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Johannesburg - Sacked Pamodzi Gold liquidator Enver Motala has been removed from the Numsa panel of liquidators, the union said on Tuesday.
"The National Union of Metalworkers of SA... took a conscious decision to remove him... so that the interests of our members are not compromised," spokesperson Castro Ngobese said.
"Workers who are brutalised by foreclosures or liquidations can never be subjected to unscrupulous individuals for self-enrichment when unemployment, poverty and inequality stares them in the face."
Motala was removed last week from the approved panel of liquidators and trustees by the Master of the High Court in Pretoria. The master was reported as saying that "persons appointed (must) have unblemished characters and can be relied upon to deal with the master's office with absolute honesty".
Motala changed his name in the 1980s, in an apparent attempt to hide convictions on theft and 93 fraud charges. He apparently failed to disclose these charges and denied having a criminal record while under oath.
Media reports revealed that Enver Mohammed Motala was given permission by the department to change his name from Enver Mohamed Dawood, who he was known as before 1981.
When questioned by the master, Motala denied being the same person as Dawood, with whom he shares both an ID number and birthday.
The justice department fired liquidators Enver Motala and Gavin Gainsford in May to "safeguard the integrity of the liquidation process".
Motala and Gainsford were part of a group of six liquidators jointly appointed to manage the assets of Pamodzi Gold mines in Springs on the East Rand, and Orkney in North West.
The liquidators let Aurora Empowerment Systems - headed by former president Nelson Mandela's grandson Zondwa, and President Jacob Zuma's nephew Khulubuse - make a bid for the mine, but Aurora failed to pay miners and reports emerged of the mine's assets being stripped.
"The National Union of Metalworkers of SA... took a conscious decision to remove him... so that the interests of our members are not compromised," spokesperson Castro Ngobese said.
"Workers who are brutalised by foreclosures or liquidations can never be subjected to unscrupulous individuals for self-enrichment when unemployment, poverty and inequality stares them in the face."
Motala was removed last week from the approved panel of liquidators and trustees by the Master of the High Court in Pretoria. The master was reported as saying that "persons appointed (must) have unblemished characters and can be relied upon to deal with the master's office with absolute honesty".
Motala changed his name in the 1980s, in an apparent attempt to hide convictions on theft and 93 fraud charges. He apparently failed to disclose these charges and denied having a criminal record while under oath.
Media reports revealed that Enver Mohammed Motala was given permission by the department to change his name from Enver Mohamed Dawood, who he was known as before 1981.
When questioned by the master, Motala denied being the same person as Dawood, with whom he shares both an ID number and birthday.
The justice department fired liquidators Enver Motala and Gavin Gainsford in May to "safeguard the integrity of the liquidation process".
Motala and Gainsford were part of a group of six liquidators jointly appointed to manage the assets of Pamodzi Gold mines in Springs on the East Rand, and Orkney in North West.
The liquidators let Aurora Empowerment Systems - headed by former president Nelson Mandela's grandson Zondwa, and President Jacob Zuma's nephew Khulubuse - make a bid for the mine, but Aurora failed to pay miners and reports emerged of the mine's assets being stripped.
