Authority wants rewind in video case and other brief reports

* Former Springbok long distance runner Sydney Maree (48) has appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court on two charges of fraud. This follows allegations that he moved R917 700 from an empowerment fund he administered to his personal bank account between April and June last year. The case was postponed to today. – The Witness * Controversial Beaufort West politician Truman Prince was found guilty by an ANC disciplinary committee yesterday of bringing the party into disrepute. His ANC membership was suspended for six months. The committee found the manager of the Central Karoo District municipality made ‘disrespectful and demeaning’ comments with sexual overtones to three females in the Karoo town in January this year. – News24 * In a rare conviction for Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, a banker was sentenced to a total of 163 years in jail after being convicted of 39 charges of theft and fraud, Nigerian newspapers reported yesterday. However, Kingsley Ikpe will serve only five years as the terms for each count will be served concurrently. – Business Day * A Richards Bay Magistrates’ Court has remanded Thokozane Mthethwa (34) to June 22 after he appeared in court in connection with the death of his father, Kwambonambi mayor Phineas Mthethwa, and his stepmother Carol. – Daily Dispatch