Sasol taken to court over contract, and other brief reports
Publish date: 08 November 2004
Issue Number: 1212
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: Corruption
* A Namibian black empowerment company has taken Sasol to court over a contract to ship half of Namibias fuel imports, worth R800m, from Durban to Walvis Bay over a three-year period. The Namibia Energy Corporation has approached the High Court to stop Sasol from going ahead with plans to invite other companies to transport the fuel to Namibia, arguing that the SA company has already entered into an agreement with them. The Mercury
* Jeannette Harksen, wife of convicted German fraudster Jörgen Harksen, will appear in the Cape Town Regional Court at the end of this month on various charges of fraud and corruption. A lawyer for the trustees of Harksen\'s insolvent estate, said a decision would then be taken by the court whether to go ahead and prosecute her or agree to a plea bargain. Cape Argus * Gideon Nieuwoudt, who is applying for amnesty for apartheid-era killings, has laid charges of crimen injuria, intimidation and assault against former Foreign Affairs Director Sipho Pityana. It is alleged that Pityana, now chairman of Izingwe Capital, made some remarks to Niewoudt during an incident on October 26 in a parking area in Port Elizabeth. Die Burger
