New owners of former president Nelson Mandela’s Joburg house have applied for an order to evict the late statesman’s grandchildren from the multimillion-rand mansion.
Iterele Investment Corporation and its directors, Petrus Gcinumuzi Malindi and William Henry Trengove, who are the first applicant, second applicant and third applicant in that order, have applied for an injunction in the Johannesburg High Court to kick out the homeless Mbuso and Ndaba Mandela from the Houghton, northern Johannesburg, home of the late former statesman.
In the papers which Sunday World has seen, Iterele Investment Corporation, Malindi and Trengove said they wanted Ndaba and Mbuso to be evicted from the property, which the former liberation movement leader shared with his widow GraÇa Machel, within seven days of the order being served on the two, who are cited together with the City of Joburg as therespondents.
They seek an order that says:
“That the first respondent and all persons who occupy the property through or under him) be evicted from and/or interdicted from entering the property, and must vacate the said property within 7 (seven) days of this order being served on him or on a date to be determined by the honourable court.
“That the second respondent and all persons who occupy the premises through or under him be evicted and/or interdicted from entering the main house on the property and must vacate the main house, if in occupation, within 1 (one) day of service of this order on him or on a date to be determined by the honourable court,” read the papers.
In the papers, the property owners stated that in the event Ndaba and Mbuso fail or refuse to vacate the villa after being served with the eviction order, the sheriff or his deputy, with the assistance of the police or a private security company, be authorised and ordered to
eject them.
The owners also want the court to authorise the police, the sheriff and his deputy to interdict Mbuso and Ndaba from the property after being evicted.
The application seeks “the first and second respondents to pay the costs of the application in the event of opposition.”
According to the court papers, Itereleng Investment Corporation has formally requested that Ndaba and Mbuso and all persons occupying the property through or under him vacate it after purchasing it.
But its request seems to have been communicated on a toy telephone, as the two are digging in their heels or kicking the can down the road.
“The first respondent, therefore, does not have any other legal right to lawfully occupy the property,” the papers read.
“The second respondent, therefore, does not have any other legal right to lawfully occupy the main house situated on the property.
“Despite being requested to vacate, the first and second respondents and all persons occupying the property through or under them) have failed, neglected and/or refused to vacate or to make any sincere relocation
arrangements.”
The entity further said Ndaba and Mbuso and all persons occupying the property through or under them do not have any legal right to occupy the property and are in unlawful occupation of it thereof.
