Mann to appeal seven-year sentence imposed by Zimbabwean court, and other brief reports
* Simon Mann, who is widely believed to have been chief planner of the Equatorial Guinea coup attempt, is to appeal against his seven-year sentence recently imposed on him in Zimbabwe for attempting to buy weapons in the country. Mann was found guilty after an aircraft carrying him and 69 others was stopped at Harare International Airport in March. The Telegraph
* The governments broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) advisory council to advise President Thabo Mbeki on further steps needed to ensure a strong move away from the narrow-based empowerment that had developed since 1994 should be appointed soon, according to Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa. Business Report * Two more policemen were have been arrested, bringing the total to six, following an expose on SABC television showing police allegedly demanding bribes from prostitutes and their clients in Johannesburg, police said. The six will appear in the Johannesburg Regional Court today. IoL *A Competition Tribunal hearing into a complaint involving alleged incentives offered by SAA is to continue in Pretoria today (Monday), the Tribunal said. The complaint against SAA was referred to the Tribunal by the Competition Commission, which alleges SAA offered incentives to travel agents and their consultants in the form of travel bonuses, in contravention of the Competition Act. Finance24