The group said it hopes to reduce its net debt from £102 million to ‘negligible’ levels after selling off parts of its business in recent weeks.

Femicide rates in South Africa are among the highest in the world, according to the United Nations’ agency for gender equality.

Retail giant Next has warned against tax increases in next month’s Budget as it said consumers were already under mounting pressure from Iran war inflation and a weak jobs market.

The injunction targets the Sea Lion oil project 140 miles north of the British-controlled archipelago in the South Atlantic.