When Sean Strickland went after Dricus Du Plessis last month outside the octagon during UFC 296, jumping over a row of seats to throw a series of haymakers, it would have been easy to dismiss that as a publicity stunt to promote their main event at UFC 297. Du Plessis insisted this week what happened was real. “Anybody who thinks that was fake or staged, I wasn’t informed of that because I took some real punches,” Du Plessis said.
An outstanding auditor’s report and the appointment of a new lawyer saw the trial of Gqeberha attorney Chantal du Plessis, facing charges of fraud and theft, delayed on Wednesday.
The families of the slain anti-apartheid activists known as the Cradock Four are forging ahead with a class-action lawsuit to sue the state for delaying the prosecution of those responsible for their deaths.
Also of great importance is the establishment of a functional language dispensation that will include professional language services for the deaf as well.