.In a media release published on Tuesday 22 April 2025, the National Horseracing Authority of Southern Africa confirms that both it and its National Board of Directors were served with summons, instituted by Mr R J Bloomberg for, inter alia, claims of alleged defamation.
The summons has been defended by all cited parties and the matter will ventilate in the ordinary course for the relief claimed to be dismissed, accompanied by an appropriate punitive cost order.
With the legal proceedings now sub judice, the cited parties henceforth shall respect such Rule and will accordingly restrict public discussion, thereby preventing prejudice to the just and appropriate administration of justice.
On 8 April 2025, it was reported on the www.sahracing.com website that respected and well-known attorney, Robert Bloomberg, had issued summons against the NHA and each of its ten directors, jointly and severally, wherein he seeks payment of R88 million for damages. It was reported that Bloomberg’s claim had apparently arisen as a consequence of the NHA having filed an allegedly disingenuous, distorted, vindictive and highly defamatory complaint against him with the Legal Practioners Council.
