Former minister Joe Matthews joins law firm and other brief reports

* Draft regulations had been prepared by the Minerals and Energy Department to control development surrounding prospective nuclear sites in the interest of safety, Parliament’s Minerals and Energy Affairs Committee has been told. – Business Day * Police have arrested two men in connection with the murder of the IFP Party national council member, Thomas Mandla Shabalala, and they will appear in court today. Shabalala was shot dead by gunmen outside his house in Lindelani, near KwaMashu, north of Durban. – News24 * The trial of murder accused Ronald Edward Grimsley was postponed to April 18 in the Johannesburg High Court on Friday because of the absence of the presiding judge. Grimsley (27) is charged with murder, rape, indecent assault and robbery. – News24 * The Commercial Crimes Court in Port Elizabeth has convicted former accountant Magdal Reade (37) of stealing R500 000 form her former employer AECR Coatings Limited. From September 2001 until late in 2003, Reade deposited money meant for trade creditors of the firm into her own bank account. – The Herald * Former provincial rugby player and soap opera actor, Deon Coetzee, has been fined R10 000 or three years jail for drunken driving. He appeared in the Bellville Magistrates’ Court before magistrate Clive Linden, who suspended half the fine for five years. – IoL * An Israeli national, Sion Malga, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment by Johannesburg Regional Court for minting and issuing fake R5 coins. Malga, who lives in Cape Town, was convicted on one charge under the Reserve Bank Act. He was also found guilty on a second charge under the Counterfeiting of Currency Act. – News24 * The Pretoria Magistrates\' Court has postponed to March 11 the case of two C-Max prison warders, Mlungisi Ishmael Msibi (34) and Herman Makongela Makhubela (32), who are facing four provisional charges of murder for their alleged role in a November 6 attempted jail break by five inmates. – News24