Cape Town woman faces legal battle over spoliation order against late partner’s parents.
The death of her partner has left a Cape Town woman embroiled in a bitter legal dispute with his family over household good removed from the Parklands North home the couple shared, with the latest attempt to have the items returned suffering a setback in the Western Cape High Court.
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 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.
