Legal Aid Board man pleads guilty
* The Legal Aid Boards former chief financial officer, John Modiko, has pleaded guilty to fraud involving more than R500 000 in the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court yesterday. He changed his previous plea to guilty and was then convicted as charged. Business Day
* The motor industry has not yet ruled out the possibility of a BEE charter for the industry. Business Report * The Housing Department said yesterday that national property industry charter workshops, aimed at consulting with all stakeholders on the spirit and importance of the charter, would start work in Johannesburg today. Business Day * A father who allegedly sexually molested more than 40 boys including his own children has appeared briefly in the Cape Town Magistrates Court. He faces 32 counts of indecently assaulting boys as young as six years old from 1999 until his arrest late last year. He is out on R5 000 bail and will appear in court on April 14. Cape Argus * Bosnias first home-grown war crimes court was inaugurated yesterday in what has been described as a milestone for justice following the 1992-95 conflict in the former Yugoslav republic. The Mercury * The Port Elizabeth High Court jailed self-confessed killers, Shane du Plessis (24) and Andre Smith (21), for 20 years each for the murder of 19-year-old, Flaminda Lucinda van Heerden. The two men, and a third man, were acquitted of rape. The Herald * SA Airlink airways is threatening to claim losses of R77 000 a flight from the Limpopo province government because faulty navigation equipment at Polokwane Airport results in flights not being able to land. Beeld