Independent News and Media has announced that it has agreed detailed heads of terms with Sekunjalo Independent Media Consortium for the sale of INM South Africa for R2billion (c. €170 million)
The Sekunjalo consortium of investors is led by Iqbal Survé, a SA philanthropist and former doctor to ex-president Nelson Mandela. Commenting on the agreement, Survé said “I am delighted that I have the opportunity to bring these newspapers, this national asset, back to South Africa. I am bringing Independent back home.”
The agreement will require the approval of INM shareholders and the competition commission in South Africa
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