Gupta-owned mines' rehabilitation fund case postponed

An urgent court application by the Gupta-owned Optimum and Koornfontein coal mines to reclaim rehabilitation funds worth over R1.7-billion, has been postponed. The money was seized by the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit. Trustees of the rehabilitation funds controlled by the mines approached the North Gauteng High Court on Thursday for the reconsideration of the seizure of the funds. The money is meant to be used to rehabilitate the mines once mining ...