ARTICLES RELATING TO
AURORA EMPOWERMENT SYSTEMS
Cosatu has named Aurora Empowerment Systems the winner in its worst employer category at its national congress.
Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has promised to lead a revolution which he says will make all mines in the country ungovernable.
Khulubuse Zuma has appointed his own lawyer to defend a R1.7bn claim against the directors of Aurora Empowerment Systems, a report says.
Three luxury cars and household goods belonging to Khulubuse Zuma have been auctioned off to pay R10m owed to Protea Coin Security.
The liquidators of disgraced miner Aurora have revealed that the company only has R2 000 left in 10 bank accounts, leaving workers with no hope of ever being paid.
Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi has promised 700 Aurora mineworkers that the federation would ensure they received the R4.3m owed to them, says a report.
Negotiations to sell Grootvlei mine on the East Rand are in the final stages, say the joint provisional liquidators of the Pamodzi group.
Workers have been told that the politically-connected directors of Aurora Empowerment Systems have not complied with a court order to pay them.
Aurora chairperson Khulubuse Zuma is expected to testify in the Pamodzi Gold mine insolvency hearing today.
Penniless Aurora miners have issued an appeal for help as one of the company's politically connected directors faces criminal charges for snubbing a court inquiry.
Former president Nelson Mandela's grandson, Zondwa is to face criminal charges for failing to arrive for an inquiry by the Master of the North Gauteng High Court, Business Times reports.
Zondwa Mandela is to face criminal charges for failing to arrive for an inquiry by the Master of the High Court in Pretoria this week, according to a report.
Parliament's portfolio committee on mineral resources is considering subpoenaing the politically connected directors of Aurora Empowerment Systems, a report says.
Aurora director Khulubuse Zuma could not testify in the Pamodzi Gold mine liquidation hearings because he is suffering from obesity and ill-health, according to reports.
The appointment of Michael Hulley as legal adviser to President Jacob Zuma is a slap in the face to the 5 300 former Aurora Empowerment Systems employees, says trade union Solidarity.
