Constitutional Court judges sworn in and other brief reports

* Jacques Freitag, a former world high jump champion, and Zieg Veenemans, his training partner, have made a brief appearance in the Hatfield Community Court in Pretoria in connection with an assault charge. Freitag and Veenemans allegedly assaulted a 17-year-old youth during an alleged road rage incident last month. The case has been postponed until April 12 for further investigation. Freitag and Veenemans are out on a warning. – SABC News * The case against a Durban doctor and his staff who allegedly performed botched abortions has been postponed by Durban High Court to May 16. Rose Clinic director Vikash Nundlall and three assistants – Anastasia Msweli, Vineshree Reddy and Renell Dania – face more than 23 000 charges. – News24 * A survey by auditing firm PricewaterHouseCoopers shows that more than 80% of SA companies have fallen victim to white collar crime over the past two years. This compares to the global average of 45%. – SABC News * India\'s Supreme Court has prolonged the uncertainty over the Clemenceau, France\'s retired aircraft carrier, by ordering an inquiry into how much asbestos the ship contains to determine whether it can be scrapped on Indian soil. – Financial Times * The last three members of the Bali Nine have been sentenced in the Denpasar District Court. Life sentences were handed down to would-be mules Matthew Norman, Si Yi Chen and senior gang lieutenant Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen for heroin smuggling. The two ringleaders were earlier this week sentenced to death. – The Age * The eldest son of Israel\'s Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, has been sentenced to nine months for illegal fundraising during the 1999 election, but he will not go to jail until August because his father is critically ill. – The Scotsman * A Bill has been proposed in Japan that will force foreigners aged 16 and older to register their fingerprints in a government database when entering Japan as part of its campaign against terrorism. – The Japan Times