Grants defrauders can apply for indemnity, and other brief reports
* Citizens who receive social grants to which they are not entitled have until the end of March to apply for indemnity or face possible jail time, the government said yesterday. Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya said that about 37 000 people are suspected to be enjoying benefits beyond their entitlement. The Witness
* A revised version of the black economic empowerment charter for the agriculture sector will be handed to Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza next month, despite misgivings about the process from some commercial farmers. Business Day * The Childrens Court is to decide whether DNA testing will be conducted on twin boys found abandoned in a minibus taxi and on seven women all claiming to be their mother. The Mercury * The Southern African Federation Against Copyright Theft said yesterday that nearly 500 000 pirated DVDs had already been removed from SAs streets this year, more than double the total number confiscated in 2003. Business Day * The defence withdrew its bail application yesterday for Jabulani Moyo (22), who is suspected of killing a Lord of the Dance production member, because the accused is a Zimbabwean national and had entered the country illegally. The prosecution obtained a postponement in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court to January 7 for further investigation into the murder. Die Burger * Authorities have confiscated the cars of 14 suspected drunk drivers during a clamp down in Port Elizabeth over the weekend. News24