{
  "id": 12523644,
  "title": "CAUGHT OUT: JSE-listed Blu Label mum on ownership details in McKenzie-linked Ticketpro takeover",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/caught-out-jse-listed-blu-label-mum-on-ownership-details-in-mckenzie",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T02:34:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-10-07-blu-label-ticketpro-ownership-mckenzie/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "JSE-listed telecommunications company Blu Label has sold its former sport and events ticketing business, Ticketpro, to an \"empowerment consortium\" linked to Sport Minister Gayton McKenzie. The identity of the buyers remains undisclosed due to confidentiality agreements in the transaction. Daily Maverick's investigation revealed that Bakang Lethoko, McKenzie's former chief of staff, became Ticketpro's CEO after the sale. The new corporate structure, Ticketpro Group, was established in August, with Lethoko as the sole director. The ownership details of the transaction continue to be shrouded in mystery, with no party willing to disclose the exact ownership structure.",
  "summary": "JSE-listed telecommunications group Blu Label has sold Ticketpro, its former sport and events ticketing business, to a ‘woman-owned empowerment consortium’ linked to Sport Minister Gayton McKenzie. For now, specific ownership details of the transaction remain a mystery.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: DA, EFF, ActionSA demand answers on McKenzie-linked Ticketpro deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/age-of-accountability-da-eff-actionsa-demand-answers-on-mckenzie",
        "published": "2026-10-06T16:54:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}