Corpcapital puzzled as report is withheld, and other brief reports
Publish date: 18 October 2004
Issue Number: 1197
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: Corruption
* The Ministry of Trade and Industry intends to oppose Corpcapital\'s application in the Pretoria High Court to have the state-commissioned report on corporate governance at the firm released. The report was completed in May and put on the desk of Trade and Industry minister Mandisi Mpahlwa in July. Business Report
* Transport Minister Jeff Radebe is to review all of SAs aviation-related legislation, including the laws that establish agencies such as the Civil Aviation Authority. Business Day * Durbans new specialised Commercial Crime Court opens its doors this morning with about 15 cases on its roll already. The court, headed by senior public prosecutor Barend Groen, will have a dedicated staff of six prosecutors, with Magistrate Hamilton Cele on the Bench. The Mercury * Donovan Samuel Moodley (24), the man suspected of kidnapping and killing Johannesburg student Leigh Matthews, will appear in the Wynberg Regional Court, Johannesburg, on October 22 for a formal bail hearing. The date was set by a Randburg magistrate on Friday. Moodleys lawyer said his client will strongly deny that he is guilty. News24 * The Port Elizabeth Magistrates Court has found policeman, Sergeant Stephen Witbooi, not guilty of culpable homicide in connection the death of a four-year-old boy. Witbooi blacked out while driving his car after an overdose of tablets and killed the boy. The Herald
