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Interdict against govt's R50m donation to Cuba still in place after SCA rejects Dirco's appeal

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The Department of International Relations and Cooperation lost its court application for leave to appeal an interdict preventing the government from making a R50-million donation to Cuba.
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation lost its court application for leave to appeal an interdict preventing the government from making a R50-million donation to Cuba.
Yamil Lage/ AFP

The government is still barred from donating R50 million to Cuba.

This was after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) turned down the Department of International Relations and Cooperation's (Dirco) application for leave to appeal an interdict that prevented it from donating the money to Cuba.

In March last year, it emerged that Dirco intended to donate to the Caribbean country, which has been facing a blockade from the US for many years.

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