The High Court has granted an order placing construction giant Murray & Roberts Holdings under provisional liquidation.
This comes after one of the company’s creditors applied for the final, alternatively provisional, winding-up of the company in August 2025.
On Monday, 8 September, the court granted this order and placed Murray & Roberts Holdings under provisional liquidation.
In terms of this liquidation order, the matter will return to court on 17 October 2025, at which time the creditor will seek a final winding-up order.
Founded in 1902, Murray & Roberts is one of South Africa’s oldest companies and has been pivotal in building the country’s mining infrastructure over the past century.
However, the…