Appeals Court blocks  Boko family-linked bidder in Mupane Mine takeover

The Court of Appeal has delivered a crushing blow to a company linked to President Duma Boko’s family, throwing out its attempt to block the takeover of the collapsed Mupane gold mine.

In a  judgment delivered by Justice Isaac Lesetedi, the Court of Appeal describing the bidder, Ulsan, as a “grumpy loser” with “no conceivable right to protect.” Court of Appeal President justice Tebogo Tau and Court of Appeal judge Justice Lot Moroka concurred.

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