Attack on UCT prof: accused appears in court and other brief reports
Publish date: 02 March 2005
Issue Number: 1287
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: Corruption
* Former maths PhD student Steve Tladi appeared in the Wynberg Magistrates\' Court yesterday in connection with the killing of University of Cape Town maths professor Brian Hahn. No charges were put to him and he was not asked to plead. The case was postponed to April 6. Cape Argus
* More than 10 000 guns have been handed over voluntarily to police since the start of a gun amnesty on January 1, the Ministry of Safety and Security said yesterday. The amnesty runs to March 31, after which prosecutions will get under way. IoL * Parmalat, the Italian dairy firm in bankruptcy amid one of Europes worst business scandals, could sue Citigroup and other financial firms in New Jersey to recover damages, a judge ruled this week. Parmalats global empire appears to be missing about $18bn. Citigroup and the other financial firms involved had argued that for various reasons New Jersey was not the proper location for litigation. They argued that the Italian courts could better handle the case. Business Report * The Kenyan High Court yesterday lifted an injunction against Econet Wireless Kenya (EWK), allowing the cellphone operator to start business in that country, officials said. It and three local partners won a licence in September 2003 to be Kenyas third cellphone operator. But the high court suspended the 15-year licence last November amid a dispute over EWKs shareholding. Business Report * About 700 people from Matwabeng township outside Senekal in Bloemfontein turned up outside the Magistrates Court yesterday where Aubrey Pheleu (22) appeared in connection with the beheading of his 63-year-old stepmother. He was remanded in custody and would appear in court again on March 11. News24 * Eight boys aged 14 to 18 have appeared in the Giyani Magistrates Court in connection with the witchcraft-related torching of 39 huts in four villages in the area, north east of Polokwane. About 90 youths are believed to be involved in the incident. The Herald * The Port Elizabeth Commercial Crimes Court has jailed a former manager for Trafalgar Property and Financial Service for five years for stealing R201 214 from the company. Mark Bradfield was convicted only a year after his earlier suspended sentence for a similar offence had lapsed. The Herald
