Isithabathaba somuzi wakwaGupta sidayiswe ngemali elinganiselwa ku-R20 million

Isithabathaba somndeni wakwaGupta esinamakamelo okulala ayisikhombisa, esinamagumbi okugezela ayisithupha e-Upper Constantia, eKapa, sesishintshe izandla ngokusemthethweni, njengoba i-ejenti yedwa, u-Richard Huxham-Hardie waseHardie Property, eqinisekisa ukudayiswa kwi-website yeThe South African.

UHuxham-Hardie udalule ukuthi isamba esiphelele sika-R20 million ebesifunwa sitholwe ngempumelelo, nakuba lesi sithabathaba somuzi sisesimweni esibi. Le ndawo, eku-10 Dawn Avenue, e-Upper Constantia, ishiywe ingenalutho iminyaka eminingana, okuholela ekuwohlokeni okukhulu.

Izithombe ezitholwe ngabaseNingizimu Afrika zikhombisa uphawu oluthi ‘USUDAYISWE’ oluhlobise isango elikhulu, elivikelwe ngengidi neketango. U-Huxham-Hardie uphawule ukuthi lesi sithabathaba okwamanje akuhlali muntu, sinemigodi emikhulu ophahleni lotshani, enokhula oluningi kanye nezimpawu zokunganakwa kuyo yonke indawo engu-8,105m2.

Umthengi ongadalulwanga igama lakhe, ochazwe njengowamazwe ngamazwe kodwa onentshisekelo enkulu yokuchitha isikhathi esiningi eNingizimu Afrika, usethathe ubunikazi balo mhlaba. U-Huxham-Hardie ugcizelele ukuzibophezela komthengi naphezu kwesimo samanje sendlu enkulu, ebonisa izinhlelo ezingaba khona zokulungiswa okukhulu.

Umndeni wakwaGupta wathola lesi sithabathaba ngo-2005 kuMark Thatcher, indodana yowayenguNdunankulu waseBrithani, uMargaret Thatcher, ngo-R17 million.

Ividiyo ebonisa isimo samanje sendawo iveza ichibi elalikade liwubukhazikhazi manje elinombala oluhlaza okotshani, uphahla oluwohlokayo lotshani, nomonakalo omkhulu ngaphakathi odalwe amanzi.

Ezimweni ezimangalisayo, le ndawo yathathwa yiNational Prosecuting Authority (NPA) ngo-2021, okwengeza ungqimba oluyinkimbinkimbi ekuthengisweni kwayo. U-Huxham-Hardie, ngaphambi kokuba kuphothulwe ukudayiswa, wancoma indawo enenani eliphansi kakhulu kunenani lemakethe kwenye yezindawo ezifunwa kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika.

Ukudayiswa kwesithabathaba somndeni wakwaGupta kusho ukuphela kwenkathi yalo mndeni osususe umsindo, njengoba le ndawo isisezandleni zomnikazi omusha ozimisele ukwenza umsebenzi omkhulu wokuyibuyisela esimweni sayo sakudala.