Five in court in connection with actor Brett Goldin\'s murder, and other brief reports ...
* Five people will appear in the Cape Town Magistrates Court today in connection with the murders of Crazy Monkey Straight Outta Benoni actor Brett Goldin and fashion designer Richard Bloom. They were found lying on their stomachs, naked, each with a bullet wound to the back of the head in a field, yesterday. IoL
* Rosebank Mall in Johannesburg is suing hip-hop/kwaito musician Thulane Ncgobo, known as Pitch Black Afro, for malicious damage to property following an incident at the premiere after-party of Oscar award-winning movie Tsotsi in February. News24 * President Thabo Mbeki has appointed senior Prosecutor Mokotedi Mpshe SC as Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions. Mpshe, who is Director of Public Prosecutions for the Transvaal Provincial Division, will succeed Jan Henning SC, who retired earlier this year. Daily Dispatch * An SAA crew member is expected to appear in a London court on May 23 after being arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the UK. The 39-year-old woman was caught allegedly with mandrax and cocaine stashed in her bags. Pretoria News * DA Port Elizabeth Councillor and church Pastor, Nico du Plessis, has been released on bail of R1 000 after being arrested for allegedly raping a 46-year-old woman who worked with him at a support centre for abused women and rape victims. The Herald * Msunduzi (Pietermaritzburg) Municipality spokesperson Brian Zuma appeared briefly in the Pietermaritzburg District Court last week on charges of tax evasion amounting to almost R100 000. The Witness * A Court of Appeal in the UK has overturned the conviction of a couple accused of killing a three-year-old boy they wanted to adopt with a salt overdose. The couple will face a retrial. The Guardian * The public has until May 15 to comment on the draft dispensing fee for pharmacists announced by Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang last month. Business Day * Former Springbok James Dalton appeared in the Hatfield Community Court in Pretoria last week on charges of malicious damage to property and discharging a firearm. The case, which relates to an incident in December, was postponed for plea and trial. The court ordered that the defence should receive copies of the docket no later than April 29. Pretoria News