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Fin24 reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA) and the National Horseracing Authority (NHRA) were due on Thursday to announce a “joint action plan" against Markus Jooste at the upcoming Sun Met horse race.
Jooste, who stepped down as the CEO of international furniture retailer Steinhoff amid an accounting scandal in early December, is a noted horse racing owner and enthusiast. The PSA had previously called for a boycott of the event, one of the most important dates on the SA horse racing calendar. PSA spokesperson Tahir Maepa said on Wednesday that, while a protest was still set to take place at the race, it would be a broad “solidarity protest” against Jooste, and not against the NHRA or the race itself. The race is set to take place on Saturday in Cape Town at the Kenilworth Racecourse. Meantime, the PSA said it would also on Thursday release the preliminary findings of its investigation into Steinhoff. Last week Steinhoff allowed labour federation Fedusa and the PSA to access its financial documents dating as far back as 2002.
- Read this report in full at Fin24
- See too, PSA soek nie Jooste se perde by Sun Met nie, at Netwerk24 (limit on access)
- And also, PSA, but not Cosatu backing off on Sun Met over Jooste, at Fin24
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