King honoured fro work in corporate governance and other brief reports

* Griqualand West Rugby Union has given their lawyers instructions to take legal action against SA Rugby for unilaterally changing the Currie Cup system. According to the new rules, Griquas now have to finish in the top three of the Vodacom Cup to qualify for the Currie Cup. – SABC News * Port Elizabeth is to establish a public-private air quality forum to police the new Air Quality Control Act. – The Herald * Actor Neil Sandilands, of television series 7de Laan, has appeared briefly in court after being arrested on a British Airways flight. An air hostess had laid a charge against him for allegedly making s exually suggestive remarks to her on a flight. The matter was postponed to March 22. – Beeld * The trial of two police inspectors and a former captain accused of killing a 17-year- old youth, Tebogo Mkhonza, has been postponed to today in the Harrismith Regional Court in the eastern Free State. Mkhonza was killed during the Intabazwe protests in 2004. – SABC News * The chairperson of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the US says the Bush administration does not have congressional authority to conduct warrantless eavesdropping on overseas phone calls. Senator Arlen Specter’s comments come as he begins oversight hearings into the legality of the programme officials say is designed to spy on terrorists. – The Washington Times * British judge Rosalyn Higgins (68) has been elected president of the International Court of Justice. She is the first woman to hold the three-year position at the UN court based in The Hague, Netherlands. – The Scotsman