Oilgate debate likely to slip through cracks and other brief reports

* Postal operators that did not register with the postal regulator would face a fine of up to R100 000 after the October deadline and a possible two years in jail, Dupree Vilakazi, the chairman of the regulator, said yesterday. – Business Report * Israel\'s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Jewish settlers and upheld the government\'s plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, removing the last legal obstacle in the way of a pullout. – BBC News * A 21-year-old rapist was jailed for 40 years yesterday for attacks on four teenaged girls when he was 18. Oupa Mpho Marobela, of Mamitja village near Tzaneen, was arrested in July 2002 for raping the girls, who were between 15 and 17 at the time. – News24 * Four men charged after the 2002 suicide bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel that killed 15 people were acquitted in a Kenya High Court yesterday when it was found prosecutors failed to link them to the bombers or al-Qaeda. – Business Day * Trade unions yesterday called off a three-day strike at Metrorail and asked their members to return to work after their leaders met with Metrorail\'s management. – I-Net Bridge