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* The Lobatse High Court ruled yesterday that Australian-born academic Professor Kenneth Good, who was served with a presidential deportation order by immigration officials last week, was entitled to contest the constitutionality of the order. – Business Day * The Department of Labour says that two Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, companies, Jinghau Garments and Wincoll Manufacturing, will appear in the Durban Labour Court on June 7 on charges of failing to comply with the Employment Equity Act. – Business Report * A comprehensive workshop on the proposed KwaZulu-Natal Constitution, to be addressed by experts, will take place in Durban tomorrow. – The Mercury * The trial of two men charged with the murder of a policeman and several armed robberies began in the Durban High Court yesterday. Ricky Perumal (34) and Clive Govender (19) are alleged to have been part of a five-member gang that committed a spate of robberies in April 2003. – The Mercury * The Port Elizabeth High Court will hand down sentence on May 16 for two men, Mason Jansen (19) and Irvine Newfelt (28), found guilty of the murder of Samantha Singh and the attempted murder of her friend, Salvadore Bambie in February 2004. – The Herald * The EU has shelved plans to ban the use of Nazi symbols after failing to agree it could help fight racism and anti-Semitism and would curb freedom of expression. – The Washington Times * The Department of Transport in Limpopo has begun a process of cancelling more than 20 000 driver\'s licences that have been issued illegally, while about 30 traffic examiners are to be arrested soon in connection with a licence scam. – SABC News