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Khulubuse Zuma loses Aurora court bid

Controversial businessman and nephew of South African President Jacob Zuma, Khulubuse Zuma arrives for his uncle's inauguration ceremony in his final term at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. EPA/SIPHIWE SIBEKO
Controversial businessman and nephew of South African President Jacob Zuma, Khulubuse Zuma arrives for his uncle's inauguration ceremony in his final term at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. EPA/SIPHIWE SIBEKO

An urgent application by Khulubuse Zuma to have claims of over R1.5 billion against Aurora Empowerment Systems set aside, was dismissed in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday.

"The application is dismissed with costs," Judge Eberhardt Bertelsmann said.

Zuma's interests were not directly affected, he said.

Earlier this week, directors of Aurora Empowerment Systems are trying to renege on their responsibility to pay workers at the Pamodzi gold mines, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) said at the High Court in Pretoria on Monday.

National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Matlosane regional secretary Joseph Monisetse said he was very concerned about Zuma's application.

"This application is really disturbing us because it seeks to postpone again the interests of workers who have been waiting for almost five years now."

He hoped the case would be dismissed.

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