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The Citizen reports that on Tuesday the High Court in Pretoria granted an urgent provisional liquidation order against TNA Media, which owns the newspaper Afro Voice (previously known as The New Age).
This was on application by the newspaper’s new owner Mzwanele (Jimmy) Manyi, Afrotone Media and the directors of TNA, who told the court the newspaper was no longer operating and was commercially insolvent. The order only involved Afro Voice and did not affect Afro WorldVoice (previously ANN7). Interested parties have until 13 November to supply reasons why a final liquidation order should not be granted. A number of the newspaper’s employees initially attempted to hand in an affidavit opposing the application, alleging the newspaper was in fact not commercially insolvent and that the employees’ rights would be negatively affected, but eventually withdrew their bid. They will apparently take up their concerns with the Master of the High Court and also intend launching an application to be joined as a party in the liquidation proceedings. Employees of the newspaper have complained that they were not properly consulted before the newspaper was suddenly closed last month and expressed fears that they would lose their pensions and other benefits.
- Read this report by Ilse de Lange in full at The Citizen
- Read too, End of road for Mzwanele Manyi’s paper, at BusinessLive
- And also, Afro Worldview staff anxious as MultiChoice dithers, at The Star
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