Matric dances could feature same-sex couples and other brief reports
Publish date: 21 April 2005
Issue Number: 1320
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: Corruption
* Education Minister Naledi Pandor has said she will respond to a call by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance to back same-sex couples who attend matric dances, as discrimination against same-sex partners would be violating basic human rights. The Mercury
* Kuwaits Parliament has given initial approval to a law allowing women to vote and to stand in municipal elections, fuelling hope for wider female suffrage. Parliament meets again in two weeks for a second and final vote. Business Day * In a landmark case, an East London man whose house was seized by the State in 2003 after he was found guilty of dealing in dagga, had his home returned to him on appeal. Nzimeni Veldman was convicted in the Komga Magistrates Court in September of dealing in 6.5kg of dagga, fined and his home was seized by the state. The Herald
