Phumelela Applies For Interdict
Phumelela Gaming & Leisure Ltd has applied for an interdict to obstruct the Public Protector’s scheduled public hearings into horse racing
2nd September 2018
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Phumelela Gaming & Leisure Ltd has applied for an interdict to obstruct the Public Protector’s scheduled public hearings into horse racing
It is important to understand that while the MOU catapulted racing into a corporate structure, the intention was to develop racing into a vehicle for transformation and empowerment
Phumelela has co-operated and will continue to co-operate with the investigation of the Public Protector insofar as it pertains to state affairs or in the public administration
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane announces a public hearing on South African horse racing industry
Horseracing has found its way back into our mainstream media for all the wrong reasons again but the negative press is compounded when sources with apparent agendas express seemingly mischievously misleading opinion
Phindi tells Public Protector to release findings or face court action
At the Tribunal hearing, which took place on 16 October, the Tribunal accepted Ms Kema’s withdrawal
Serious sport is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting. Where does South Africa fit into the picture?
It was interesting to see the writer did not bother to phone a single trainer to find out any facts and took the word of the SA Grooms Association leader and Phindi Kema, who is described as a racehorse breeder. To my knowledge, she is not a registered breeder, has never bred a racehorse and will never breed a racehorse
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela found a prima facie case of malpractice and improper conduct that warranted a probe.
“In South Africa, the tote gets transferred quietly and without any due process. What is it that our government doesn’t understand? They have lost a lot of money.”
Was the last galloper to win a race on SA soil with a seriously hefty impost Buddy Maroun’s champion Golden Loom, aka ‘Goofy’, who lumbered 65 kgs under Anton Marcus to beat Fov’s Favourite 26 years ago?
In the late 80s, South African breeders were highly skeptical of sons of Mr Prospector. The main criticism was that he was ‘a dirt stallion’ and we race on turf
The businessman was served with an interim suspension of his Assistant Trainer licence on Friday afternoon and has spoken out about what appears to be mostly a misunderstanding based on a potential lack of communication and bureaucratic red-tape challenges
