Thousands of CCMA cases ‘not a backlog’ and other brief reports

* The case against one of the two men accused of stoning to death two Middelburg teenagers was postponed in the Middelburg Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Dumisani Makhubela\'s alleged accomplice will appear in court today (Wednesday), say police. – IoL * A Santiago Appeal Court has lifted the immunity from prosecution of former dictator Augusto Pinochet (89), opening the way for him to be tried for financial fraud after the discovery that he had secret accounts in the US, court sources said. Pinochet\'s defence still can appeal the ruling to Chile\'s Supreme Court. – Mail & Guardian Online * An SANDF soldier, Mlandeli Kulati, has gone on trial in the Port Elizabeth High Court for shooting to death his girlfriend, Thandiwe Screech (20), on March 21, 2001. – The Herald * A man, Marthinus Fourie, has been released on R1 500 bail after appearing the Durban Magistrates’ Court on charges of animal cruelty for allegedly strangling and breaking a cat’s neck at the Bluff Yacht Club in May. – The Mercury * The Assets Forfeiture Unit has attached properties belonging to Pretoria businessman Thomas O\' Brian Tolken, who is accused of embezzling more than R500 000 from an IT company he worked for. Tolken is out on bail of R5 000 and will appear in Pretoria\'s Commercial Crimes Court on June 20. – News24