No mercy for HIV sexual predator and other brief reports
* Malawian-born asylum-seeker, Feston Konzani (28), jailed for recklessly infecting three woman in Britain with HIV when he knew that he had contracted the virus, lost an appeal against his conviction and 10-year sentence yesterday. The Mercury
* American actor Robert Blake has been cleared by a jury of allegations that he shot and killed his wife in May 2001. Los Angeles Times * People who are fraudulently claiming welfare grants have two weeks left to apply for amnesty or face prosecution. The amnesty is part of a government campaign to recover R1.5bn lost through social grant fraud. Cape Times * The Makwassie Magistrates Court has postponed to April 21 the case of a group of pupils and a teacher of Leruntse Lesedi High School, who have been charged with public violence and intimidation. They were calling for the dismissal of the principal and three teachers whom they accused of embezzling funds. SABC News