Cape Town woman faces legal battle over spoliation order against late partner’s parents.
A Cape Town woman has lost an urgent High Court bid to immediately enforce an order requiring her late partner’s parents to return furniture and other household items they removed from the home she shared with him.
Judge Dumisani Lekhuleni handed down the judgment in an application brought by Tembela Ntloko against Faniswa Kewuti Nkati and Mpho Nkati.
The dispute followed the death of Tembela Ntloko’s partner in May, after which his parents removed a range of movable items from the couple’s Parklands North home, including a refrigerator, washing machine, microwave, kettle, toaster, television, beds and other furniture.
The magistrate granted Ntloko a final spoliation order. A spoliation order is a quick court command that forces someone to return property taken without a proper legal process.
