Zimbabwean Governments application for leave to appeal their deportation to SA. The men received a four-month reprieve on their sentences last Wednesday following a successful appeal. Business Day
* British music companies have won the right to force Internet service providers to disclose the names and addresses of individuals accused of uploading large numbers of songs onto file-sharing networks. The British Phonographic Industry said a High Court granted an order requiring six UK Internet providers to reveal information about 31 people. IoL * Three men have been arrested for allegedly assaulting the State\'s star witness in the lion murder case. Police confirmed the men were arrested on charges of assault with the intent to do serious bodily harm for attacking Robert Mnisi after an argument in a pub in Polokwane, Limpopo. News24 * A man appeared in Senekal Magistrates Court on Friday for beheading his 63-year-old stepmother. The court postponed the case to March 18 for further investigation. News24 * A 35-year-old woman, Yandiswa Hazel Dyeshana also known as Mayanda Desi has appeared in the St Albans Magistrates Court on fraud charges after her arrest for allegedly defrauding insurance policy holders of more than R200 000. Police said the woman was caught with two identity documents with different numbers and names. She will appear again on March 16 for a bail application. The Herald * A former accused in the case of missing constable Francis Rasuge is to sue the Minister of Safety and Security Charles Ncqakula. Phineas Kutumela, a 51-year-old traditional healer, claims to have been assaulted by police after the case was withdrawn last week. SABC News * The Competition Appeal Court has dismissed with costs an application by Community Healthcare Holdings and Cornucopia to suspend the Competition Tribunal\'s approval last week of empowerment grouping Bidco\'s acquisition of Afrox Healthcare. I-Net Bridge * Crime cost SAs 46 000 commercial farmers R1.2bn in the financial year ending February 2002. Cape Times * Limpopo\'s capital, Polokwane, will get its own High Court after approval to renovate a historic Magistrates Court building. News24