Former mine director loses reinstatement bid

FORMER Botha Gold Mine managing director, Themba Hlongwani, has suffered a major High Court setback in his bid to reclaim his job at the Bindura-based mining operation.

In a 15-page judgment issued on November 11,  Justice Samuel Deme struck Hlongwani and former board chairman Augustine Manyau’s urgent application from the urgent roll with costs, citing significant weaknesses in their case.

The two had challenged resolutions passed at the company’s extraordinary general meeting on October 20, which endorsed their expulsion and appointed Munyaradzi Nzarayapenga as interim board chairman.

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