Auditor-general appeals against contempt ruling and other brief reports

* The trial of two men accused of murdering IFP politician and self-confessed warlord Thomas Tshabalala was adjourned in the Durban High Court on Monday. The matter, which had been set down for the week, is expected to begin today. – The Mercury * Judgment could be handed down early next week in the disciplinary hearing against suspended Central Karoo district municipality manager Truman Prince, the municipality\'s legal representative said yesterday. Prince has pleaded not guilty to seven charges, including using R3 000 from a mayoral fund to settle bail for a friend, using foul language and making a fraudulent subsistence claim. The ANC suspended Prince in January for bringing the party into disrepute. – IoL * The Minerals and Energy Department is anticipating a fierce fight with municipalities over proposed legislation that will take the power to set electricity tariffs from local authorities and give it to the energy regulator.– Business Day * A murder trial in which two members of the National Union of Metal Workers are accused of killing a colleague who did not want to join their strike, is expected to start in the Durban High Court today. – The Mercury * The Independent Complaints Directorate said yesterday a police inspector was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by the Bethlehem Magistrates’ Court for the murder of his wife in October, 2004. Inspector Phillip Mlangeni (41), stationed at Bethlehem, was convicted and sentenced to 12 years for murder and three years for attempted murder. The sentences will run concurrently. – SABC News * The father of a three-week-old boy has appeared in the Welkom S exual Offences court in connection with the suspected s exual abuse of the baby. The man will remain in custody until his next appearance on March 22. – Volksblad * Sarah Forsyth, the British teacher who claimed that Prince Harry cheated in his art A-Level has won £45 000 damages in her unfair dismissal case against Eton College. – The Scotsman * The Delhi Supreme Court has ordered the release on bail of a 70-year-old man who spent 38 years lost in the prison system without charge. Jagjivan Ram Yadav was arrested in 1968 for allegedly murdering his sister-in-law, but never faced trial because his records had been lost. – The Guardian * The SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) said yesterday a national rail strike would be called for March 6 if Transnet unions and management could not reach agreement on its restructuring. – News24 * Port Elizabeth lawyer, Hayley Seymour, owner of Hayley Anderson Attorneys, has lost all her clients’ files after a fire destroyed the top floor of a double-storey building that housed her law practice in Central, Port Elizabeth, on Monday. – The Herald