In a High Court judgment on Thursday, Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann found Zondwa Mandela, the grandson of former president Nelson Mandela, Thulani Ngubane, Sulliman Bhana and his son Fazel liable in their personal capacities for the liabilities incurred by Aurora in managing the gold mines they had offered to buy from the liquidators of Pamodzi Gold.
While Judge Bertelsmann did not put a figure on these claims, John Walker, the lawyer representing the liquidators, said the claim could be as high as R1.7bn.
Khulubuse Zuma, Mr Zuma’s nephew, who was chairman of Aurora, is to be held liable for liabilities incurred by Aurora after December 1 2009.
