JOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Reuters) - South African mobile phone firm Vodacom said on Saturday it would fight a union attempt to get the courts to block its planned listing on the stock market on Monday.
Vodacom, whose planned listing is expected to be one of the Johannesburg bourse's largest, said the legal dispute with COSATU and telecoms regulator ICASA would be heard at 1000 a.m. (0800 GMT) on Sunday. Keywords: VODACOM/OPPOSITION (Ed Cropley, Johannesburg newsroom, +27 11 775 3165 edward.cropley@reuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
Vodacom, whose planned listing is expected to be one of the Johannesburg bourse's largest, said the legal dispute with COSATU and telecoms regulator ICASA would be heard at 1000 a.m. (0800 GMT) on Sunday. Keywords: VODACOM/OPPOSITION (Ed Cropley, Johannesburg newsroom, +27 11 775 3165 edward.cropley@reuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.