ELISA MOKODUTLO cries herself to sleep every night, thinking about R1 million owed to her late son.
Mpho Botha made a lot of commission on the sale of a luxury home, but then he died and the money has never been paid out.
TO THIS DAY, SHE SURVIVES ON HANDOUTS, WONDERING WHAT SHE MUST DO TO GET HER SON’S MILLION RAND!
The story made newspaper headlines last year when Mpho Botha was set to become South Africa’s youngest millionaire when he sold an R18,8 million luxury mansion in Sandton, Joburg.
He was just 21 years old, and the commission on the mansion that Mpho was supposed to get was a cool R1 million.
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A million rand that will take his mum out of the clutches of poverty and living a life without money problems.
But death struck before he was paid out.
Mpho died of diabetes in May this year and was buried on 8 August and to this day, Urbantrend Properties and Urbantrend Developments are at each other’s throats over the right of the sale while the commission from the deal is lying in a trust account.
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Elisa Mokodutlo (54), Mpho’s destitute mum from Welkom in the Free State, told Daily Sun she was surviving on donations from family and friends.
She also has a funeral parlour breathing down her neck.
“I owe them R30 000 and I don’t know where I will get it,” she said.
Mpho died in May this year due to diabetes complications. He was buried on 8 August.
Mischa van Riel and E van Riel, the majority shareholders of Urbantrend Properties, told the SunTeam a dispute arose between the directors and shareholders and the company was liquidated on 28 April.
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Speaking through their attorney Theuns Kruger, they said they only became aware the offer to purchase was with Mpho as the designated agent in January.
Kruger said his clients were only made aware of the existence of Urbantrend Developments, which demanded payment of the commission, after the process of liquidation had already started.
Urbantrend Developments is owned by former Urbantrend Properties director Sandra Harmse. She did not respond to questions sent to her.
Kruger said it was discovered there were two documents of offer to purchase signed by the buyer at the same time, one had the registration number of Urbantrend Properties and the other the number of Urbantrend Developments.
Conveyancer Renee Moll told Daily Sun the money was sitting in her trust account because Harmse and the Van Riels had interdicted her not to release the money.
“I’m heartbroken because I’m sitting with his money in the trust account, but there is nothing I can do,” she said.
