SA short of R13bn for land reform, and other brief reports

* At least 90 000 foreign nationals have applied for refugee status in SA, Parliament\'s Home Affairs Committee heard yesterday. Most of them came from the Great Lakes region, Somalia, Ethiopia and some from Eritrea, with a few from Sudan, Liberia and Angola. Others came from Zimbabwe and Mozambique, said Bemma Donkoh, a regional envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. – News24 * The dispute between Ollie le Roux and the KZN Sharks concerning Le Roux\'s claim that he was unfairly dismissed has been settled by the parties. It was settled on the basis that the Sharks will give Le Roux a benefit year. Details of the benefit year have not yet been finalised. – The Witness * The European Union has reached a settlement of its long-running antitrust case against the Coca-Cola Company, under which the company agreed to change sales practices that helped it win roughly half of the market in Europe. – Mail & Guardian Online * The Port Elizabeth Magistrates’ Court has postponed to November 29 the public violence case against 24 PE Technikon students arrested during a protest last week against a fee hike. – The Herald