Ncobo acts to stop sale of his Cove Rock plot
FORMER Fifa-accredited referee Ace Ncobo is preparing papers to stop the sale in execution of his Cove Rock property next week.
Ncobo was taken to court by the Cove Rock Country Estate Home Owners’ Association for failure to pay almost R70 000 in levies.
The association says the money owed by Ncobo is for maintenance, repair, improvement and upkeep, rates and charges “in respect of the common area”.
The R69 920 is made up of money owed by Ncobo, interest and attorney fees.
According to court documents, Ncobo bought the 528m² plot in 2009 for R550 000.
Contacted for comment yesterday, Ncobo said he knew nothing about the court case against him. He did not deny buying the property.
“I was not served anything. I would have stepped in and done something about it.”
He said he bought a plot in 2009 and in 2012 he agreed to sell it to a buyer, but the transaction had not yet been completed because the new owner had not finished paying for it. Nothing was built on the plot. Ncobo said he had instructed lawyers to apply to reverse the order to sell the plot.
“I want to stop the sale. I have notified my attorneys to move a rescission application because I was never served,” Ncobo added.
The association said the sale was not prejudicial to Ncobo as the plot was not used for residential or business purposes.
They said they traced his address to Johannesburg.
“The sheriff of Johannesburg East made several attempts to attend to attachment at that said address and thereafter advised our offices that the premises were found locked,” the association said in court papers.
Ncobo said: “All Johannesburg houses are locked.
“This is not the rural areas where you can just walk in.”
Despite Ncobo claiming to have sold the property in 2012, the association says he had arranged to settle his debt by paying R1 000 a month, but he only paid R3 000.
The association’s attorney, Carine du Plessis of Nieuwoudt du Plessis Incorporated, said: “The importance of owners in sectional title schemes or homeowners associations maintaining payment of levies cannot be overstated.
“Failure to do so not only undermines the proper functioning of the scheme but also the rights of other owners in the scheme.”
The sale is scheduled for September 27 at 10am. —