Africa-Press – South-Africa. Suspended Limpopo lawyer Tumi Mokwena was on Wednesday placed under final sequestration by the Polokwane High Court.
Mokwena and his legal representative failed to appear in court despite the matter being set down to hear arguments as to the reasons the provisional sequestration order should not be made final.
He also failed to appear in court when the matter was previously heard in the same court in March.
Lawyers for the liquidators – Adriaan van Rooyen and Shirley Motimele – told Judge Gerrit Muller that notices were served on Mokwena’s attorney.
Muller duly placed Mokwena under sequestration.
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This final sequestration was based on the evidence that Mokwena illegally transferred funds from his law firm, Tumi Mokwena Incorporated (TMI), to Dikwenanyana Trust in a bid to conceal assets against the detriment of creditors.
Mokwena, together with his mother and former personal assistant, Desire Chuene (nee Duvenhage), are trustees.
TMI was placed under liquidation in 2019 for failing to pay creditors.
In court papers, the liquidators stated:
On Monday, the same court heard an application brought by the liquidators for the sequestration of his Dikwenanyana Trust. Judgment was reserved on the matter.
He still faces an application by the SA Legal Practice Council for him to be struck off the attorney’s roll.
The date for the hearing is still to be set.
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