PRIVATE TERMINAL
Gigaba to appeal judgment on Oppenheimer-owned private terminal
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba says the government will appeal against a judgment granting a company owned by the Oppenheimers the right to operate a private international terminal at OR Tambo International Airport. The High Court in Pretoria declared on Friday that Gigaba granted Fireblade’s application on January 28 2016. A few days after January 28‚ Gigaba reversed his decision. Gigaba was then home affairs minister, and was moved to the finance portfolio when President Jacob Zuma reshuffled the Cabinet in March. The Oppenheimer-owned Fireblade approached the high court after accusing Gigaba of reversing his approval. Speaking on the sidelines of the CEOs breakfast briefing on Tuesday organised by the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industries, -Gigaba said the government would appeal against the high court ruling. He said he believed "another layer" of the court would come to a different verdict. The government would definitely appeal, the minister said. "You cannot have a countr...
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