When Beatrice, 32, took her husband to court for violence against her and their six-year-old daughter, it meant the breakdown of her family. Her husband was sentenced to three years in prison for beating Beatrice and their daughter, but then her lawyer discovered that he had also raped the girl. Attention to new threats, like sex trafficking, is growing, but is barely acknowledged in policies and laws.

Lethal striker Collins Mbesuma steered Kaizer Chiefs to victory when he scored the only goal of the Coca-Cola Cup final, helping them retain the trophy at the Vodacom Park Stadium on Saturday. The goal saw AmaKhosi break the hoodoo against Supersport United, the club who beat them in five of their previous nine games.

Leaders Juventus were lucky to escape with a 0-0 draw at home to their closest rivals, AC Milan, on Saturday — which kept them four points clear of the defending Serie A champions. Juve barely threatened the 2003 European champions and will feel relieved to have come through their toughest test of the season unscathed.

Chelsea moved six points clear at the top of the English Premiership table after cruising to a 4-0 victory over Norwich City on Saturday. Second-placed Everton could only manage a goalless draw away to Blackburn Rovers, who were left just a point above the relegation zone.

As latter-day Randlord Roger Kebble prepares finally to enter the dock in his much delayed fraud trial, allegations have emerged of a campaign, conducted by his family and associates, of financially inducing witnesses. Some evidence points to Willem Heath, the former judge who once headed the corruption-busting Special Investigating Unit, having played a less than proper role in the rough-and-tumble that followed Kebble’s arrest in November 2002.