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Cape Town - A case of old friends at loggerheads with each other over a major South African media company could make for a dramatic scene at court.
And while the words in e.tv CEO Marcel Golding's court application were strong at times, the body language between him and his perceived foe, Yunis Shaik, was strangely not.
Seated next to each other, Golding's arm was occasionally leaning on the top frame of Shaik's chair. It was a strange scene to see while listening to the argument unfold. They seemed at ease sitting next to each other while Shaik's legal team debated the finer points with Golding's counsel and the judge.
Shaik was in court as a respondent for Hosken Consolidated Investments (HCI) in his position as executive director, after Golding brought an urgent application to set aside his suspension as HCI chairperson, which would have dire consequences for him as CEO of Sabido and e.tv, which HCI has a 63% share in.
It certainly wasn't staged and perhaps occurred because they were sitting in a make-shift Cape Town Labour Court, due to renovations underway at the actual court in Loop Street.
Friendships aside, it was clear that Golding was not going down without a fight.
"I believe that two directors of HCI, John Copelyn and Yunis Shaik are the driving forces behind the attempts to push me out," Golding wrote in his application.
"In August 2013, Sabido contracted with Yunis Shaik Attorneys to perform consultancy services, including advice on its business strategy in relation to government. Since then Shaik has been endeavouring to increase his power and influence in the company. He purports to speak on behalf of those close to the central levers of State power – as well as on behalf of SACTWU (for whom he previously worked) and in that capacity has been motivating for my ousting."
Read the full court application:
- Application
- Annexures
Also read:
- As it happened in court
- Infographic
- Fin24.
And while the words in e.tv CEO Marcel Golding's court application were strong at times, the body language between him and his perceived foe, Yunis Shaik, was strangely not.
Seated next to each other, Golding's arm was occasionally leaning on the top frame of Shaik's chair. It was a strange scene to see while listening to the argument unfold. They seemed at ease sitting next to each other while Shaik's legal team debated the finer points with Golding's counsel and the judge.
Shaik was in court as a respondent for Hosken Consolidated Investments (HCI) in his position as executive director, after Golding brought an urgent application to set aside his suspension as HCI chairperson, which would have dire consequences for him as CEO of Sabido and e.tv, which HCI has a 63% share in.
It certainly wasn't staged and perhaps occurred because they were sitting in a make-shift Cape Town Labour Court, due to renovations underway at the actual court in Loop Street.
Friendships aside, it was clear that Golding was not going down without a fight.
"I believe that two directors of HCI, John Copelyn and Yunis Shaik are the driving forces behind the attempts to push me out," Golding wrote in his application.
"In August 2013, Sabido contracted with Yunis Shaik Attorneys to perform consultancy services, including advice on its business strategy in relation to government. Since then Shaik has been endeavouring to increase his power and influence in the company. He purports to speak on behalf of those close to the central levers of State power – as well as on behalf of SACTWU (for whom he previously worked) and in that capacity has been motivating for my ousting."
Read the full court application:
- Application
- Annexures
Also read:
- As it happened in court
- Infographic
- Fin24.
