SAA fights R45m fine and other brief reports
Publish date: 01 August 2005
Issue Number: 1389
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: Corruption
* SAA is set to appeal against the hefty R45m fine imposed on it by the Competition Tribunal last week. The ruling means that Nationwide and Comair, which operates British Airways services in SA, can proceed with a civil claim against SAA to recover damages. Business Day
* Thousands of municipal workers return to work today after a three-day strike which ended on Friday. SA Municipal Workers Union Johannesburg branch chairman Essawu Mbele told workers that the fight was not over as they still had not received their 9% pay increase. The Citizen * A doctor who assessed the mental state of a man who is accused of hacking his toddler niece to death and cooking some of her flesh near Harding last week, found he was fit to stand trial. The accused (27), who has not yet pleaded, will appear again on Thursday. The Witness * Two men found guilty of murdering a policeman were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Johannesburg High Court on Friday. Sibusiso Fakude (28) and Bethuel Ratemane (26) shot and killed Inspector Shane Willemse when he tried to stop the car they were driving. News24
