Clothing firms still waiting for court date, and other brief reports

* SA’s long-awaited Convergence Bill – which deals with the carrying all types of communication on one digital network – will be passed next year, Director General of Communications Lyndall Shope-Mafole said yesterday. – Mail & Guardian * The UN War Crimes Tribunal has ruled that Siobodan Milosevic should have the right to act as his own defence, but said he must accept a standby lawyer in case he became ill. The two lawyers appointed against his wishes to conduct his defence have resigned. – E-Briefs * Nigerian unions yesterday began their build-up to a national general strike when union leaders went to court to fight a bid by Shell to prevent their members disrupting oil output. – Business Report