SA may be attempting to speed judicial and constitution reform in Swaziland, and other brief reports ...

* Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is preparing a legal challenge in the US to his trial for war crimes. Clive Stafford Smith, a British human rights lawyer, has prepared a 50-page brief which contains advice to take the case to US courts to ensure he receives a fair trial. – News24 * The Defence Department had not been officially informed of allegations of sexual misconduct by SA troops in Democratic Republic of Congo, spokesperson Sam Mkhwanazi said. He said SA had not been shown the UN report documenting 68 cases of rape, prostitution and paedophilia by peacekeepers from countries including SA. – Business Day * A 14-year-old Durban girl, accused of killing her four-year-old stepsister with a kitchen knife, has been found fit to stand trial. – IoL * Two SA men detained in Pakistan on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organisation have arrived home after being deported. Feroz Ganchi and Zubair Ismail had been arrested on July 25 with a number of other individuals on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organisation and receiving training in that country. – News24 * Roadside traffic courts in KwaZulu-Natal have been dishing out fines of R18 000 and R22 000 to speedsters. The courts have enabled offenders to be charged, convicted, and fined within hours of being caught. – SABC News * A Port Elizabeth woman has won a civil damages claim against the Minister of Safety and Security. The woman sued after she was assaulted by two female police officers in March, 2001, at the Ncedo Rape Crisis Centre, at Dora Nginza Hospital, where she had gone for counselling and help for her four-year-old daughter who had been raped. – The Herald