The Mpisane house in Addison Drive, Durban, was a hive of activity on March 13 2019 as various officials, including members of the National Intervention Unit, visited the house.The curator appointed to take control of the assets of Sbu and Shauwn Mpisane, which are under attachment by revenue service Sars, has been forced by court order to leave their properties and remove armed guards he put there to secure assets.
Following a late-afternoon urgent application on Wednesday, Durban High Court judge Gregory Kruger also gave Shauwn Mpisane permission to revert to him personally if curator Cloete Murray failed to comply with his order. The judge warned Murray that he would have to show cause why he should not be found guilty of contempt of court and jailed for six months.
Sars made two successful court applications - one in Durban and the other in Pretoria - in 2016, in terms of which the assets were to be preserved to cover an alleged debt of R141m. Curators Henk Strydom and Tshifhiwa Mudzusi were tasked with identifying assets but they said they were constantly hampered by the Mpisanes.