1.   A panel probing apartheid atrocities said on Friday it had dealt with about two-thirds of people applying for amnesty.

2.   But lawlessness, apartheid atrocities and economic distortions continue to cast a long shadow.

3.   Former President P.W. Botha, given a day in court his government denied thousands of opponents, was convicted Friday of ignoring a subpoena to testify about apartheid atrocities.

4.   Laubscher criticized the prosecution team for calling witnesses to apartheid atrocities, saying such evidence was irrelevent.

5.   Mandela praised the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, saying it had fulfilled its job of seeking out the truth about apartheid atrocities.

6.   The African National Congress on Wednesday said it was going to court to block the panel investigating apartheid atrocities from implicating it in human rights violations.

7.   The South African panel trying to uncover apartheid atrocities subpoenaed former President P.W. Botha and top military and guerrilla leaders Tuesday as a deadline for amnesty bids loomed.

8.   Dirk Coetzee, the first white policeman to expose apartheid atrocities, revealed Tuesday how senior officials killed fellow officers to cover up their dirty war against anti-apartheid activists.