That sooner or later Meikles Africa Ltd, a symbol of quality earnings and resilience on the exchange, would become a takeover target was inevitably going to come and merely a matter of time.
Just last year, a plot to remove Meikles Ltd executive chairman John Moxon and replace him with a former chief executive of Lornho's agricultural unit, Benjamin Ward, was reportedly unearthed.
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