Dlodlo to appeal over Oppenheimers’ private international terminal
Home Affairs Minister Ayanda Dlodlo will approach the Supreme Court of Appeal to challenge the Oppenheimer family’s court victory in October to run a private international terminal at OR Tambo International Airport. On Friday the department lost the second round in a battle that has pitched the Oppenheimers against the Guptas when the High Court in Pretoria dismissed its application for leave to appeal against the October judgment. The conduct of Dlodlo’s predecessor, finance minister Malusi Gigaba, has also come under the spotlight. Judge Sulet Potterill found there were no prospects of success on appeal but Dlodlo disagreed, adding to delays that have already cost the project R373m. "We have noted the judgment and still believe that a higher court could come to a different conclusion," her spokesman Mava Scott told Business Day on Sunday. "We intend petitioning the Supreme Court of Appeal according to the uniform rules of court." Oppenheimer aviation company Fireblade wants home a...
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